رَفَعَت عَلَيكَ عَويلَها الأَمجادُ

رَفَعَت عَلَيكَ عَويلَها الأَمجادُ

وَجَفَت كَريمَ جَنابِكَ العُوّادُ

وَجَفَت كَريمَ جَنابِكَ العُوّادُ

The noble raised their wailing over you,

The glories raised their wailing for you,

And visitors forsook your gracious presence.

And the generous guests' visits to you dried up.

وَتَكَنَّفَت شَكواكَ عَن خَطبٍ دَهى

وَتَكَنَّفَت شَكواكَ عَن خَطبٍ دَهى

هَدَّت لَهُ أَركانَها الأَطوادُ

هَدَّت لَهُ أَركانَها الأَطوادُ

Lament for you spread all around, over a calamity that struck—

Your complaints enveloped disasters,

At which the mighty mountains shattered their foundations.

Its pillars bowed down to them.

سَلَّت عَتادَ الصَبرِ فيهِ صَبابَةً

سَلَّت عَتادَ الصَبرِ فيهِ صَبابَةً

ما لي بِها غَيرَ الدُموعِ عَتادُ

ما لي بِها غَيرَ الدُموعِ عَتادُ

Longing drew forth patience's weapons against it;

The ornaments of patience discharged in it a flood,

Against it I have no weapons but tears.

I have nothing with me except tears as supplies.

لِلَّهِ أَيُّ خَليلِ صِدقٍ مُخلِصٍ

لِلَّهِ أَيُّ خَليلِ صِدقٍ مُخلِصٍ

أَهوى بِهِ رُكنٌ وَمالَ عِمادُ

أَهوى بِهِ رُكنٌ وَمالَ عِمادُ

By God, what a true and faithful friend—

O Allah, which sincere, faithful, devoted friend

With him a pillar fell, and a mainstay bent.

Leaned on and found support?

خَطَمَ القَضاءُ بِهِ قَريعاً مُصعَباً

خَطَمَ القَضاءُ بِهِ قَريعاً مُصعَباً

فَاِنقادَ يَصحَبُ وَالحِمامُ قِيادُ

فَاِنقادَ يَصحَبُ وَالحِمامُ قِيادُ

Fate haltered in him a noble, untamed champion,

Fate condemned him to a difficult, wretched blow,

So he yielded, following along, with death as his rein.

So he yielded and the doves led the way.

جارَيتُهُ طَلقَ الحَياةِ إِلى الرَدى

جارَيتُهُ طَلقَ الحَياةِ إِلى الرَدى

فَحَوى بِهِ قَصَبَ السِباقِ جَوادُ

فَحَوى بِهِ قَصَبَ السِباقِ جَوادُ

I raced him over life's course toward death,

His companionship was a loosening of the ties of life to ruin,

And in him a noble steed won the prize of the race.

So the excellent steed of the race contained him.

كُنّا اِصطَحَبنا وَالتَشاكُلُ نِسبَةٌ

كُنّا اِصطَحَبنا وَالتَشاكُلُ نِسبَةٌ

حَتّى كَأَنّا عاتِقٌ وَنِجادُ

حَتّى كَأَنّا عاتِقٌ وَنِجادُ

We had become companions, with likeness as our kinship,

We used to socialize while resemblance was kinship

Until we were like a shoulder and a sword-belt.

As if we were a shoulder and bicep.

ثُمَّ اِفتَرَقنا لا لِعَودَةِ صُحبَةٍ

ثُمَّ اِفتَرَقنا لا لِعَودَةِ صُحبَةٍ

حَتّى كَأَنّا شُعلَةٌ وَزِنادُ

حَتّى كَأَنّا شُعلَةٌ وَزِنادُ

Then we parted, with no return to companionship,

Then we parted with no return of companionship

Until we were like a flame and a fire-striker.

As if we were a flame and flint.

يا أَيُّها النائي وَلَستَ بِمُسمِعٍ

يا أَيُّها النائي وَلَستَ بِمُسمِعٍ

سَكنَ القُبورُ وَبَينَنا أَسدادُ

سَكنَ القُبورُ وَبَينَنا أَسدادُ

O you far away, unable to make yourself heard,

O you who are distant and cannot hear!

Dweller in graves, with barriers between us:

Between us lies the stillness of graves.

