يسمون الزريقا وهو جهلٌ

بميتةٍ ويالك من قبيح

They call it empty and ignorant,

Of a deceased one, and woe to you from an ugly one,

لأنا ما سمعنا إذ تغنى

بميتةٍ عليها ألف روح

For we have not heard when it was sung,

About a deceased one, a thousand souls upon her.