حَبلاًa rope بِهِby it رَجَعَتreturned نُفوسُكُمُyour souls
حَبلاً بِهِ رَجَعَت نُفوسُكُمُ
وَلَقَدand indeed بَلَغنَthey had reached تَراقِيَthe collarbones النَحرِthe throat
وَلَقَد بَلَغنَ تَراقِيَ النَحرِ
A rope by which your souls returned,
Your souls have returned bound to it,
though they had indeed reached the collarbones at the throat.
And we have certainly reached the heights of sacrifice.
إِنّيindeed I أَرىsee الحَجّاجَal-Hajjaj أَدرَكَهُovertook him
إِنّي أَرى الحَجّاجَ أَدرَكَهُ
ماwhat أَدرَكَovertook الأَروىthe mountain goats عَلىon الوَعرِrugged ground
ما أَدرَكَ الأَروى عَلى الوَعرِ
I see that al-Hajjaj has been overtaken
Indeed I see that the pilgrims have reached
by what overtook the mountain goats on rugged ground,
What the intrepid could not reach through the rugged terrain.
وَأَخاهُand his brother وَاِبنَيهِand his two sons الَّذينِwho هُماthe two of them
وَأَخاهُ وَاِبنَيهِ الَّذينِ هُما
كاناthey both were يَدَيهِhis two hands وَخالِصَand the closest confidant الصَدرِthe heart
كانا يَدَيهِ وَخالِصَ الصَدرِ
and his brother and his two sons, both of whom
And his brother and his two sons, who were
were his two hands and his heart’s closest confidants.
His hands and the core of his being.
ذَهَبواthey departed وَمالُهُمُand their wealth الَّذيwhich جَمَعواthey gathered
ذَهَبوا وَمالُهُمُ الَّذي جَمَعوا
تَرَكوهُthey left it مِثلَlike مُنَضَّدِpiled-up الصَخرِstone
تَرَكوهُ مِثلَ مُنَضَّدِ الصَخرِ
They departed, and their wealth, which they had gathered,
They have gone and the wealth they amassed
they left behind like piled-up stone.
They left it like rocks piled up.
دَخَلواthey entered قُبورَهُمُtheir graves إِذاwhen اِضطَجَعواthey lay down
دَخَلوا قُبورَهُمُ إِذا اِضطَجَعوا
فيهاwithin them بِأَوعِيَةٍwith vessels لَهُمof their own صِفرِempty
فيها بِأَوعِيَةٍ لَهُم صِفرِ
They entered their graves when they lay down
They entered their graves when they lay down
within them, with empty vessels of their own.
In them with yellowed vessels for themselves.
Sol 6.1