ما تَفعَلُ النَفسُ النَفيسَةُ عِندَما

ما تَفعَلُ النَفسُ النَفيسَةُ عِندَما

تَتهاجَرُ الأَرواحُ وَالأَجسادُ

تَتهاجَرُ الأَرواحُ وَالأَجسادُ

What does the precious soul do when

What does the precious soul do when

Souls and bodies forsake one another?

Souls and bodies shun each other?

كُشِفَ الغِطاءُ إِلَيكَ عَن سِرِّ الرَدى

كُشِفَ الغِطاءُ إِلَيكَ عَن سِرِّ الرَدى

فَأَجِب بِما تَندى بِهِ الأَكبادُ

فَأَجِب بِما تَندى بِهِ الأَكبادُ

The veil over death's secret has been lifted for you;

The veil was lifted before you about the secret of ruin

Then answer with what may moisten the hearts.

So answer with what melts the livers.

فَوَراءَ سِترِ اللَيلِ مُضطَرِمُ الحَشا

فَوَراءَ سِترِ اللَيلِ مُضطَرِمُ الحَشا

لايَستَقِرُّ بِهِ هُناكَ مِهادُ

لايَستَقِرُّ بِهِ هُناكَ مِهادُ

For behind night's veil is one whose entrails burn;

Behind the veil of night with burning darkness

No bed there lies still beneath him.

In which no bedstead can settle.

لَم يَدرِ إِلّا يَومَ مَوتِكَ ما الأَسى

لَم يَدرِ إِلّا يَومَ مَوتِكَ ما الأَسى

فَكَأَنَّ مَوتَكَ لِلأَسى ميلادُ

فَكَأَنَّ مَوتَكَ لِلأَسى ميلادُ

He knew sorrow only on the day you died,

Only on the day of your death I realized what sorrow is

As though your death were sorrow's birth.

As if your death was the birth of sorrow.

وَكفاهُ مَجداً أَن يَقولَ وَلِلدُجى

وَكفاهُ مَجداً أَن يَقولَ وَلِلدُجى

فَجرٌ لَهُ مِن دَمعِهِ أَمدادُ

فَجرٌ لَهُ مِن دَمعِهِ أَمدادُ

And glory enough for him to say, while the darkness

And it was enough glory for him to say while in darkness

Has a dawn sustained by his tears:

A torrent for him from his tears supplies.

حَتّامَ أَندُبُ صاحِباً وَشَبيبَةً

حَتّامَ أَندُبُ صاحِباً وَشَبيبَةً

فَتَفيضُ عَينٌ أَو يَحِنُّ فُؤادُ

فَتَفيضُ عَينٌ أَو يَحِنُّ فُؤادُ

"How long shall I lament a companion and youth,

My eyes shall weep over a companion and youth

With an eye overflowing or a heart yearning?

So an eye overflows or a heart grieves.

أَقصِر فَلا ذاكَ الخَليلُ بَآيِبٍ

أَقصِر فَلا ذاكَ الخَليلُ بَآيِبٍ

يَوماً وَلا ذاكَ الشَبابُ يُعادُ

يَوماً وَلا ذاكَ الشَبابُ يُعادُ

Desist: that friend will not return

Restrain yourself, for neither that friend comes

Ever, nor will that youth be restored.

Nor does that youth return.

فَقُصارُ مُجتَمِعُ الأَصاحِبِ فِرقَةٌ

فَقُصارُ مُجتَمِعُ الأَصاحِبِ فِرقَةٌ

وَمَحارُ أَنوارِ الشَبابِ رَمادُ

وَمَحارُ أَنوارِ الشَبابِ رَمادُ

For the end of a gathering of friends is separation,

The gathering of companions is separation in brevity

And the lights of youth end in ashes."

And the radiance of youth is ashes.

فيمَ السُلُوُّ وَقَد تَحَمَّلَ صاحِبٌ

فيمَ السُلُوُّ وَقَد تَحَمَّلَ صاحِبٌ

شَطَّت بِهِ دارٌ وَطالَ بُعادُ

شَطَّت بِهِ دارٌ وَطالَ بُعادُ

Why seek solace, when a companion has departed?

Why persist when a companion has borne

His dwelling lies far away, and his absence is long.

A home from which he is exiled and remote?

