نُراعِ اِذا الجَنائِز قابَلَتنا

نُراعِ اِذا الجَنائِز قابَلَتنا

وَنَلهو حينَ تَخفى ذاهِبات

وَنَلهو حينَ تَخفى ذاهِبات

We take fright when funeral biers meet us,

When the processions of the dead meet us,

And we make merry when they pass out of sight,

And pleasures fade when they depart,

كَرَوعَة ثلة لمغار سبع

كَرَوعَة ثلة لمغار سبع

فَلما غابَ عادَت راتِعات

فَلما غابَ عادَت راتِعات

Like a flock's terror at a predator's onslaught;

Like the roar of a lion from a cave,

Then, when it was gone, they returned to grazing.

When he goes they return doubly darting