1. أرى قلبي على أسما

    جريحاً طرفه أعمى

    I see my heart, in grief for Asma,

    wounded, its gaze blind.

  2. وأحشائي ممزقة

    تسيل دما على أسما

    And my entrails are torn apart,

    streaming blood in grief for Asma.

  3. وعيني دمعها يهمي

    فيروي كل من يظما

    And my eye—its tears pour down,

    so they quench the thirst of all who thirst.

  4. وجسمي من تذكرها

    أسير الهم والحمّى

    And my body, from remembering her,

    is captive to sorrow and fever.

  5. ويحيى قبلها أدمى

    فؤادي حين لا يدمى

    And Yahya, before her, bloodied

    my heart, when it was unbloodied.

  6. مرضت لموته حولا

    وغيري يمرض اليوما

    I fell ill for a year because of his death,

    and someone else is ill today.

  7. ويا أروى لقد طيّر

    تِ من الحاظي النوما

    And O Arwa, you have indeed driven

    sleep away from my eyes,

  8. وبلبلت أبا يخشى

    على أمك أن تعمى

    and unsettled a father who fears

    for your mother, lest she go blind.

  9. عيال كلهم كانوا

    نجوماً تفضح النجما

    Children—all of them were

    stars that put the stars to shame.

  10. فقدناهم بعام وام

    حد يا سوء ما حُمّا

    We lost them in a single year—

    alas, how cruel the decree!

  11. رماهم حادث الأيام

    سهما نافذا أصمى

    Time's calamity shot them

    with a piercing arrow that slew them outright.

  12. لها قلب رقيق لا

    يطيق لحزنهم يوما

    She has a tender heart that cannot

    bear even a day of grief for them.