أقول لصاحبي وسلياني

أقول لصاحبي وسلياني

وغرهما سكون حمى جبيني

وغرهما سكون حمى جبيني

I say to my two companions, who have consoled me,

I say to my companions, leave me be

And whom the subsiding fever in my brow has deceived:

Though fever burns my brow, let me just see

تسلو بالتعزي عن أخيكم

تسلو بالتعزي عن أخيكم

وخوضوا في الدعاء وودعوني

وخوضوا في الدعاء وودعوني

Console yourselves over the loss of your brother,

Console yourselves, my friends, and let me rest

And immerse yourselves in prayer and bid me farewell.

With prayer and blessing, leave me to my nest

فلم أدع الأنين لضعف سقم

فلم أدع الأنين لضعف سقم

ولكني ضعفت عن الأنين

ولكني ضعفت عن الأنين

For I did not stop moaning because my illness had eased,

It's not that sickness stilled my moaning cries

But I had grown too weak to moan.

But moaning itself left me and here lies