كالمسكِ ذكراهمْ إذا ذُكروا

كالضوءِ طيفهُمُ إذا خطروا

Their memory is like musk when mentioned

Their image like light when recalled

يحلو الصباحُ بهم وإن بعدوا

وتطيبُ نفسٌ مسّها الكدَرُ !

Mornings are sweetened by thoughts of them though absent

And a soul made gladsome that grief had enthralled