أمّاas for الخليطُthe companions فشدَّthen how greatly ماexclamatory emphasis ذهبواthey departed
أمّا الخليطُ فشدَّ ما ذهبوا
بانواthey parted ولمand did not يَقْضواthey fulfill الذيwhat يجِبُis due
بانوا ولم يَقْضوا الذي يجِبُ
As for the companions, how utterly they have departed!
The mixed army went so far away,
They parted and did not fulfill what was due.
They left but did not fulfill what was required,
فالدَّارُso the dwelling بعدَهمُafter them كوشمِlike a tattoo يدٍa hand
فالدَّارُ بعدَهمُ كوشمِ يدٍ
ياO دارُdwelling فيكِin you وفيهمُand in them العجبُwonder
يا دارُ فيكِ وفيهمُ العجبُ
So the dwelling, after them, is like a tattoo on a hand.
So the house after them is like a tattoo on a hand,
O dwelling, in you and in them lies wonder!
O house! In you and them is wonder!
أينwhere التيshe who صيغتْwere fashioned محاسِنُهاher charms
أين التي صيغتْ محاسِنُها
منfrom فضَّةٍsilver شِيبتْwas mingled بهاwith it ذهبُgold
من فضَّةٍ شِيبتْ بها ذهبُ
Where is she whose charms were fashioned
Where is she whose beauty was molded
From silver with which gold was mingled?
From silver turned gray by gold?
ولَّىturned away الشبابُyouth فقلتُso I said أندبُهI lament it
ولَّى الشبابُ فقلتُ أندبُه
لاnot مثلَlike ماwhat قالواthey said ولاand not نَدَبواthey lamented
لا مثلَ ما قالوا ولا نَدَبوا
Youth turned away, so I said, lamenting it,
Youth has passed so I said I would mourn it
Not as they spoke, nor as they lamented:
Not like what they said nor how they mourned.
دِمَنٌcamp-site remains عفَتْhave faded ومحاand erased مَعالِمَهاtheir landmarks
دِمَنٌ عفَتْ ومحا مَعالِمَها
هطِلٌa downpour أجشُّhoarse-sounding وبارحٌand a fierce wind تَرِبُdust-laden
هطِلٌ أجشُّ وبارحٌ تَرِبُ
Camp-site remains have faded, and their landmarks were erased
A home is in ruins and its features erased
By a rumbling downpour and a fierce, dust-laden wind.
A pouring rain, barren land, and accumulated debris.
Sol 6.1