1. للّهِ درُّ أُناسٍ قدْ مَضَوا لهمْ

    نشرٌ يفوحُ كنشرِ المندلِ العَطِرِ

    God bless those people who have passed away; theirs is

    a fragrance wafting like the scent of fragrant aloeswood.

  2. جمالَ ذي الدارِ كانوا في الحياةِ وهمْ

    بعدَ المماتِ جمالُ الكتبِ والسيَرِ

    They were the beauty of this abode in life, and they are,

    after death, the beauty of books and biographies.