ياO ناعيَannouncer of death الفِقهِjurisprudence إِلىto أَهلِهِits people
يا ناعيَ الفِقهِ إِلى أَهلِهِ
إِنif ماتَdied يَعقوبYaqub وَماand not يَدريhe knows
إِن ماتَ يَعقوب وَما يَدري
O you who announce jurisprudence’s death to its people,
O you who call jurisprudence to its people
O you who announce the death of Jurisprudence to its kin,
If Yaqub has died—and he does not know—
Though Jacob has passed away, unknowing
If Ya'qub has died—though you perceive it not—
لَمdid not يَمُتِdie الفِقهُjurisprudence وَلَكِنَّهُbut it
لَم يَمُتِ الفِقهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ
حُوِّلwas transferred مِنfrom صَدرa breast إِلىto صدرa breast
حُوِّل مِن صَدر إِلى صدر
Jurisprudence has not died; rather, it
Jurisprudence did not die, but rather
Jurisprudence has not died; rather, it
Has been transferred from one breast to another.
It was transferred from one chest to another
Has been transferred from one heart to another.
أَلقاهُhe imparted it يَعقوبYaqub إِلىto يوسفٍYusuf
أَلقاهُ يَعقوب إِلى يوسفٍ
وَآلَand passed منfrom طيبgoodness إِلىto طهرpurity
وَآلَ من طيب إِلى طهر
Yaqub imparted it to Yusuf,
Jacob passed it on to Joseph
Ya'qub bestowed it upon Yusuf,
And it passed from goodness to purity.
And it moved from purity to purity
And it passed from fragrance to purity.
فَهوَso it مُقيمabiding فَإِذاthen when ماemphatic particle ثَوىhe lay buried
فَهوَ مُقيم فَإِذا ما ثَوى
حَلَّhe rested وَحَلَّand rested الفقهjurisprudence فيin قَبرa grave
حَلَّ وَحَلَّ الفقه في قَبر
So it abides; then, when he lies buried,
So it remains, and when he passed away
So it remains abiding; yet if he were to perish,
He will rest, and jurisprudence will rest in a grave.
It settled, and jurisprudence settled in a grave
He would settle, and Jurisprudence would settle in a grave.
Sol 6.1