ذهب الذين عيهم وجدي

وبقيت بعد فراقهم وحدي

Those I loved have gone and left me,

Alone I stay when they're no longer here.

سلفٌ مضوا وبقيت بعدهم

وكذاك يذهب من أتى بعدي

A generation passed, and I remained,

Just so the next will pass when I disappear.

تركوا الذي جمعوا لبعدهم

وكذاك أتركه لمن بعدي

They left what they had gathered for their time.

And so will I leave what I gather here.