| 1) men hīs marwān // hrūǧ we-bkoh | From the time when Marwan // spoke and cried |
| 2) ḳfūd edmā // l-ḥayb we-hwoh | Tears came down // [tears] of his father and they poured down |
| 3) w-lū wudʾak lɛ̄ // ḏā hāśen bloh | But I didn’t know // from what he suffered |
| 4) ḳeylōb we-śwāḳ // ǧemʿīhī kloh | Worry and longing // together the two |
| 5) ǧnūb eḥarmēt // beḏlīs we-rdoh | He went away from his wife // he abandoned (her) and left (her) behind |
| 6) w-ʾeṭēfel kṭawr // ār ḥawlī ṯroh | The child had only tied // two years together |
| 7) ʾār ḫāf eḏ-zəhēd // w-eġeyǧ šehdoh | But perhaps he is one who understands // and the fellow did it correctly: |
| 8) we-bǧūd ektōb // w-ḳawl šeǧboh | He ran after books // and gathered poetry |
| 9) l-hān eḳlēm // we-ǧhāzeh ḥwoh | Anything that his pens // and his equipment [his computer] collect |
| 10) w-ʾāmer ḳṣeyr // ʾār ḥad we-ǧroh | A lifetime is short // indeed it is limited and passes by |
| 11) w-benɛ̄dem ḏkeyr // b-hān hebḳoh | But mankind remembers [a person] // by what he has left behind. |