فاجأتنا والمنونُ مُنتظرَه

فاجأتنا والمنونُ مُنتظرَه

مِن جامع الطيِّبات مُختصره

مِن جامع الطيِّبات مُختصره

We were taken by surprise, though death is expected,

It caught us unawares while death lay in wait, a brief excerpt taken from the gatherer of virtues,

by a brief note from the gatherer of virtues.

The tale of a calamity deafened my hearing; the mere mention of it blunted the sharpest of swords.

أصمَّ سَمعي حَديثُ حادثةٍ

أصمَّ سَمعي حَديثُ حادثةٍ

فَلَّ السيوفَ الذكورَ مَن ذكَرَه

فَلَّ السيوفَ الذكورَ مَن ذكَرَه

News of a calamity deafened my ears;

A crowned chieftain of Judham has lost three; may ten others live on for his sake.

whoever recounted it blunted the hard-tempered swords.

Three, regarding whom there is no dispute that they are superior to the Farqad stars and Venus,

مُتوَّجٌ من جُذام ماتَ له

مُتوَّجٌ من جُذام ماتَ له

ثلاثةٌ فليعِشْ له عَشَرَه

ثلاثةٌ فليعِشْ له عَشَرَه

A crowned man of Judham lost

Neither Jupiter nor Saturn were availed by their light; rather, it is God who executes His decree.

three; so may ten live for him.

ثلاثةٌ لا خِلافَ أَنَّهمُ

ثلاثةٌ لا خِلافَ أَنَّهمُ

خَيرٌ من الفَرْقَدَيْن والزُّهَره

خَيرٌ من الفَرْقَدَيْن والزُّهَره

Three—there is no dispute that they

are better than the two Farqad stars and Venus.

ما نَفَع المُشْترِي ولا زُحَلاً

ما نَفَع المُشْترِي ولا زُحَلاً

ضوءٌ بلِ اللهُ مُنفِذٌ قَدَرَه

ضوءٌ بلِ اللهُ مُنفِذٌ قَدَرَه

Neither Jupiter nor Saturn was helped

by light; rather, God carries out His decree.