هَلis there? بِالطُلولِamong the ruins البالِيَهthe worn-out
هَل بِالطُلولِ البالِيَه
ناعيa herald of death العُصورِthe ages الخالِيَهthe bygone
ناعي العُصورِ الخالِيَه
Is there among the worn-out ruins
a herald of the death of bygone ages?
ياO لَيتَif only شِعريmy knowledge هَلwhether بِهاamong them
يا لَيتَ شِعري هَل بِها
إِلّاexcept الذِئابُthe wolves العاوِيَهthe howling
إِلّا الذِئابُ العاوِيَه
Would that I knew: is there among them
anything but howling wolves?
نَعَقَتcawed بِهاamong them غِربانُهاtheir ravens
نَعَقَت بِها غِربانُها
تِلكَthose الرُسومُthe traces العافِيَهthe fading
تِلكَ الرُسومُ العافِيَه
Their ravens cawed among them—
those fading traces,
دِمَنٌruined campsites مِنَfrom الأَيّامِthe days فيin
دِمَنٌ مِنَ الأَيّامِ في
أَطمارِهِنَّtheir rags البالِيَهthe worn-out
أَطمارِهِنَّ البالِيَه
remnants of days gone by, in
their worn-out rags.
مُهَراقيmy outpouring (uncertain reading) تِرياقيmy antidote قِفاhalt, you two
مُهَراقي تِرياقي قِفا
نِبكِlet us weep for الدِيارَthe dwellings الخاوِيَهthe deserted
نِبكِ الدِيارَ الخاوِيَه
My outpouring [reading uncertain], my antidote—halt, you two;
let us weep for the deserted dwellings.
ناؤواthey went far away ةَناءَunclear; probably 'and receded' زَمانُهُمtheir age
ناؤوا ةَناءَ زَمانُهُم
عَينيmy eye عَلَيهِمfor them جارِيَهstreaming
عَيني عَلَيهِم جارِيَه
They went far away, and their age receded [text uncertain];
my eye streams with tears for them.
جَلَّgrew immense الأَسىthe sorrow لِنواهُمُat their departure
جَلَّ الأَسى لِنواهُمُ
تِلكَthat النَوىthe separation بِيَwith me طاحِيَهsweeping away
تِلكَ النَوى بِيَ طاحِيَه
Sorrow has grown immense at their departure;
that separation sweeps me away.
بيwithin me لَوعَةٌburning anguish بِيَwithin me حَسرَةٌregret
بي لَوعَةٌ بِيَ حَسرَةٌ
بِيَwithin me وَحشَةٌloneliness بِيَwithin me داهِيَهcalamity
بِيَ وَحشَةٌ بِيَ داهِيَه
Within me is burning anguish; within me, regret;
within me is loneliness; within me, calamity.
مِنfrom بَينِهِمamong them مِثليone like me أَنعِهِI mourn him
مِن بَينِهِم مِثلي أَنعِهِ
مِثليone like me أَرثِهِI elegize him بِالقافِيَهin rhyme
مِثلي أَرثِهِ بِالقافِيَه
From among them, one like me—I mourn him;
one like me—I elegize him in rhyme.
أَيُرىis ... seen? حَكيمٌa sage فيin الثَرىthe earth
أَيُرى حَكيمٌ في الثَرى
لاno بَلrather هَباًfine dust فيin السافِيَهthe dust-sweeping wind
لا بَل هَباً في السافِيَه
Is a sage to be seen in the earth?
No—rather, fine dust in the dust-sweeping wind.
Sol 6.1