حالa plight يَقِلُّis too little لمثلهاfor the like of it
حال يَقِلُّ لمثلها
حلَّbefell العقابُpunishment بأهلهاupon its people
حلَّ العقابُ بأهلها
A plight—too little for its like
is the punishment that has befallen its people;
ومصيبةand a calamity عظمتgrew grievous عليupon (continues as عليّ)
ومصيبة عظمت علي
يme (completes عليّ) فماso I cannot أقومstand بثقلهاunder its weight
ي فما أقوم بثقلها
and a calamity has weighed heavily upon
me, so I cannot bear its weight.
لهفيmy lament لأياميfor my days التيwhich
لهفي لأيامي التي
منof غفلةheedlessness لمdid not أخلهاleave them free
من غفلة لم أخلها
Alas for my days, which
I never kept free of heedlessness.
مرّتthey passed وماand never حلّتlingered لديwith me
مرّت وما حلّت لدي
دقيقةa moment فيduring حلّهاtheir stay
دقيقة في حلّها
They passed, and never lingered with me
a single moment of their stay.
لمdid not أستفقregain my senses فيduring بعضهاsome of them
لم أستفق في بعضها
حتىuntil أصبتI suffered loss بكلّهاof them all
حتى أصبت بكلّها
I did not come to my senses during any of them
until I suffered the loss of them all.
لهفيmy lament علىover النّفسthe soul التيthat
لهفي على النّفس التي
لاdoes not ترعويdesist عنfrom جهلهاits ignorance
لا ترعوي عن جهلها
Alas for the soul that
will not turn away from its ignorance.
تلهوit plays heedlessly وقوسwhile the bow الموتof death تخbegins تخترم: 'cuts down'
تلهو وقوس الموت تخ
ترمcompletes تخترم: 'cuts down' النفوسsouls بنبلهاwith its arrows
ترم النفوس بنبلها
It plays, while death's bow
cuts down souls with its arrows.
وكأنهاand as though it قدalready ألحقتhas been joined
وكأنها قد ألحقت
بمنto those who انقضىpassed away منfrom قبلهاbefore it
بمن انقضى من قبلها
And it is as though it has already been joined
to those who passed away before it.
ياO أيّهاyou الخلّdear friend المنادىcalled upon
يا أيّها الخلّ المنادى
مثلهhis like فيin مثلهاthe like of it
مثله في مثلها
O friend, whose like is called upon
in a plight like this,
أسعدhelp أخاكyour brother بدعوةwith a prayer
أسعد أخاك بدعوة
تسقيwaters ثراهhis dust بوبلهاwith its downpour
تسقي ثراه بوبلها
help your brother with a prayer
that waters his dust with its downpour.
فعليهfor upon him منfrom نسجthe weaving الذّنوبof sins
فعليه من نسج الذّنوب
مدارعٌtunics لمhas not يبلهاworn them out
مدارعٌ لم يبلها
For upon him, woven from sins,
are tunics he has not worn out.
واللهand God يشهدbears witness اننيthat I
والله يشهد انني
فيin حيرةbewilderment منon أجلهاtheir account
في حيرة من أجلها
And God bears witness that I
am bewildered on their account.
Sol 6.1