طُف بي عَلى قَبرِ طفلٍ

طُف بي عَلى قَبرِ طفلٍ

كَالشَيخِ فيهِ وقارُ

كَالشَيخِ فيهِ وقارُ

Lead me around the grave of a child—

Lead me round the grave of a child,

Circle with me around the grave of a child

within him was an elder’s dignity.

Who, like an old man, has dignity.

Who possesses the dignity of an elder;

ما مِثلُهُ وَلَدٌ هَلِ

ما مِثلُهُ وَلَدٌ هَلِ

سِيّان مِسكٌ وقارُ

سِيّان مِسكٌ وقارُ

No child was ever his equal. Are

No child is like him—are

No boy is like him—are

musk and tar the same?

Musk and pitch alike?

Musk and pitch the same?