لا تغترر بالناسِ فيما ترى

فهمْ معَ الفاتِحِ في كلِّ بابْ

Do not be fooled by people in what you see

For they are with every conqueror at every door

رأيتهمْ يعلونَ قدرَ الفتى

للسحبِ كي يستمطروهُ السحابْ

I saw them extol the worth of the young man

Like clouds so that they may milk him for rain

وما اعتلى الميتُ من عزةٍ

أعناقَ من يرمونهُ في التُّرابْ

No honor comes to the dead man

From the necks of those who cast him into dust