لَيتَ مَن يَبكي عَلى مُفتقد

أَسَفاً يَبكي عَلى مَن وَلَدا

I wish those who mourn the departed

With sorrow mourn him who was born

ذاكَ قَد فارَقَ في الدُنيا العَنا

وَإِلى الأَهوال هَذا قَد غَدا

That one has left worldly pleasures

While this one moves toward terrors

لَيتَ شِعري أَيّ شَخص لَم يَمُت

لَم يَكُن ماتَ مِراراً كَمدا

I wonder, which person has not died

Who did not die repeatedly in life

فَاِعذُر الطفل إِذا الطفل بَكى

إِنَّهُ لاقٍ أَسى أَو نَكدا

So forgive the child if the child cries

He faces sorrows or sadness

وَهنا الوالد لِلطفل عزاً

فَلَقَد فارَقَ عَيشاً رَغدا

And here is the parent consoling the child

For he has left a life of comfort

كانَ لا يَمتاز بَأساً مِن رَجاً

لا وَلا يرهبُ بَأساً مِن عِدا

He did not excel in hoping for good

Nor fear any evil or harm