يا باكياً فرقة الأحباب عن شحط

هلا بكيت فراق الروح للبدن

O you who weep for the separation of loved ones from Shuht,

Would you not weep for the soul's separation from the body?

نور تردد في طين إلى أجل

فانحاز علواً وخلى الطين للكفن

A light lingered in clay until its appointed time,

Then it rose sublimely, leaving the clay to windings sheets.

يا شد ما افترقا من بعد ما اعتلقا

أظنها هدنة كانت على دخن

How difficult was their parting after their union!

I think it was a truce amidst smoke.

إن لم يكن في رضى الله اجتماعهما

فيا لها صفقة تمت على غبن

If their reunion is not by God's pleasure,

What a loss has been made in this bargain!