سَتُباشِرُyou will encounter الأَجداثَthe graves وَحدَكyou alone
سَتُباشِرُ الأَجداثَ وَحدَك
وَسَيَضحَكُand will laugh الباكونَthose who weep بَعدَكafter you are gone
وَسَيَضحَكُ الباكونَ بَعدَك
You will face the graves alone.
And those who weep will laugh after you are gone.
وَسَتَستَجِدُّand will renew itself بِكَin you البِلىdecay
وَسَتَستَجِدُّ بِكَ البِلى
وَسَتُخلِقُand will wear away الأَيّامُthe days عَهدَكthe memory of you
وَسَتُخلِقُ الأَيّامُ عَهدَك
And decay will renew itself in you.
And the days will wear away the memory of you.
وَسَيَشتَهيand will desire المُتَقَرِّبوthose drawing near (word continues)
وَسَيَشتَهي المُتَقَرِّبو
نَplural ending completing المتقربون إِلَيكَto you بَعدَafter المَوتِdeath بُعدَكyour remoteness
نَ إِلَيكَ بَعدَ المَوتِ بُعدَك
And those who draw close to you will wish
you far away after death.
لِلَّهِto God دَرُّكَyour excellence (an expression of praise) ماhow أَجَدearnest (word continues)
لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ ما أَجَد
دَكَyou (completes أجدّك) فيin المَلاعِبِgames and amusements ماhow أَجَدَّكearnest you are
دَكَ في المَلاعِبِ ما أَجَدَّك
God bless you—how earnest you are
in your games, how earnest you are!
المَوتُdeath ماthat which لاno بُدَّescape مِنfrom
المَوتُ ما لا بُدَّ مِن
هُit (completes منه) عَلىdespite احتِرازِكَyour guarding yourself مِنهُagainst it جَهدَكyour utmost effort
هُ عَلى احتِرازِكَ مِنهُ جَهدَك
Death is that which cannot be escaped,
however hard you strive to guard against it.
فَلَيُسرِعَنَّso will surely hasten بِكَupon you البِلىdecay
فَلَيُسرِعَنَّ بِكَ البِلى
وَلَيَقصِدَنَّand will surely head الحَينُdeath قَصدَكstraight toward you
وَلَيَقصِدَنَّ الحَينُ قَصدَك
So decay will surely rush upon you,
and death will surely make straight for you.
وَلَيُفنِيَنَّكَand it will surely destroy you بِالَّذيby that which
وَلَيُفنِيَنَّكَ بِالَّذي
أَفنىit destroyed أَباكَyour father بِهِby it وَجَدَّكand your grandfather
أَفنى أَباكَ بِهِ وَجَدَّك
And it will surely destroy you by the same thing
with which it destroyed your father and grandfather.
لَوif قَدalready ظَعَنتَyou departed عَنِfrom البُيوthe houses (word continues)
لَو قَد ظَعَنتَ عَنِ البُيو
تِcompletes البيوت (the houses) وَرَوحِهاand their comfort وَسَكَنتَand you dwelt لَحدَكyour burial niche
تِ وَرَوحِها وَسَكَنتَ لَحدَك
If you were to leave the houses
and their comfort, and settle in your grave,
لَمnot تَنتَفِعyou benefit إِلّاexcept بِفِعلٍfrom a deed
لَم تَنتَفِع إِلّا بِفِعلٍ
صالِحٍrighteous إِنif كانَit existed عِندَكin your possession
صالِحٍ إِن كانَ عِندَك
you would benefit only from a deed
of righteousness, if you had one.
وَإِذاand when الأَكُفُّthe hands مِنَfrom التُراthe dust (word continues)
وَإِذا الأَكُفُّ مِنَ التُرا
بِcompletes التراب (the dust) نُفِضنَare shaken clean عَنكَaway from you تُرِكتَyou are left وَحدَكyou alone
بِ نُفِضنَ عَنكَ تُرِكتَ وَحدَك
And when the hands are shaken free of dust
from burying you, you are left alone.
وَكَأَنَّand as though جَمعَكَwhat you amassed قَدalready غَداhas become
وَكَأَنَّ جَمعَكَ قَد غَدا
ماlocative linking particle بَينَهُمamong them حِصَصاًshares وَكَدَّكand your toil
ما بَينَهُم حِصَصاً وَكَدَّك
And it is as though what you amassed has already become
shares among them—your toil as well.
يَتَلَذَّذونَthey take pleasure بِماin what جَمَعgathered (word continues)
يَتَلَذَّذونَ بِما جَمَع
تَyou (completes جمعت) لَهُمfor them وَلاand not يَجِدونَthey feel فَقدَكyour loss
تَ لَهُم وَلا يَجِدونَ فَقدَك
They take pleasure in what you gathered
for them, and do not feel your loss.
Sol 6.1