ماتَdied ابنُson of نَطّاحٍNattah أَبوfather of وائِلٍWa’il
ماتَ ابنُ نَطّاحٍ أَبو وائِلٍ
بَكرٌBakr فَأَضحىand so became الشِعرُpoetry قَدindeed ماتاdied
بَكرٌ فَأَضحى الشِعرُ قَد ماتا
Ibn Naṭṭāḥ is dead—Abū Wāʾil,
Ibn Nattah, Abu Wa’il, has died—
Bakr—and now poetry itself has died.
Bakr—and so poetry has now died.
Sol 6.1