في عِدادِ المَوتى وَفي ساكِني الدُن

يا أَبو جَعفَرٍ أَخي وَخَليلي

Among the dead and among the living of this world,

O Abu Ja'far, my brother and friend,

مَيِّتٌ ماتَ وَهوَ في وارِفِ العَي

شِ مُقيماً في ظِلِّ عَيشٍ ظَليلِ

A dead man has died while he was in the spring of life

Residing in the shade of a bleak living,

لَم يَمُت ميتَةَ الوَفاةِ وَلَكِن

ماتَ عَن كُلِّ صالِحٍ وَجَميلِ

He did not die a natural death, but

He died to all that is good and beautiful.