كذاthus تفقدloses العينُthe eye إنسانهاits pupil
كذا تفقد العينُ إنسانها
فتدميand so make bleed المدامعُthe tears أجفانهاits eyelids
فتدمي المدامعُ أجفانها
Thus does the eye lose its pupil,
Thus the eye loses its pupil,
and tears make its eyelids bleed.
and tears make its eyelids bleed.
كذاthus يقرعstrikes الخطبُcalamity صمَّthe unyielding ones of الجبالthe mountains
كذا يقرع الخطبُ صمَّ الجبال
إلىuntil أنthat يزلزلit shakes ثهلانهاtheir Thahlan
إلى أن يزلزل ثهلانها
Thus calamity batters the deaf mountains,
Thus calamity strikes the unyielding mountains,
until it shakes even Thahlan among them.
until it shakes their Thahlan.
كذاthus للمراقبtoward the lookout heights كفُّthe hand of الزمانTime
كذا للمراقب كفُّ الزمان
تمدُّreaches out فتأسرand so captures عقبانهاtheir eagles
تمدُّ فتأسر عقبانها
Thus, toward lofty stations, does Time’s hand
Thus toward the lookout heights the hand of Time
reach forth and capture their eagles.
reaches out and captures their eagles.
كذاthus تغمدare sheathed البيضُthe gleaming swords تحتbeneath الصعيدthe earth
كذا تغمد البيضُ تحت الصعيد
فتغدوand so become الضرايحthe tombs أجفانهاtheir scabbards
فتغدو الضرايح أجفانها
Thus are gleaming swords sheathed beneath the earth,
Thus the gleaming swords are sheathed beneath the earth,
and tombs become their scabbards.
and the tombs become their scabbards.
كذاthus وأبيكby your father عواليthe lofty tips of الرماحthe spears
كذا وأبيك عوالي الرماح
تدقُّshatters يدُthe hand of الدهرTime مرّانهاtheir wooden shafts
تدقُّ يدُ الدهر مرّانها
Thus—by your father!—the towering spears—
Thus, by your father, the lofty spearheads—
Time’s hand crushes their supple shafts.
the hand of Time shatters their shafts.
Sol 6.1