1. يَا غائبينَ رَجَاي طِي

    بَ العيشِ مُذ بِنْتُم غُرورُ

    O absent ones, my hope for the sweetness

    of life since you departed is a delusion.

  2. أنْسَتنيَ الأيَامُ كي

    فَ يكونُ بَعدَكُمُ السّرورُ

    The days have made me forget how

    there can be joy after you.