يسرّare gladdened بموتby the death of الناسpeople سبعةseven أنفسsouls
يسرّ بموت الناس سبعة أنفس
معايشهمtheir livelihoods فيماin what حوتهcontained it المقابرthe graves
معايشهم فيما حوته المقابر
Seven souls are gladdened by people's deaths;
Seven souls rejoice at people's death
their livelihoods lie in what the graves contain:
Their livelihood lies in graves that enfold
مغسّلُwasher of موتاهمtheir dead ومعطيand giver of حنوطهمtheir burial perfumes
مغسّلُ موتاهم ومعطي حنوطهم
وبائعand seller of أكفانshrouds وآخرُand another حافرdigger
وبائع أكفان وآخرُ حافر
the washer of their dead and the giver of their burial perfumes,
He who washes their dead and oils their shrouds
a seller of shrouds and another who digs,
And the vendor of burial sheets and the gravedigger
وصاحبand possessor of ميراثan inheritance يعاندis obstinate والتيand she who
وصاحب ميراث يعاند والتي
تنوحwails معاtogether والعظمand bone للعظمof bone كاسرa breaker
تنوح معا والعظم للعظم كاسر
an obstinate heir, and the woman who
And an heir who quarrels and she who laments
wails, together with bone that breaks bone.
Keening over bones as bone-breaker crushes them
وماand what سرّهمgladdened them منfrom غيرهمothers besides them سرّgladdened غيرهمothers besides them
وما سرّهم من غيرهم سرّ غيرهم
بهمthrough them ولهمand for them والدائراتand the turning fortunes دوائرcircles
بهم ولهم والدائرات دوائر
And what brought them joy through others brought others joy
The joy of some is no joy for others
through them and for them; fortunes turn in circles.
For them and through them life's wheel keeps turning
Sol 6.1