نَعيٌّ زادَ فيه الدَهرُ ميما

نَعيٌّ زادَ فيه الدَهرُ ميما

فأَصبَحَ بَعدَ بُؤساهُ نَعيما

فأَصبَحَ بَعدَ بُؤساهُ نَعيما

A death notice to which Time added a mīm

A eulogy in which fate increased sorrow

thus became bliss after its misery.

So that after its misery it became bliss

وَما صَدَقَ النَذيرُ بِهِ لِأَنّي

وَما صَدَقَ النَذيرُ بِهِ لِأَنّي

رَأَيتُ الشَمسَ تَطلُعُ وَالنُجوما

رَأَيتُ الشَمسَ تَطلُعُ وَالنُجوما

And the warner spoke falsely of it, for I

And the warner was not truthful about it because

saw the sun rise, and the stars too.

I saw the sun rise and the stars