لعمرك ما الرزية هدمُ دار
ولا شاة تموت ولا بعير
By your life, calamity is not the destruction of a house,
nor a sheep that dies, nor a camel;
ولكنّ الرزيُة موتُ حُرٍّ
يموتُ لموته بشر كثير
rather, calamity is the death of a noble man—
at whose death a great many people die.
Sol 5.6