تَمُرُّpass away لِداتيmy contemporaries واحِداًone بَعدَafter واحِدِone
تَمُرُّ لِداتي واحِداً بَعدَ واحِدِ
وَأَعلَمُand I know أَنّيthat I بَعدَهُمafter them غَيرُnot خالِدِimmortal
وَأَعلَمُ أَنّي بَعدَهُم غَيرُ خالِدِ
My peers pass away, one after another,
My contemporaries pass away, one after another;
and I know that after them I shall not live forever.
And I know that after them I shall not live forever.
وَأَحمِلُand I carry مَوتاهُمtheir dead وَأَشهَدُand I witness دَفنَهُمtheir burial
وَأَحمِلُ مَوتاهُم وَأَشهَدُ دَفنَهُم
كَأَنّيas though I بَعيدٌfar مِنهُمُfrom them غَيرُnot شاهِدِa witness
كَأَنّي بَعيدٌ مِنهُمُ غَيرُ شاهِدِ
I carry their dead and witness their burial,
And I carry their dead and witness their burial,
as though I were far from them, no witness at all.
As though I were far from them, not a witness.
فَهاso here أَناI فيin عِلميmy knowledge بِهِمof them وَجَهالَتيand my ignorance
فَها أَنا في عِلمي بِهِم وَجَهالَتي
كَمُستَيقِظٍlike one awake يَرنوgazes بِمُقلَةِwith the eye of راقِدِa sleeper
كَمُستَيقِظٍ يَرنو بِمُقلَةِ راقِدِ
Yet here I am, knowing their fate and still heedless,
So here I am, in my knowledge of them and my ignorance,
like one awake, gazing through a sleeper’s eye.
Like one awake who gazes with a sleeper's eye.
Sol 6.1