Sol 6.1

  1. قِفوا بِالقُبورِ نُسائِل عُمَر

    مَتى كانَتِ الأَرضُ مَثوى القَمَر

    Stand by the graves; let us question Umar:

    When did the earth become the moon's resting place?

  2. سَلوا الأَرضَ هَل زُيِّنَت لِلعَليمِ

    وَهَل أُرِّجَت كَالجِنانِ الحُفَر

    Ask the earth: was it adorned for the learned one,

    and were the grave-pits perfumed like gardens,

  3. وَهَل قامَ رُضوانُ مِن خَلفِها

    يُلاقي الرَضِيَّ النَقِيَّ الأَبَرّ

    and did Ridwan rise from beyond them

    to greet the worthy, the pure, the most righteous?

  4. فَلَو عَلِمَ الجَمعُ مِمَّن مَضى

    تَنَحّى لَهُ الجَمعُ حَتّى عَبَر

    For had the throng of those gone before known,

    the throng would have stood aside for him until he passed

  5. إِلى جَنَّةٍ خُلِقَت لِلكَريمِ

    وَمَن عَرَفَ اللَهَ أَو مَن قَدَر

    into a garden created for the noble,

    and those who knew God or revered Him.

  6. بِرَغمِ القُلوبِ وَحَبّاتِها

    وَرَغمِ السَماعِ وَرَغمِ البَصَر

    Against the will of hearts and their very cores,

    against hearing and against sight,

  7. نُزولُكَ في التُربِ زَينَ الشَبابِ

    سَناءَ النَدِيِّ سَنى المُؤتَمَر

    you descend into dust, O adornment of youth,

    splendor of the club, radiance of the assembly,

  8. مُقيلَ الصَديقِ إِذ ما هَفا

    مُقيلَ الكَريمِ إِذا ما عَثَر

    forgiver of a friend whenever he erred,

    uplifter of the noble whenever he stumbled.

  9. حَييتَ فَكُنتَ فَخارَ الحَياةِ

    وَمُتَّ فَكُنتَ فَخارَ السِيَر

    You lived, and were the pride of life;

    and died, and were the pride of chronicles.

  10. عَجيبٌ رَداكَ وَأَعجَبُ مِنهُ

    حَياتُكَ في طولِها وَالقِصَر

    Strange is your death; stranger still

    is your life, in its length and brevity.

  11. فَما قَبلَها سَمِعَ العالَمونَ

    وَلا عَلِموا مُصحَفاً يُختَصَر

    For before it, the world had never heard,

    or known, of a Qur'an abridged.

  12. وَقَد يَقتُلُ المَرءَ هَمُّ الحَياةِ

    وَشُغلُ الفُؤادِ وَكَدُّ الفِكَر

    And life's cares may kill a man,

    and the heart's preoccupation and the strain of thought.

  13. دَفَنّا التَجارِبَ في حُفرَةٍ

    إِلَيها اِنتَهى بِكَ طولُ السَفَر

    We buried experience in a grave,

    where your long journey came to an end.

  14. فَكَم لَكَ كَالنَجمِ مِن رِحلَةٍ

    رَأى البَدوُ آثارَها وَالحَضَر

    How many journeys you made, like a star,

    whose traces nomads and townsfolk saw!

  15. نِقاباتُكَ الغُرُّ تَبكي عَلَيكَ

    وَيَبكي عَلَيكَ النَدِيُّ الأَغَر

    Your illustrious unions weep for you,

    and the illustrious club weeps for you.

  16. وَيَبكي فَريقٌ تَخَيَّرتَهُ

    شَريفَ المَرامِ شَريفَ الوَطَر

    And a group you handpicked weeps,

    noble in aim, noble in purpose.

  17. وَيَبكي الأُلى أَنتَ عَلَّمتَهُم

    وَأَنتَ غَرَستَ فَكانوا الثَمَر

    And those you taught weep,

    and you planted them, and they became the fruit.

  18. حَياتُكَ كانَت عِظاتٍ لَهُم

    وَمَوتُكَ بِالأَمسِ إِحدى العِبَر

    Your life held lessons for them;

    and your death yesterday was one more lesson.

  19. سَهِرنا قُبَيلَ الرَدى لَيلَةً

    وَمادارَ ذِكرُ الرَدى في السَمَر

    We stayed up one night, shortly before death,

    and death was not mentioned in our evening talk.

  20. فَقُمتَ إِلى حُفرَةٍ هُيِّئَت

    وَقُمتُ إِلى مِثلِها تُحتَفَر

    Then you set out for a grave made ready,

    and I for one like it, still being dug.

  21. مَدَدتُ إِلَيكَ يَداً لِلوَداعِ

    وَمَدَّ يَداً لِلِّقاءِ القَدَر

    I stretched out a hand to you in farewell,

    and Fate stretched out a hand to meet you.

  22. وَلَو أَنَّ لي عِلمَ ما في غَدٍ

    خَبَأتُكَ في مُقلَتي مِن حَذَر

    And had I known what tomorrow held,

    I would have hidden you in my eye, out of fear.

  23. وَقالوا شَكَوتَ فَما راعَني

    وَما أَوَّلُ النارِ إِلّا شَرَر

    And they said you were ailing, but it did not alarm me—

    yet fire begins with nothing but sparks.

  24. رَثَيتُكَ لا مالِكاً خاطِري

    مِنَ الحُزنِ إِلّا يَسيراً خَطَر

    I elegized you, unable to command my thoughts

    for grief, save the few that came to mind.

  25. فَفيكَ عَرَفتُ اِرتِجالَ الدُموعِ

    وَمِنكَ عَلِمتُ اِرتِجالَ الدُرَر

    So through you I learned how tears come unbidden,

    and from you I learned how pearls come unbidden.

  26. وَمِثلُكَ يُرثى بِآيِ الكِتابِ

    وَمِثلُكَ يُفدى بِنِصفِ البَشَر

    And one like you is mourned with verses of the Book,

    and one like you is ransomed with half of humankind.

  27. فَيا قَبرُ كُن رَوضَةً مِن رِضىً

    عَلَيهِ وَكُن باقَةً مِن زَهَر

    So, O grave, be a garden of divine favor

    over him, and be a bouquet of flowers.

  28. سَقَتكَ الدُموعَ فَإِن لَم يَدُمنَ

    كَعادَتِهِنَّ سَقاكَ المَطَر

    May tears water you; and if they do not last,

    as is their habit, may rain water you.