أُدْرجَhe was enshrouded والمعروفُand kindness فيin بردِهhis mantle
أُدْرجَ والمعروفُ في بردِه
وحلَّand he settled والإِحسانُand benevolence فيin لحدِهhis grave
وحلَّ والإِحسانُ في لحدِه
He was enshrouded, with kindness in his mantle,
And laid to rest, with benevolence in his grave.
فالبسso wear ظلامَthe darkness of الحزنgrief ياO دهرَهhis age
فالبس ظلامَ الحزن يا دهرَه
لبدركَfor your full moon الآفلsetting منfrom سعدهits good fortune
لبدركَ الآفل من سعده
So wear grief’s darkness, O Time that was his,
For your full moon, now setting from its good fortune.
كانَwas بهthrough him روضُthe garden of الهناjoy زاهياًradiant
كانَ به روضُ الهنا زاهياً
لأنَّهbecause he اليانعُthe fully blooming one منamong وردهits roses
لأنَّه اليانعُ من ورده
Through him the garden of joy was radiant,
For he was its rose in fullest bloom.
شقَّhe cleft الثرىthe soil ريحانةًa basil sprig للعُلىfor glory
شقَّ الثرى ريحانةً للعُلى
وعادَand he returned كالسيفlike a sword إلىto غمدهits sheath
وعادَ كالسيف إلى غمده
He cleft the soil, a basil sprig of glory,
And returned like a sword to its sheath.
وكلُّand every حيٍّliving being عيشهhis life منهلٌa watering place
وكلُّ حيٍّ عيشه منهلٌ
ماhow أقربnear الإِصدارَdeparture from water منto وردهhis coming to drink
ما أقرب الإِصدارَ من ورده
And every living being’s life is a watering place:
How close departure is to his coming to drink!
Sol 6.1