كُنتَ السَوادَ لِناظِري

فَبَكى عَلَيكَ الناظِرُ

You were the pupil of my eye,

So the eye has wept for you.

مَن شاءَ بَعدَكَ فَليَمُت

فَعَلَيكَ كُنتُ أُحاذِرُ

Whoever wishes to die after you, let him die,

For it was you alone I feared to lose.