أَتبَعتُهُ قَلباً لَهُ مِن لَوعَةٍ

أَتبَعتُهُ قَلباً لَهُ مِن لَوعَةٍ

زادٌ وَمِن عَينٍ تَفيضُ مَزادُ

زادٌ وَمِن عَينٍ تَفيضُ مَزادُ

I sent my heart after him, with anguish

I followed him with a heart full of anguish

For provisions, and an overflowing eye for a waterskin.

Provisions and an eye pouring supplies.

فَذَّ تَبَسَّمَ عَنهُ صَدرُ المُنتَدى

فَذَّ تَبَسَّمَ عَنهُ صَدرُ المُنتَدى

طَرَباً بِهِ وَاِهتَزَّتِ الأَندادُ

طَرَباً بِهِ وَاِهتَزَّتِ الأَندادُ

A peerless man, for whom the assembly's foremost place smiled

So the breast of the loved one smiled from it

In delight in him, and his peers thrilled.

Agitated and the equals shook.

وَأَخٌ لِوُدٍّ لا أَخٌ لِوِلادَةٍ

وَأَخٌ لِوُدٍّ لا أَخٌ لِوِلادَةٍ

وَأَمَسُّ مِن نَسَبِ الوِلادِ وِدادُ

وَأَمَسُّ مِن نَسَبِ الوِلادِ وِدادُ

A brother through affection, not a brother by birth;

A brother through affection not brotherhood

And affection binds more closely than kinship by birth.

And dearer than descendants through birth.

مَلَكَتهُ غَشيَةُ نَومَةٍ لاتَنجَلي

مَلَكَتهُ غَشيَةُ نَومَةٍ لاتَنجَلي

وَلِكُلُّ عَينٍ نَومَةٌ وَسُهادُ

وَلِكُلُّ عَينٍ نَومَةٌ وَسُهادُ

The stupor of a sleep that never lifts has seized him,

The swoon of a sleep that does not dissipate enveloped him

Though every eye has sleep and wakefulness.

And for every eye there is a sleep and pillow.

وَدَّعتُهُ تَوديعَ مُكتَئِبٍ وَلا

وَدَّعتُهُ تَوديعَ مُكتَئِبٍ وَلا

غَيرَ المَعادِ لِلُقيَةٍ ميعادُ

غَيرَ المَعادِ لِلُقيَةٍ ميعادُ

I bade him farewell as one grief-stricken, with no

I bid him farewell, gloomy, with no

Appointed meeting save at the Resurrection.

Meeting again, just the farewell.

وَنَفَضتُ مِنهُ يَدي بِعِلقِ مَضَنَّةٍ

وَنَفَضتُ مِنهُ يَدي بِعِلقِ مَضَنَّةٍ

فُتَّت بِهِ الأَكبادُ وَالأَعضادُ

فُتَّت بِهِ الأَكبادُ وَالأَعضادُ

And I shook my hand free of him, a treasure jealously prized,

And I released my hand from him with clinging sorrow

For whom hearts and arms were shattered.

With which livers and joints crumbled.

وَتَرَكتُهُ وَالمَجدُ يُرغِمُ أَنفَهُ

وَتَرَكتُهُ وَالمَجدُ يُرغِمُ أَنفَهُ

مُتَوَسِّداً حَيثُ التُرابُ وِسادُ

مُتَوَسِّداً حَيثُ التُرابُ وِسادُ

And I left him, while glory rubbed its nose in dust,

And I left him with glory subduing his unwillingness

Reclining where the soil is his pillow,

Using the soil as pillow and mattress.

في مَوطِنٍ نَزَلتَهُ جُرهُمُ قَبلَهُ

في مَوطِنٍ نَزَلتَهُ جُرهُمُ قَبلَهُ

وَتَحَوَّلَت إِرمٌ إِلَيهِ وَعادُ

وَتَحَوَّلَت إِرمٌ إِلَيهِ وَعادُ

In an abode where Jurhum had settled before him,

In a land his noble ancestors settled before him

And to which Iram and 'Ad had moved.

And caravans turned towards him and returned.

أُمَمٌ يَغُصُّ بِها الفَضاءُ طَوَتهُمُ

أُمَمٌ يَغُصُّ بِها الفَضاءُ طَوَتهُمُ

كَفُّ الرَدى طَيَّ الرِداءِ فَبادوا

كَفُّ الرَدى طَيَّ الرِداءِ فَبادوا

Nations that choked the open space, whom

Nations with which space was congested, their abundance

Death's hand folded like a cloak, and they perished.

