غصنٌa branch منof البانِthe bān tree ذَوىwithered
غصنٌ من البانِ ذَوى
منfrom بَعدِafter ماwhen كانَit had been يَنَعflourishing
من بَعدِ ما كانَ يَنَع
A branch of the bān tree withered,
A branch of lilac once bloomed
After it had flourished.
After being barren for so long
مانعَresisted عندamong أهلِهِhis kin
مانعَ عند أهلِهِ
صرفَthe onslaught of الرَّدىdeath فَماyet did not امتَنَعwithstand it
صرفَ الرَّدى فَما امتَنَع
Among his kin he resisted
A protector among his people
Death's onslaught, yet could not withstand it.
He endured adversity without protest
بدرٌa full moon علَيهِover it طَلعَتrose
بدرٌ علَيهِ طَلعَت
سُحبُclouds المَناياdeath إذas طَلَعit rose
سُحبُ المَنايا إذ طَلَع
A full moon, over which rose
A full moon rose over him
The clouds of death as it rose.
The clouds of fate rose as it did
كانhe was رَجاءًa hope فانقَطَعthen was cut short
كان رَجاءً فانقَطَع
وكانَand he was شعباًa bond of unity فانصَدَعthen was sundered
وكانَ شعباً فانصَدَع
He was a hope, then was cut short,
He was hope, now severed
And he was a bond of unity, then was sundered.
He was a river, now dammed
Sol 6.1