احبتنا الأُلى كانوا وكنا

وقد اخذوا جميع الصبر منا

Our dear ones were and we were

And they took all patience from us

ذكرناهم ومنا القلب حنا

ويوم تولت الاظعان عنا

We remembered them and from us the heart grieved

And when the fingertips turned from us