لا تَحزَنَنَّ وَقيتَ الحُزنَ وَالأَلَما

لا تَحزَنَنَّ وَقيتَ الحُزنَ وَالأَلَما

وَلا عَدِمتَ بَقاءً يَصحَبُ النِعما

وَلا عَدِمتَ بَقاءً يَصحَبُ النِعما

Do not grieve; may you be spared grief and pain.

Do not grieve when grief and pain arrive

And may you never lack lasting life in the company of blessings.

Nor lack joy when blessings abide

أَلَيسَ قَد قيلَ فيما لَستَ تُنكِرُهُ

أَلَيسَ قَد قيلَ فيما لَستَ تُنكِرُهُ

في مَكرُماتِ الفَتى تَقديمُهُ الحُرَما

في مَكرُماتِ الفَتى تَقديمُهُ الحُرَما

Has it not been said, in words you do not deny,

For it is said, as you well know

that it is among a young man's honors for his womenfolk to precede him in death?

That to honor others is the mark of a noble soul

يا شَمِتاً بِبَني وَهبٍ وَقَد فُجِعوا

يا شَمِتاً بِبَني وَهبٍ وَقَد فُجِعوا

لا تَفرَحَنَّ بِنَقصٍ زادَهُم كَرَما

لا تَفرَحَنَّ بِنَقصٍ زادَهُم كَرَما

O you who gloat over the sons of Wahb in their bereavement,

So gloat not at others' sorrow, though they be your foe

Do not rejoice at a loss that has increased their nobility.

Exult not in their loss, but wish them fortune's glow