Was covered by the palm of ruin and perished.

سادوا وَقادوا ثُمَّ أَجلى جَمعُهُم

سادوا وَقادوا ثُمَّ أَجلى جَمعُهُم

عَن وَحدَةٍ فَكَأَنَّهُم ماقادوا

عَن وَحدَةٍ فَكَأَنَّهُم ماقادوا

They ruled and led; then their multitude dissolved

They dominated and led then their assembled multitudes

Into solitude, as though they had never led.

Departed from glory as if they never dominated.

عَفَتِ البُناةُ عَلى اللَيالي وَالبُنى

عَفَتِ البُناةُ عَلى اللَيالي وَالبُنى

وَتَلاحَقَ الأَمجادُ وَالأَوغادُ

وَتَلاحَقَ الأَمجادُ وَالأَوغادُ

Builders and buildings vanished as the nights passed,

The builders have perished over nights and buildings

And the noble and the base followed one another.

And glories and rubbish succeeded each other.

وَلَرُبَّما ذَبّوا وَذادوا عَن حِمى

وَلَرُبَّما ذَبّوا وَذادوا عَن حِمى

مَلِكٍ هَوى فَكَأَنّهُم ماذادوا

مَلِكٍ هَوى فَكَأَنّهُم ماذادوا

How often they repelled foes and guarded the domain

And perhaps they sacrificed and strived to protect

Of a king who fell—as though they had never guarded it.

A king's sanctuary as if they never strived.

فَأَصِخ طَويلاً هَل تَعي مِن مَنطِقٍ

فَأَصِخ طَويلاً هَل تَعي مِن مَنطِقٍ

وَاِنظُر مَلِيّاً هَل تَرى ماشادوا

وَاِنظُر مَلِيّاً هَل تَرى ماشادوا

Listen long: do you hear any speech?

Then lament long - do you understand any language?

And look carefully: do you see what they built?

And observe closely - do you see what they built?

زُمَرٌ يُعَدُّ بِها الحَصى مِن كَثرَةٍ

زُمَرٌ يُعَدُّ بِها الحَصى مِن كَثرَةٍ

وَلَرُبَّما فَنِيَت بِها الأَعدادُ

وَلَرُبَّما فَنِيَت بِها الأَعدادُ

Throngs so vast that pebbles could be counted by them,

Groups that pebbles are counted due to their multitude

And often numbers themselves were exhausted by them.

And sometimes numbers were eliminated by them.

أَلوى بِهِم وَلِكُلِّ رَكبٍ سائِقٌ

أَلوى بِهِم وَلِكُلِّ رَكبٍ سائِقٌ

زَمَنٌ حَدا بِرِكابِهِم يَقتادُ

زَمَنٌ حَدا بِرِكابِهِم يَقتادُ

They were swept away—every caravan has a driver—

I bewail them and time controlled each group's journey,

By Time, singing their mounts onward and leading them.

An era that guided their mounts and herded them.

وَرَمى رَبيعَةَ بِالخُمولُ وَإِنَّما

وَرَمى رَبيعَةَ بِالخُمولُ وَإِنَّما

كانوا بِعَبدِ اللَهِ فيهِم سادوا

كانوا بِعَبدِ اللَهِ فيهِم سادوا

And it cast Rabi'ah into obscurity, though only

It cast Rabee'ah with inertia though

Through 'Abd Allah among them had they attained eminence.

With Abdullah among them they dominated.

بِأَغَرَّ وَضّاحِ الجَبينِ كَأَنَّهُ

بِأَغَرَّ وَضّاحِ الجَبينِ كَأَنَّهُ

تَحتَ الدُجُنَّةِ كَوكَبٌ وَقّادُ

تَحتَ الدُجُنَّةِ كَوكَبٌ وَقّادُ

Through a radiant man, bright of brow, as though he were

With the bright, radiant-faced Ağar

A blazing star beneath the dense darkness.

As if beneath his dark hair a planet shone.

مُتَبَسِّمٌ في هِزَّةٍ فَكَأَنَّهُ

مُتَبَسِّمٌ في هِزَّةٍ فَكَأَنَّهُ

غُصنٌ تَفَتَّقَ نَورُهُ مَيّادُ

غُصنٌ تَفَتَّقَ نَورُهُ مَيّادُ

Smiling with joyful animation, as though he were

Smiling in a tremor as if he were

A swaying bough whose blossoms had burst open.

