أَضحَتhave become قُبورُهُمُtheir graves مِنfrom بَعدِafter عِزِّهِمُtheir glory
أَضحَت قُبورُهُمُ مِن بَعدِ عِزِّهِمُ
تَسفيsweeps dust عَليهاover them الصِباthe east wind وَالحَرجَفُand the fierce, cold wind الشَملُthe north wind
تَسفي عَليها الصِبا وَالحَرجَفُ الشَملُ
Their graves, after their glory, are now
Swept with dust by the east wind and the fierce, cold north wind.
لاnot يَدفَعونَthey ward off هَواماًvermin عَنfrom وُجوهِهِمُtheir faces
لا يَدفَعونَ هَواماً عَن وُجوهِهِمُ
كَأَنَّهُمas though they were خَشَبٌtimber بِالقاعِon the plain مُنجَدِلُlying fallen
كَأَنَّهُم خَشَبٌ بِالقاعِ مُنجَدِلُ
They cannot ward vermin off their faces,
As though they were timber lying fallen on the plain.
Sol 6.1