إِمرَأَةُthe wife of مُقرانَMuqran ماتَتshe died بَعدَafter ماthat (clause marker) شاباhe grew gray
إِمرَأَةُ مُقرانَ ماتَت بَعدَ ما شابا
فَحَسَّتِso ate السَلَعَthe bitter salaʿ plant الفِتيانُthe young men وَالصاباand the bitter ṣāb plant
فَحَسَّتِ السَلَعَ الفِتيانُ وَالصابا
Muqran’s wife died after he had grown gray;
Muqran’s wife died after he had grown gray.
then the wares themselves missed the young men and their friends.
So the young men ate the bitter plants salaʿ and ṣāb.
لَمnot يَبقَremain خَلقٌa soul بِبابِat the gate of الشامِal-Sham نَعرِفُهُwe know him
لَم يَبقَ خَلقٌ بِبابِ الشامِ نَعرِفُهُ
بِالفَتكِfor debauchery مُذsince هَلَكَتshe died إِلّاexcept وَقَدand already تاباhe repented
بِالفَتكِ مُذ هَلَكَت إِلّا وَقَد تابا
Not a soul remains at Bāb al-Shām whom we knew
No one we know at Bab al-Sham
for violent excess: since she perished, every one has repented.
for debauchery remains unrepentant since she died.
ياO نَكبَةًa calamity هَشَمَتit shattered أَنفَthe nose of السُرورِjoy بِهِin it; there
يا نَكبَةً هَشَمَت أَنفَ السُرورِ بِهِ
وَميتَةًand a death أَبقَتِit left العُزّابَthe bachelors عُزّاباbachelors
وَميتَةً أَبقَتِ العُزّابَ عُزّابا
O calamity that there smashed the very nose of joy—
O calamity that shattered the nose of joy there!
and what a death, leaving the bachelors bachelors still!
And a death that left the bachelors bachelors!
Sol 6.1