أَماتَ اللَهُ مِن جوعٍ رِقاشاً

فَلَولا الجوعُ ما ماتَت رِقاشُ

God starved Riqqash to death

God slew Raqash with the pangs of hunger,

If not for hunger, Riqqash would not have died

For were it not for hunger, Raqash would not have died.

وَلَو أَشمَمتَ مَوتاهُم رَغيفاً

وَقَد سَكَنوا القُبورَ إِذاً لَعاشوا

And if the scent of bread reached those who died

And had you let their dead but smell a loaf of bread,

Though now lying in their graves, they would have lived

Though dwelling in their graves, they would have come to life.