هوِّنْ على النّفْسِ النّفيسَةِ أمْرَها

وإذا سلِمْتَ فلا تُرَعْ لفَقيدِ

Make life's burden light upon your precious soul

And if you're spared, then do not grieve for those now lost

لمْ يأتِ صرْفُ الدّهْرِ بِدْعاً مُحْدَثاً

كمْ منْ يَزيدٍ قد مضى ويَزيدِ

Fate's vicissitudes have brought no unprecedented thing

Many a Yazid has passed away and many a Yazid still remains