لقد أكملتُ ما قد رمت مني

لقد أكملتُ ما قد رمت مني

وقد تممت يا خلي سوالك

وقد تممت يا خلي سوالك

I have indeed completed what you had desired of me;

I have fulfilled what you desired of me

And I have fulfilled your request, my friend.

And completed, my friend, your request

وقد أنشيت أبيات المراثي

وقد أنشيت أبيات المراثي

كما تبغي ولكن ليتها لك

كما تبغي ولكن ليتها لك

And I have composed verses of lamentation,

And composed elegiac verses

As you wish—but would that they were for you!

As you wished, but if only they were for you