ياO زائرَvisitor القبرِthe grave الذيwhose
يا زائرَ القبرِ الذي
ملَّgrew weary of الزيارةَvisiting زائرُهْits visitor
ملَّ الزيارةَ زائرُهْ
O visitor to the grave whose
O visitor of the grave whose
visitor has grown weary of visiting:
visitor has filled visiting,
ماnot إنreinforces the negation يحاورُكَconverses with you الذيthe one who
ما إن يحاورُكَ الذي
فيهwithin it فكيفَso how تحاورُهyou converse with him
فيه فكيفَ تحاورُه
He does not converse with you—the one
How can you converse with the one
within it; how, then, can you converse with him?
within it, so how can he converse with you?
للهِto God (expressing wonder) قبرٌa grave حازheld باits interior (word begins)
للهِ قبرٌ حاز با
طنُهits interior (word ends) الجمالَbeauty وظاهرُهand its exterior
طنُه الجمالَ وظاهرُه
To God belongs a grave whose interior
Allah has a grave that has achieved
and exterior alike hold beauty!
Beauty in its interior and exterior.
فيهwithin it الحجىwisdom حُبِسَتwere imprisoned أَواits beginnings (word begins)
فيه الحجى حُبِسَت أَوا
ئلُهُits beginnings (word ends) بهwithin it وأواخِرُهand its endings
ئلُهُ به وأواخِرُه
Within it, wisdom's beginnings were imprisoned,
In it, the talkative one was imprisoned -
and its endings within it too.
His first and last words with Him.
بَدْرٌa full moon غَزَتْهُassailed it منfrom الكسthe eclipse (word begins)
بَدْرٌ غَزَتْهُ من الكس
فِthe eclipse (word ends) جيوشُهُits armies وعساكرُهand its troops
فِ جيوشُهُ وعساكرُه
A full moon, assailed by the eclipse's
A full moon whose armies and soldiers
armies and troops.
Attacked him from all sides.
ماnot ذلكthat المقبورُthe buried man عبدُAbd ('servant') الAllah (word begins)
ما ذلك المقبورُ عبدُ ال
لهِAllah (word ends) لكنbut قابرُهhis burier
لهِ لكن قابرُه
That buried man is not Abd Allah,
That buried one is not the servant of
but rather the one who buried him.
Allah, but his entomber.
مَنْwho ذاthis one يفاخرvies in boasting بيthrough me الأديthe man of letters (word begins)
مَنْ ذا يفاخر بي الأدي
بَthe man of letters (word ends) إذاwhen أَتاهhe comes to him يفاخرهvies with him in boasting
بَ إذا أَتاه يفاخره
Who will vie with the man of letters by boasting of me,
Who competes with me in literature
when he comes to vie in boasting with him?
When he comes to compete?
أَمor ذاthis one يكاثرvies in abundance بيthrough me الذيthe one who
أَم ذا يكاثر بي الذي
بالشعرِwith poetry جاءَcame يُكاثرهvies with him in abundance
بالشعرِ جاءَ يُكاثره
Or who will, through me, rival the one
Or who contends with me in poetry
who has come to outdo him in abundance of verse?
Came to contend it?
أَحللتَyou inflicted بيupon me ياO دهرُTime ماwhat
أَحللتَ بي يا دهرُ ما
قدindeed كنتُI was منكَfrom you أُحاذرهI feared it
قد كنتُ منكَ أُحاذره
You have brought upon me, O Time, what
You have made lawful against me, oh time, what
I had feared from you.
I used to be wary of from you.
غصنٌa branch منذsince ثَنيْتَهُyou bent it
غصنٌ منذ ثَنيْتَهُ
بالعُنْفِwith violence أَنكَthat you are كاسِرُهits breaker
بالعُنْفِ أَنكَ كاسِرُه
A branch—since you bent it
A branch, since you bent it
with violence, you are its breaker.
Forcefully, you would break it.
Sol 6.1