زارَهُvisited him حَتفُهُhis doom فَقَطَّبَso he frowned لِلمَوat death (continued)
زارَهُ حَتفُهُ فَقَطَّبَ لِلمَو
تِcompletion of “death” وَأَلقىand cast aside مِنfrom بَعدِهاafter it التَقطيباfrowning
تِ وَأَلقى مِن بَعدِها التَقطيبا
His doom visited him, and he frowned at death;
then afterward cast his frown aside.
زَوَّدوهُthey provisioned him طيباًperfume لِيَلحَقَso he might catch up بِالناwith the people (continued)
زَوَّدوهُ طيباً لِيَلحَقَ بِالنا
سِcompletion of “people” وَحَسبُand sufficient for الدَفينِthe buried person بِالتُربِwith the earth طيباas perfume
سِ وَحَسبُ الدَفينِ بِالتُربِ طيبا
They provisioned him with perfume, so he might join the people;
yet earth is perfume enough for the buried.
نامَhe slept فيin قَبرِهِhis grave وَوَسَّدَand made a pillow of يُمناright hand
نامَ في قَبرِهِ وَوَسَّدَ يُمنا
هُhis فَخِلناهُso we imagined him قامَhe rose فيناamong us خَطيباas an orator
هُ فَخِلناهُ قامَ فينا خَطيبا
He slept in his grave, making his right hand his pillow;
so we imagined he had risen among us as an orator.
لِلمَناياfor deaths حَواطِبٌwood-gatherers لاnot تُباليcare
لِلمَنايا حَواطِبٌ لا تُبالي
أَهَشيماًwhether dry kindling جَرَّتthey dragged لَهاfor her أَمor رَطيباgreen wood
أَهَشيماً جَرَّت لَها أَم رَطيبا
Death has wood-gatherers who do not care
whether they have hauled her dry kindling or green wood.
صَرَفَتshe served unmixed كَأسَهاher cup فَلَمso did not تَسقِgive drink شَرباًdrinkers
صَرَفَت كَأسَها فَلَم تَسقِ شَرباً
مَرَّةًone time خالِصاًunmixed وَأُخرىand another time قَطيباmixed
مَرَّةً خالِصاً وَأُخرى قَطيبا
She served her cup unmixed, not giving drinkers
pure wine one time and mixed wine another.
Sol 6.1