بِماذا أُعزّيه وَفيهِ اِقتِداؤُنا

وَفيمَ أُسليه وَقَد عَمَّ بالصبرِ

With what can I console him when in him is our example

And with what can I give him solace when patience has spread over him

فَإِنْ أتْلُ آياتٍ عَلَيه فَإِنَّني

كَتالٍ لما يدريه في السرِّ والجهرِ

For if I recite verses to him, I would be

Like one reciting what he knows not in secret and aloud