وقائِلةٍ والنعشُ قد فاتَ خطْوَها

لِتُدْرِكَه يا لَهْفَ نفسي على صخرِ

And she was saying while the bier had gone beyond her reach

"Oh my soul's yearning, hasten to overtake it on the rock!"

ألا ثكِلَتْ أُمُّ الذينَ غَدَوا بِهِ

إلى القَبْرِ ماذا يحملون إلى القبرِ

"May she lose her children who at dawn bore him away

To the grave! What do people carry to the grave?"