لَيتَ مَن يَبكي عَلى مُفتقد

لَيتَ مَن يَبكي عَلى مُفتقد

أَسَفاً يَبكي عَلى مَن وَلَدا

أَسَفاً يَبكي عَلى مَن وَلَدا

Would that whoever weeps for someone lost

I wish those who mourn the departed

in sorrow would weep for the one he has begotten.

With sorrow mourn him who was born

ذاكَ قَد فارَقَ في الدُنيا العَنا

ذاكَ قَد فارَقَ في الدُنيا العَنا

وَإِلى الأَهوال هَذا قَد غَدا

وَإِلى الأَهوال هَذا قَد غَدا

That one has left behind this world's suffering,

That one has left worldly pleasures

and this one has gone forth toward terrors.

While this one moves toward terrors

لَيتَ شِعري أَيّ شَخص لَم يَمُت

لَيتَ شِعري أَيّ شَخص لَم يَمُت

لَم يَكُن ماتَ مِراراً كَمدا

لَم يَكُن ماتَ مِراراً كَمدا

Would that I knew: who, though not yet dead,

I wonder, which person has not died

has not died many times of grief?

Who did not die repeatedly in life

فَاِعذُر الطفل إِذا الطفل بَكى

فَاِعذُر الطفل إِذا الطفل بَكى

إِنَّهُ لاقٍ أَسى أَو نَكدا

إِنَّهُ لاقٍ أَسى أَو نَكدا

So forgive the child if the child weeps:

So forgive the child if the child cries

he is to encounter sorrow or misery.

He faces sorrows or sadness

وَهنا الوالد لِلطفل عزاً

وَهنا الوالد لِلطفل عزاً

فَلَقَد فارَقَ عَيشاً رَغدا

فَلَقَد فارَقَ عَيشاً رَغدا

And the father's joy calls for condolences to the child,

And here is the parent consoling the child

for he has left behind a life of ease.

For he has left a life of comfort

كانَ لا يَمتاز بَأساً مِن رَجاً

كانَ لا يَمتاز بَأساً مِن رَجاً

لا وَلا يرهبُ بَأساً مِن عِدا

لا وَلا يرهبُ بَأساً مِن عِدا

He did not distinguish hardship from hope,

He did not excel in hoping for good

no, nor did he fear violence from enemies.

Nor fear any evil or harm