A blossoming branch whose light kindled wicks.

وَطِئَ السِماكَ بِهِ التَواضُعُ رِفعَةً

وَطِئَ السِماكَ بِهِ التَواضُعُ رِفعَةً

فَكَأَنَّما اِتِّهامُهُ إِنجادُ

فَكَأَنَّما اِتِّهامُهُ إِنجادُ

Through him humility trod al-Simak in its loftiness,

Walking humbly raised him in rank

As though his descent to Tihamah were ascent to Najd.

As if his humility were glory.

أَلقى الحِمامُ بِرَحلِهِ في مَنزِلٍ

أَلقى الحِمامُ بِرَحلِهِ في مَنزِلٍ

نَزَلَت بِهِ الآباءُ وَالأَجدادُ

نَزَلَت بِهِ الآباءُ وَالأَجدادُ

Death set down his saddle in a dwelling

The doves alighted in an abode

Where fathers and forefathers had alighted.

Where his ancestors and forefathers settled.

يَعلو بِهِ نَفَسٌ وَتَدمَعُ مُقلَةٌ

يَعلو بِهِ نَفَسٌ وَتَدمَعُ مُقلَةٌ

فَيُراحُ طَوراً تُربُهُ وَيُجادُ

فَيُراحُ طَوراً تُربُهُ وَيُجادُ

A sigh rises over it, and an eye sheds tears,

A soul rises and an eyelid waters

So its soil is at times fanned and abundantly watered.

So its soil is sometimes fertile, sometimes barren.

فَوَقَفتُ أَندُبُ مِنهُ شِلواً داثِراً

فَوَقَفتُ أَندُبُ مِنهُ شِلواً داثِراً

ما إِن يُحِسُّ وَهَل يُحِسُّ جَمادُ

ما إِن يُحِسُّ وَهَل يُحِسُّ جَمادُ

So I stood lamenting his decayed remains,

I stood there eulogizing him, collapsed in ruin,

Which feel nothing—and can lifeless matter feel?

Does he sense, does inanimate matter sense?

تَمحو صَحيفَةَ صَفحَتَيهِ يَدُ البِلى

تَمحو صَحيفَةَ صَفحَتَيهِ يَدُ البِلى

عَبَثاً وَتَطوي ذِكرَهُ الآبادُ

عَبَثاً وَتَطوي ذِكرَهُ الآبادُ

Decay's hand erases the page of his cheeks

The hand of time pointlessly erases his tablet

In vain, while the ages fold away his memory.

As ages fold away his mention.

فَخَلا بِرُغمِ المَجدِ مِنهُ مَنزِلٌ

فَخَلا بِرُغمِ المَجدِ مِنهُ مَنزِلٌ

مَلَأَت مَدامِعَها بِهِ الأَمجادُ

مَلَأَت مَدامِعَها بِهِ الأَمجادُ

A dwelling is empty of him, despite glory,

Despite the glory his abode is empty

Where the noble have filled their eyes with tears for him.

Which glories have filled with their wailing.

لَوَتِ الضُلوعَ بِهِ الأَصادِقَ لَوعَةٌ

لَوَتِ الضُلوعَ بِهِ الأَصادِقَ لَوعَةٌ

وَلَرُبَّما رَقَّت بِهِ الحُسّادُ

وَلَرُبَّما رَقَّت بِهِ الحُسّادُ

Anguish for him twisted his faithful friends' ribs,

Sincere souls are tormented with anguish over him

And often even his enviers softened for him.

And sometimes even the envious are compassionate.

مُتَقَلِّدٌ بِالدَمعِ حَلياً كُلَّما

مُتَقَلِّدٌ بِالدَمعِ حَلياً كُلَّما

عَطِلَت بِهِ مِن حَليها الأَجيادُ

عَطِلَت بِهِ مِن حَليها الأَجيادُ

Adorned with jewels of tears whenever

Adorned with tears like jewelry whenever

Necks were stripped of their ornaments for him,

His glories failed to adorn him.

