سَلَبتِyou stripped عِظاميmy bones لَحمَهاtheir flesh فَتَرَكتِهاso you left them
سَلَبتِ عِظامي لَحمَها فَتَرَكتِها
عَوارِيَbare فيin أَجلادِهاtheir skins تَتَكَسَّرُthey break apart
عَوارِيَ في أَجلادِها تَتَكَسَّرُ
You robbed my bones of their flesh, leaving them
You stripped my bones of their flesh and left them
bare within their skins, splintering apart.
Bare within their skins, breaking apart.
وَأَخلَيتِand you emptied مِنهاfrom them مُخَّهاtheir marrow فَتَرَكتِهاso you left them
وَأَخلَيتِ مِنها مُخَّها فَتَرَكتِها
أَنابيبَtubes فيin أَجوافِهاtheir hollows الريحُthe wind تَصِفرُwhistles
أَنابيبَ في أَجوافِها الريحُ تَصِفرُ
And you emptied them of their marrow, leaving them
And you emptied them of their marrow and left them
as pipes in whose hollows the wind whistles.
Tubes in whose hollows the wind whistles.
خُذيtake بِيَدِيby my hand ثُمَّthen اِرفَعيlift الثَوبَthe garment فَاِنظُريthen look
خُذي بِيَدِي ثُمَّ اِرفَعي الثَوبَ فَاِنظُري
ضَنىemaciation جَسَديmy body لَكِنَّنيbut I أَتَسَتَّرُI keep myself covered
ضَنى جَسَدي لَكِنَّني أَتَسَتَّرُ
Take me by the hand, then lift the robe and look
Take me by the hand, then lift the garment and look
at my body's wasting—though I keep myself covered.
At the wasting of my body—yet I keep myself covered.
وَلَيسَand is not الَّذيthat which يَجريflows مِنَfrom العَينِthe eye ماؤُهاits water
وَلَيسَ الَّذي يَجري مِنَ العَينِ ماؤُها
وَلَكِنَّهاand yet it is نَفسٌa soul تَذوبُmelts فَتَقطُرُthen drips
وَلَكِنَّها نَفسٌ تَذوبُ فَتَقطُرُ
What flows from the eye is not its water;
And what flows from the eye is not its water,
rather, it is a soul that melts and drips away.
But a soul that melts and then drips.
Sol 6.1