لقد بان الشباب وكان غضاً

له ثم وأوراق تظلك

Youth has passed, and a branch it was, green,

With leaves shading you,

وكان البعض منك فمات فاعلم

متى ما مات بعضك مات كلك

And some of you died, so know,

When part of you died, all of you died.