إِلى اللَهِ أَشكو لا إِلى الناسِ أَشتَكي

أَرى الأَرضَ تَبقى وَالأَخِلّاء تَذهَبُ

I complain to Allah, not to people

To God I complain, and not to men do I complain;

I see the land remains while friends go away

For I see the earth endure, while beloved friends depart.

أَخِلّايَ لَو غَيرَ الحِمامِ أَصابَكُم

عَتِبتُ وَلَكِن ما عَلى المَوتِ مُعتَبُ

If other than death had taken you, my friends

O my friends, had it been other than death that struck you,

I would complain, but one does not blame death

I would have reproached, but against death there is no reproach.