كواكبُstars العيشlife فارقوناthey left us
كواكبُ العيش فارقونا
فماso it is not منof الحقِّwhat is right أنthat نعيشاwe should live
فما من الحقِّ أن نعيشا
The stars of life have left us,
The stars of life have left us
so it is not right that we should live.
So there's no truth in living on
لماwhen أجدُّواthey hastened الرحيلَdeparture عنَّاfrom us
لما أجدُّوا الرحيلَ عنَّا
كانتwere مطاياهمُtheir mounts النعوشاthe biers
كانت مطاياهمُ النعوشا
When they hastened their departure from us,
When they decided to depart
their mounts were biers.
Their mounts were but funeral biers
Sol 6.1