لعمرك ما الرزية هدمُ دار

لعمرك ما الرزية هدمُ دار

ولا شاة تموت ولا بعير

ولا شاة تموت ولا بعير

By your life, calamity is not the destruction of a house,

By your life, calamity is not the destruction of a house,

nor a sheep that dies, nor a camel;

Nor a sheep that dies, nor a camel;

ولكنّ الرزيُة موتُ حُرٍّ

ولكنّ الرزيُة موتُ حُرٍّ

يموتُ لموته بشر كثير

يموتُ لموته بشر كثير

rather, calamity is the death of a noble man—

But calamity is the death of a noble man—

at whose death a great many people die.

Many people die because of his death.