حَديثٌa tale جاءَcame عَنabout هابيAbel (partial name)
حَديثٌ جاءَ عَن هابي
لَcompletion of 'Abel' فيin الدَهرِthe ages وَقابيلاand Cain
لَ في الدَهرِ وَقابيلا
A tale came down about Abel
A tale came from Haby
in ages past, and Cain;
Of no good in life or requital
وَطَيرٌand birds عَكَفَتgathered يَوماًone day
وَطَيرٌ عَكَفَت يَوماً
عَلىover الجَيشِthe army أَبابيلاin flocks
عَلى الجَيشِ أَبابيلا
and birds once gathered
And a bird once perched
over the army in flocks.
On the army, ill-omened
مَتىwhen تَرحَلُyou depart عَنfrom دُنياa world
مَتى تَرحَلُ عَن دُنيا
تَزيدُincreases الأَهلَthe inhabitants تَخبيلاmadness
تَزيدُ الأَهلَ تَخبيلا
When will you leave a world
When will you leave this world
that drives its people further into madness?
Increasing sorrow in the folk?
سِواهُمothers besides them نَخَلَsifted النُصحَsincere counsel
سِواهُم نَخَلَ النُصحَ
وَلاقوكَand they met you غَرابيلاas sieves
وَلاقوكَ غَرابيلا
Others sifted sincere counsel,
Except the palm trees of sincerity
and they met you as sieves.
You met but ravens
لَبِسناwe donned مِنfrom مَدىthe span of الأَيّاthe days (partial word)
لَبِسنا مِن مَدى الأَيّا
مِcompletion of 'the days' لِلغَيِّfor waywardness سَرابيلاrobes
مِ لِلغَيِّ سَرابيلا
We have donned, from the span of days,
We wore for the long days
robes of waywardness.
Garments for the vain, diaphanous
وَقَضَّيتُand I spent زَمانَthe time of الشَرyouth's prime (partial word)
وَقَضَّيتُ زَمانَ الشَر
خِcompletion of 'youth's prime' تَقيِيداًbinding وَتَكبيلاand shackling
خِ تَقيِيداً وَتَكبيلا
And I spent the prime of youth
And I spent the days of evil
in bonds and shackles.
Tied and shackled
وَزارَand visited الطَيفُthe phantom فيin النَومِsleep
وَزارَ الطَيفُ في النَومِ
فَلَمyet did not تَسأَلهُyou ask it تَقبيلاa kiss
فَلَم تَسأَلهُ تَقبيلا
And the phantom visited in sleep,
And a specter visited in sleep
yet you did not ask it for a kiss.
Yet you did not ask for a kiss
فَفَرِّقso distribute مالَكَyour wealth الجَمِّabundant
فَفَرِّق مالَكَ الجَمِّ
وَخَلِّand leave الأَرضَthe land تَسبيلاfor public use
وَخَلِّ الأَرضَ تَسبيلا
So distribute your abundant wealth,
So distribute your wealth
and leave the land for public use.
And leave the land to roam
وَلاand do not تَستَزرِbelittle بِالقَومِthe people
وَلا تَستَزرِ بِالقَومِ
إِذاif كانواthey were تَنابيلاshort, lowly men
إِذا كانوا تَنابيلا
And do not belittle people
And do not clothe yourself with the folk
if they are short and lowly;
If they are effeminate
فَماfor not كُنتَyou were مِنَamong الرَهطِthe group
فَما كُنتَ مِنَ الرَهطِ
يُعَدّونَthey are reckoned مَقابيلاnobly born on both sides
يُعَدّونَ مَقابيلا
for you were not among those
For you were not of the company
reckoned nobly born on both sides.
They counted as requital
وَلاand not يَبقىremains عَلىthrough الساعاthe hours (partial word)
وَلا يَبقى عَلى الساعا
تِcompletion of 'the hours' أَغفارٌibex kids بِإِشبيلاat Ishbil
تِ أَغفارٌ بِإِشبيلا
Nor, as the hours pass, will there remain
And there remained not in the moment
young ibex at Ishbil.
But pardons in Seville
Sol 6.1