إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle جاءَcomes يَومُكَyour day of death ياO اِبنَson of عَوفٍʿAwf
إِذا ما جاءَ يَومُكَ يا اِبنَ عَوفٍ
فَلاthen may not مَطَرَتrain عَلىupon الأَرضِthe earth السَماءُthe sky
فَلا مَطَرَت عَلى الأَرضِ السَماءُ
When your day comes, O son of ʿAwf,
may the sky send no rain upon the earth,
وَلاand may not سارَset out البَشيرُthe bearer of glad tidings بِغُنمِwith the spoils of جَيشٍan army
وَلا سارَ البَشيرُ بِغُنمِ جَيشٍ
وَلاand may not حَمَلَتconceive عَلىin الطُّهرِpurity between menstrual periods النِساءُwomen
وَلا حَمَلَت عَلى الطُّهرِ النِساءُ
nor a bearer of glad tidings set out with news of an army’s spoils,
nor women conceive in their time of purity.
تَساقىdrink together الناسُthe people بَعدَكَafter you ياO اِبنَson of عَوفٍʿAwf
تَساقى الناسُ بَعدَكَ يا اِبنَ عَوفٍ
ذَريعَswift المَوتِdeath لَيسَthere is not لَهُfor it شِفاءُa cure
ذَريعَ المَوتِ لَيسَ لَهُ شِفاءُ
May people after you, O son of ʿAwf, drink together
swift death, for which there is no cure.
Sol 6.1