فِي زهْرةِ العُمْرِ فتىً نابِهٌ

أَصْمَاهُ سهْمٌ لِلردى طاشَا

In the flower of youth a noble youth

Struck deaf by an arrow of misfortune

أَثْكلَ أَهْلاً لاَ عَزاءٌ لَهُمْ

وَأَوْسَعَ الرُّفَقةَ إِيحاشَا

He left behind kin with no consolation

And spread amongst his friends only confusion

مَا إِنْ جَنَى المَوْتُ عَليْه كمَا

جَنى عَلَى مَنْ بَعْدَهُ عَاشَا

When death took him as it takes

All those who live after and have lived before