1. يا موت زُر فَحياتي لست ارضاها

    بعد الاحبَّة اذ زُمَّت مَطاياها

    O Death, visit me, for I am not content with my life

    Since my loved ones departed, their mounts bridled.

  2. ليت الاحبَّة اذ سارَت رَكائِبُها

    تحمَّلتني فَلَم أَحمِل بَلاياها

    If only my loved ones, when their mounts set out,

    Had taken me along, so I would not have borne life's afflictions.

  3. احبابَنا ما لَنا وَالعيشَ بعدكُم

    فَلفظة العيش انتم جلُّ مَعناها

    Our loved ones, what is life to us after you?

    For you are most of what the word 'life' means.

  4. لَقَد فَقدنا لذيذ العيش بعدكمُ

    وحبذا الروحُ ما لَو فقدناها

    Indeed, we have lost life's sweetness since you left,

    And how welcome it would be if we lost our souls!

  5. رحلتمُ فرأَينا الارض مُوحَشةً

    كاننا في ديارٍ ما وطئناها

    You departed, and we saw the earth desolate,

    As though we were in lands we had never set foot in.

  6. وَلَم نَجد بعدكم في غيركم عوَضاً

    عنكم فآهاً على ترحالكم آها

    And since you left, we have found in no one else a replacement

    For you—alas for your departure, alas!

  7. واحسرتا ليست الدنيا بنافعةٍ

    يا ليتها تركتنا او تركناها

    Alas! The world is of no use.

    Oh, if only it had left us, or we had left it!

  8. ضاقَت بنا وَعلينا وهي واسعةٌ

    واقفرت بعدكم والناس تملاها

    It grew narrow for us and closed in upon us, though it is vast,

    And became deserted after you, though people fill it.