يقولون مات الشاعران ولم تَنُحْ

وقد ناح أهل المشرقين عليهما

They say the two poets died, yet grief did not depart,

And the people of the two horizons mourned for them.

ولم يدعني الجمعان في موعديهما

وإني لأغنى الصحب عن دعوتيهما

The two assemblies did not let me attend their place,

Though I am the richest of friends without their invitation.

لئن فارق الدنيا الصديقان بغتةً

فقد أخذا من خيرها حصَّتيهما

If the two friends left the world suddenly,

They took from its goodness their share.

وأغناهما ما استودعا قيضتيهما

وأغلاهما ما استودعا مهجتيهما

What they entrusted as their fate enriched them

And what they entrusted as their passion made them precious.

ونالا من الإجلال في مأتميهما

مداه كما نالاه في موسميهما

They attained from honor in their funeral

Its extent as they attained it in their heyday.

ليَ الدمع أستشفي به في نواهما

إذا أبطأت بي حاملاتي إليهما

I have tears that I seek to heal their pain with

When those who carry me to them are late.

وكان بودي لو تقدم مصرعي

فلا أشهد الندين في مصرعيهما

I wish my death had preceded

So I would not witness the death of the two friends.

وفيت بعهد الحي والميت واستوت

أمامي هموم الجانبين كليهما

I fulfilled the pact of the living and the dead, and worries

Of the two sides became equal before me.