وقائلة مات الكرام فمن لنا

إذَا عضنا الدهر الشديد بنابِه

She said, "The noble have died, who then do we have,

When the harsh times bite us with its fangs?"

فقلت لَهَا من كَانَ غاية قصده

سؤالاً لمخلوق فليس بنابِه

So I said to her, "Whoever's main goal is to beg,

From creatures, it is not with their fangs.

لئن مات من يرجى فمعطيهمُ الَّذِي

يرجونه باق فلوذي ببابه

Even if those we hope for have died, the One they hoped for,

Who remains, provides. So cling to His door."