كُنتَ السَوادَ لِناظِري

فَعَمي عَلَيكَ الناظِرُ

You were the black pupil of my eye;

And over you, the seeing eye went blind.

مَن شاءَ بَعدَكَ فَليَمُت

فَعَلَيكَ كُنتُ أُحاذِرُ

Whoever wishes may die after you;

For you were the one I feared to lose.