يَبيَضَّ مُلتَحِماً وَيُظلِمُ وَحشَةً

يَبيَضَّ مُلتَحِماً وَيُظلِمُ وَحشَةً

فَكَأَنَّما ذاكَ البَياضُ حِدادُ

فَكَأَنَّما ذاكَ البَياضُ حِدادُ

It whitens as it is sealed, and darkens with desolation,

Gleaming associated and darkened isolated

As though that whiteness were mourning garb.

As if that gleam were mourning.

فَبَكاكَ مِن قَبرٍ كَريمٍ عارِضٌ

فَبَكاكَ مِن قَبرٍ كَريمٍ عارِضٌ

زَجِلٌ لَهُ مِن رَنَّةٍ إِرعادُ

زَجِلٌ لَهُ مِن رَنَّةٍ إِرعادُ

So a raincloud wept for you, O noble grave,

An elegist from a noble grave laments you

Clamorous, its wailing cry a thunderclap.

Whose wailing for you rumbles.

نُحِرَ العَزاءُ عَلَيهِ لَم تُنحَر بِهِ

نُحِرَ العَزاءُ عَلَيهِ لَم تُنحَر بِهِ

إِبِلٌ وَلَم تُعقَر عَلَيهِ جِيادُ

إِبِلٌ وَلَم تُعقَر عَلَيهِ جِيادُ

Consolation was slaughtered over it, but no

Condolences were given for him, no camels slaughtered

Camels were slaughtered there, nor steeds hamstrung over it.

And no steeds hamstrung in grief for him.

وَسَقاكَ وابِلُ رَحمَةٍ يَغشى بِها

وَسَقاكَ وابِلُ رَحمَةٍ يَغشى بِها

جَنَباتِكَ الوُرّادُ وَالرُوّادُ

جَنَباتِكَ الوُرّادُ وَالرُوّادُ

And may a downpour of mercy water you, at which

And the downpour of mercy inundated

Water-seekers and pasture-seekers throng your sides.

Your sides, frequented by visitors and pilgrims.

تَهفو البُروقُ بِجانِبَيهِ كَأَنَّما

تَهفو البُروقُ بِجانِبَيهِ كَأَنَّما

عُقِرَت بِها خَيلٌ عَلَيكَ وِرادُ

عُقِرَت بِها خَيلٌ عَلَيكَ وِرادُ

Lightning flashes flicker at its two sides, as though

Lightning flashes by his sides as if

Bay horses had been hamstrung by them over you.

Horses seeking you were hamstrung.

فَبِطيبِ تُربِكَ أَيُّ بَيتِ قَصيدَةٍ

فَبِطيبِ تُربِكَ أَيُّ بَيتِ قَصيدَةٍ

لَو أَنَّ ذاكَ البَيتَ كانَ يُعادُ

لَو أَنَّ ذاكَ البَيتَ كانَ يُعادُ

By the fragrance of your soil, what a verse of poetry—

With the goodness of your soil, which verse of elegy

If only that verse could be repeated!

If that verse could be repeated!

لاتَلتَقي عَينٌ عَلَيهِ وَنَومَةٌ

لاتَلتَقي عَينٌ عَلَيهِ وَنَومَةٌ

لَيلاً وَلا جَنبٌ بِهِ وَمِهادُ

لَيلاً وَلا جَنبٌ بِهِ وَمِهادُ

No eye meets with sleep over it

No eye meets another in slumber upon it at night

At night, nor a side with bedding beside it.

No side or pillow meets it.

وَاللَيلُ فُسطاطٌ هُناكَ مُطَنَّبٌ

وَاللَيلُ فُسطاطٌ هُناكَ مُطَنَّبٌ

ضُرِبَت لَهُ مِن أَنجُمٍ أَوتادُ

ضُرِبَت لَهُ مِن أَنجُمٍ أَوتادُ

And night is a tent stretched out there,

The night there is a pavilion propped

With pegs of stars driven in for it.

With stakes of stars driven in.

وَكَفى مَعاداً لِلتَلاقي في الكَرى

وَكَفى مَعاداً لِلتَلاقي في الكَرى

لَو كانَ يَسمَحُ بِالخَيالِ رُقادُ

لَو كانَ يَسمَحُ بِالخَيالِ رُقادُ

And sleep would suffice as a place to meet again,

And it would suffice as a meeting place in the grave

If only slumber would grant the dream-image.

If imagination allowed one to settle there.