قد قُلْتُ لمَّا ضَمّنوكِ الثَّرى

وَجالَتِ الحَسْرَةُ في صَدْري

I said, when they laid you in the grave

And grief swelled in my heart,

اذْهبْ فَلا واللهِ لا سَرَّني

بَعْدَكِ شَيءٌ آخِرَ الدَّهْرِ

“Go - by God, after you

Nothing will ever gladden me again.”