بَشاشَةُgladness أَيّامٍdays مَضَتpassed وَشَبيبَةٌand youth
بَشاشَةُ أَيّامٍ مَضَت وَشَبيبَةٌ
بِشاشَةَin Shāsha خانَتbetrayed أَهلَهاits people وَبِشاشِand in Shāsh
بِشاشَةَ خانَت أَهلَها وَبِشاشِ
The gladness of days gone by, and youth,
have betrayed their people in Shāsha and in Shāsh.
وَمازالَand has never ceased هَذاthis الدَهرُTime يَثنيcurbing جَوامِحاًunruly steeds
وَمازالَ هَذا الدَهرُ يَثني جَوامِحاً
بِلُجمٍwith bridles وَيَثنيand curbs مُقرَماًa breeding camel بِخِشاشِwith a nose-peg
بِلُجمٍ وَيَثني مُقرَماً بِخِشاشِ
And this Time has always curbed unruly steeds
with bridles, and curbed a breeding camel with a nose-peg.
وَيُرسِلُand sends forth صَقراًa falcon لِلمَنونِfor Death مُسَلَّطاًgiven free rein
وَيُرسِلُ صَقراً لِلمَنونِ مُسَلَّطاً
فَيظفَرُso it seizes مِنfrom among أَبطالِناour champions بِخِشاشِsmall prey
فَيظفَرُ مِن أَبطالِنا بِخِشاشِ
And sends forth a falcon, unleashed for Death,
so it seizes small prey from among our champions.
يُصيبُstrikes أَخاthe master of النُبلِarrows الصِيابِunerring وَيَعتَديand attacks
يُصيبُ أَخا النُبلِ الصِيابِ وَيَعتَدي
لَدىduring الطَعنِspear-thrusting فيin الهَيجاbattle بِذاتِwith one bearing رِشاشِa spray of blood
لَدى الطَعنِ في الهَيجا بِذاتِ رِشاشِ
It strikes the master of unerring arrows, and attacks
amid battle’s spear-thrusts, with a blood-spattering thrust.
لَعُمريby my life لَقَدindeed نادىcalled out وَإِنeven though كانَhe was صامِتاًsilent
لَعُمري لَقَد نادى وَإِن كانَ صامِتاً
مُكَثَّمMukaththam طَويلاًfor a long time فَاِظعَنواso depart بِغِشاشِin haste
مُكَثَّم طَويلاً فَاِظعَنوا بِغِشاشِ
By my life, he has indeed called out, though silent—
Mukaththam—for so long: “Depart, then, in haste!”
Sol 6.1