أَياO قَلبيmy heart أَماwill you not تَخشَعgrow humble
أَيا قَلبي أَما تَخشَع
وَياand O عِلميmy knowledge أَماwill you not تَنفَعbe of use
وَيا عِلمي أَما تَنفَع
O my heart, will you not grow humble?
Oh my heart, do you not soften,
And O my knowledge, will you not be of use?
And oh my knowledge, do you not benefit,
أَماis it not حَقّيmy right بِأَنto (introducing a clause) أَنظُI look (word begins here)
أَما حَقّي بِأَن أَنظُ
رَcompletion of 'I look' لِلدُنياupon the world وَماand what تَصنَعit does
رَ لِلدُنيا وَما تَصنَع
Is it not right for me to look
Is it not my right that I look
upon the world and what it does?
At this world and what it does,
أَماhave I not شَيَّعتُI escorted to burial أَمثاليthose like me
أَما شَيَّعتُ أَمثالي
إِلىto ضيقٍnarrowness مِنَof المَضجَعthe resting place
إِلى ضيقٍ مِنَ المَضجَع
Have I not escorted those like me
Have not my peers gone
to a narrow resting place?
To the narrowness of the grave,
أَماdo I not أَعلَمُI know أَنthat لاno بُدescape (word begins here)
أَما أَعلَمُ أَن لا بُد
دَcompletion of 'escape' ليfor me مِنfrom ذالِكَthat المَصرَعthe place of death
دَ لي مِن ذالِكَ المَصرَع
Do I not know that there is no escape
Do I not know that there is no escape
for me from that place of death?
For me from that final resting place,
أَياO غَوَثاهُhelp! بِاللاby God (word begins here)
أَيا غَوَثاهُ بِاللا
هِcompletion of 'God' هَذاthis الأَمرُthe matter ماhow أَفظَعdreadful
هِ هَذا الأَمرُ ما أَفظَع
O, help! By God,
Oh helper of Allah, this matter - how grave!
how dreadful this matter is!
Partial English translation: 9 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1