رَعى اللَهُ مَن فارَقتُ يَومَ فِراقِهِم

رَعى اللَهُ مَن فارَقتُ يَومَ فِراقِهِم

حُشاشَةَ نَفسٍ وَدَّعَت يَومَ وَدَّعوا

حُشاشَةَ نَفسٍ وَدَّعَت يَومَ وَدَّعوا

May God guard those on whose departure-day I parted

May God have mercy on him whom I left the day we parted

With the last remnant of a soul that bade farewell the day they did;

A downhearted soul bid farewell the day they departed

وَمَن ظَعَنَت رَوحي وَقَد سارَ ظَعنُهُم

وَمَن ظَعَنَت رَوحي وَقَد سارَ ظَعنُهُم

فَلَم أَدرِ أَيُّ الظاعِنينَ أُشَيّعُ

فَلَم أَدرِ أَيُّ الظاعِنينَ أُشَيّعُ

And those with whom my soul departed as their caravan set out—

And he whose absence my spirit resented though he had marched away

So I knew not which of the departing ones to see off.

I know not which of the two absent ones should I mourn