1. لمّا أَتاني خَبرُ الزَيّات

    وَأَنَّهُ قَد عُدّ في الأَمواتِ

    When news of Zayyat's death came to me,

    That he had passed into the realm of the dead,

  2. أَيقَنتُ أَنَّ مَوته حَياتي

    I knew that his death was the death of my life.