وَنُكثِرُand we often أَنto نَستَودِعَwe entrust to safekeeping اللَهَGod ظاعِناًa departing traveler
وَنُكثِرُ أَن نَستَودِعَ اللَهَ ظاعِناً
يُوَدِّعُhe bids farewell to صافيuntroubled العَيشِlife حينَwhen يُوَدَّعُhe is bid farewell
يُوَدِّعُ صافي العَيشِ حينَ يُوَدَّعُ
And often we entrust a departing traveler to God,
We often commend the weary unto God
who bids farewell to untroubled life when he is bid farewell.
As one bids farewell to the sweetness of life when bidden farewell
بَنوthe sons of مَخلَدٍMakhlad إِنif يُشرِعَpresents itself الحَمدُpraise يَشرَهواthey hunger
بَنو مَخلَدٍ إِن يُشرِعَ الحَمدُ يَشرَهوا
إِلَيهِfor it وَإِنand if يُدعَواthey are called إِلىto المَجدِglory يُسرِعواthey hasten
إِلَيهِ وَإِن يُدعَوا إِلى المَجدِ يُسرِعوا
The sons of Makhlad—if praise presents itself, they hunger
O clan of Makh’lad, if glory be proclaimed, vie ye with one another to attain it
for it; and if called to glory, they hasten.
And if summoned to honour, be urgent in the quest
إِذاwhen نَحنُwe شَيَّعناwe see off مِنَfrom among القَومِthe people واحِداًone
إِذا نَحنُ شَيَّعنا مِنَ القَومِ واحِداً
هَجَرناwe forsake الكَرىsleep حَتّىuntil يَأوبُhe returns المُشَيَّعَthe one seen off
هَجَرنا الكَرى حَتّى يَأوبُ المُشَيَّعَ
When we see off one of the people,
When we of a community have convoyed one departed
we forsake sleep until the one seen off returns.
We abandon solace until the mourner return
Sol 6.1