ياO نَكَباتِcalamities الدَهرِof time دوليcome round دوليcome round
يا نَكَباتِ الدَهرِ دولي دولي
وَاِقصِريand be brief إِنif شِئتِyou wish أَوor أَطيليlinger long
وَاِقصِري إِن شِئتِ أَو أَطيلي
O calamities of time, come round, come round.
O calamities of fate, come and go,
And be brief, if you wish, or linger long.
Stay awhile or leave, I don’t know,
رَمَيتنيyou struck me رَميَةًa blow لاno مقيلَrespite
رَمَيتني رَميَةً لا مقيلَ
بِكُلِّwith every خَطبٍcalamity فادِحٍcrushing جَليلِgrievous
بِكُلِّ خَطبٍ فادِحٍ جَليلِ
You have struck me a blow that leaves no respite,
You have struck me a blow, I can’t forego,
With every crushing, grievous calamity,
With every grave and momentous woe,
وَكُلِّand every عِبءٍburden أَيَّدٍmighty ثَقيلِheavy
وَكُلِّ عِبءٍ أَيَّدٍ ثَقيلِ
أَوَّلَfirst ماthat رُزِئتُI was bereaved بِالرَسولِof the Messenger
أَوَّلَ ما رُزِئتُ بِالرَسولِ
And every mighty, heavy burden.
And every burden, heavy in its flow.
First, I was bereaved of the Messenger,
First I lost the Prophet, peace to his soul,
وَبَعدُand afterward بِالطاهِرَةِof the pure one البَتولِthe chaste one
وَبَعدُ بِالطاهِرَةِ البَتولِ
وَالوالِدِand the father البرِّkind بِناto us الوَصولِdevoted to family ties
وَالوالِدِ البرِّ بِنا الوَصولِ
And afterward, of the pure, chaste one,
Then the pure and saintly virgin whole,
And of my father, kind to us and devoted to family ties,
And the father who reached his virtuous goal,
وَبِالشَقيقِand of the full brother الحَسَنِHasan الجَليلِthe noble
وَبِالشَقيقِ الحَسَنِ الجَليلِ
وَالبَيتِand the House ذيendowed with التَأويلِinterpretation وَالتَنزيلِand revelation
وَالبَيتِ ذي التَأويلِ وَالتَنزيلِ
And of my full brother, the noble Hasan,
And the noble brother of glory untold,
And of the House endowed with interpretation and revelation,
And the house of meaning and revelation told.
وَزورناand visits to us المَعروفَthe familiar مِنfrom جِبريلِGabriel
وَزورنا المَعروفَ مِن جِبريلِ
فَماfor no لَهُfor it فيin الرزءِbereavement مِنany عَديلِequal
فَما لَهُ في الرزءِ مِن عَديلِ
And of Gabriel's familiar visits to us;
Even Gabriel failed in his rule,
For it has no equal among bereavements.
To protect me from harm and be my tool,
ماno لَكَfor you عَنّيaway from me اليَومَtoday مِنany عَدولٍturning aside
ما لَكَ عَنّي اليَومَ مِن عَدولٍ
وَحَسبِيَand sufficient for me الرَحمَنُthe All-Merciful مِنas a مُنيلِgiver
وَحَسبِيَ الرَحمَنُ مِن مُنيلِ
Today you will not turn aside from me,
You today have no mercy or respite to uphold,
And the All-Merciful suffices me as a giver.
But the Merciful is enough for me to console.
Sol 6.1