أَكثَرَmost ماwhat تَكتُبُهُwrite it الأَقلامُthe pens
أَكثَرَ ما تَكتُبُهُ الأَقلامُ
لَمhave not تَسعَstriven فيfor زَوالِهِits disappearance الأَيّامُthe days
لَم تَسعَ في زَوالِهِ الأَيّامُ
Most of what pens inscribe,
Most of what the pens write—
the days have not labored to erase.
The days have not sought to erase it.
ياO لَكَto you مِنof خُرسٍmute things لَهاthey have كَلامُspeech
يا لَكَ مِن خُرسٍ لَها كَلامُ
مَوتىdead things إِلَيهاto them النَقضُannulment وَالإِبرامُand ratification
مَوتى إِلَيها النَقضُ وَالإِبرامُ
What mute beings you are—yet you have speech!
Oh, what mute things, yet they have speech!
Dead things—yet theirs are revocation and ratification.
Dead things entrusted with annulment and ratification;
قَوامُsupport مَجدٍglory مالَهُit has no قَوامُsupport
قَوامُ مَجدٍ مالَهُ قَوامُ
نِظامُorder مُلكٍa kingdom خانَهُbetrayed it النِظامُthe order
نِظامُ مُلكٍ خانَهُ النِظامُ
The mainstay of a glory that has no mainstay,
The support of glory that has no support;
the order of a realm whose order has betrayed it.
The order of a kingdom whose order has betrayed it.
Sol 6.1