ياO عينُeye بَكِّيweep أباAbu (father of) جَبرٍJabr ووالدَهand his father
يا عينُ بَكِّي أبا جَبرٍ ووالدَه
إذاwhen تحطَّمَتِwere shattered الراياتُthe banners والحَلَقُand the rings of mail
إذا تحطَّمَتِ الراياتُ والحَلَقُ
O eye, weep for Abu Jabr and his father,
when the banners and rings of mail were shattered.
يومٌa day بيومِin return for the day of أبيAbu (father of) جَبرٍJabr وإخوتِهِand his brothers
يومٌ بيومِ أبي جَبرٍ وإخوتِهِ
والنفسُand the soul نفسانtwo souls منهاfrom it الهَولُterror والشَّفَقُand apprehension
والنفسُ نفسان منها الهَولُ والشَّفَقُ
A day in return for the day of Abu Jabr and his brothers;
and the soul is twofold: within it are terror and apprehension.
ياO ضُلَّruin ضُلَّruin المناياdeath's fates ماnot تَرَكنَthey left لناfor us
يا ضُلَّ ضُلَّ المنايا ما تَرَكنَ لنا
عِزّاًhonor نَبُوءُwe come away بهwith it ماas long as هُدِّلَwere made to coo الوَرَقُthe gray doves
عِزّاً نَبُوءُ به ما هُدِّلَ الوَرَقُ
O ruin, ruin wrought by death's fates! They have left us no
honor to come away with, for as long as the gray doves coo.
Sol 6.1