أُفِّ للدُّنيا ولِلزي

أُفِّ للدُّنيا ولِلزي

نَةِ فيها والإناثِ

نَةِ فيها والإناثِ

Fie on the world and on adorn-

Spit on this world and its pleasures,

ment in it, and on women!

On the women and girls in it,

إذ حَثَا التُربَ على هَيْلا

إذ حَثَا التُربَ على هَيْلا

نَ في الحُفْرةِ حاثِ

نَ في الحُفْرةِ حاثِ

When earth was cast upon Haylā-

When they threw dirt on his body

n in the grave by one who cast it.

As he lay in his grave beneath.

فَلَها تَبْكي البواكي

فَلَها تَبْكي البواكي

وَلَهَا تشجي المَرَاثي

وَلَهَا تشجي المَرَاثي

So for her the mourning women weep,

Let it weep and mourn for him,

and for her the elegies stir sorrow.

Let it lament him with elegies.

خَلّفت سقماً طويلاً

خَلّفت سقماً طويلاً

جَعَلَتْ ذاك تُراثي

جَعَلَتْ ذاك تُراثي

She left behind a lingering sickness;

It left behind long sickness,

she made that my inheritance.

And made that my inheritance.