أَحَقّاً مِنكَ أَنَّكَ لَن تَراني

عَلى حالٍ وَأَنّي لَن أَراكا

Is it true that you will never see me again

Is it truly real that you shall never look on me,

While I will never see you?

In any state, and I shall never look on you?

وَأَنَّكَ غائِبٌ في قَعرِ لَحدٍ

وَما قَد كُنتَ تَعلوهُ عَلاكا

That you are absent in the depth of a grave

That you are absent, lost within the grave's abyss,

And never again will I see your stature?

And earth, which you once rose above, has risen over you?

فَلا ضَحِكَت وَقَد غُيِّبتَ عَنّي

وَلا رَقَأَت مَدامِعُ مَن سَلاكا

So I did not laugh when you were taken from me

May laughter cease, now you are hidden from my sight,

Nor did the tears of those who bid you farewell flow

And never dry the tears of him who would forget your loss.