مَلَكَتْtook possession of جَوارِحهhis limbs عَلَيْهِagainst him جِرَاحُهhis wounds
مَلَكَتْ جَوارِحه عَلَيْهِ جِرَاحُه
فَشِفَاؤُهso his healing لاnot يُرْتَجىis hoped for وسَرَاحُهُand his release
فَشِفَاؤُه لا يُرْتَجى وسَرَاحُهُ
His wounds have taken dominion over his limbs,
so neither his healing nor his release can be hoped for.
عَارٍbare; exposed لأبْكَارto the maiden ones الخُطُوبِof calamities وعُونِهاand their seasoned ones
عَارٍ لأبْكَار الخُطُوبِ وعُونِها
غِيضَتْhave been drained مَوَارِدُهُhis water sources وَهِيضَand was broken جَنَاحُهُhis wing
غِيضَتْ مَوَارِدُهُ وَهِيضَ جَنَاحُهُ
Naked before calamities, maiden and seasoned,
his water sources have been drained, and his wing broken.
لَمْdid not يَعْتَرِضْهُassail him مَسَاؤُهُhis evening بِمَساءةٍwith sorrow
لَمْ يَعْتَرِضْهُ مَسَاؤُهُ بِمَساءةٍ
إلاexcept وضَاعَفَهاand doubled it عَلَيْهِupon him صَبَاحُهُhis morning
إلا وضَاعَفَها عَلَيْهِ صَبَاحُهُ
His evening never assailed him with sorrow
but his morning doubled it upon him.
حَسَرَremoved العِمَامَةthe turban حَسْرَةًin grief لِعُمومِهاat its all-encompassing reach
حَسَرَ العِمَامَة حَسْرَةً لِعُمومِها
بَلْوَىan affliction أشادَproclaimed aloud بشَكْوهاwith lament over it إفْصَاحُهُhis clear speech
بَلْوَى أشادَ بشَكْوها إفْصَاحُهُ
He cast off his turban in grief at the all-encompassing reach of
an affliction whose lament his clear speech proclaimed.
وحَديثُهand his tale كَمَدٌgrief عنabout الأفقِthe land الذيwhich
وحَديثُه كَمَدٌ عن الأفقِ الذي
تَصِفُdepict الجنانَthe gardens of Paradise تِلاعُهُits hills وبِطاحُهُand its broad valleys
تَصِفُ الجنانَ تِلاعُهُ وبِطاحُهُ
And his tale is grief for that land whose
hills and broad valleys portray the gardens of Paradise.
تَجْريflow حَثِيثاًswiftly تَحْتَهbeneath it أنْهَارُهits rivers
تَجْري حَثِيثاً تَحْتَه أنْهَارُه
وتَميسُand sway لِيناًgently فَوْقَهُabove it أدْوَاحُهُits spreading trees
وتَميسُ لِيناً فَوْقَهُ أدْوَاحُهُ
Its rivers flow swiftly beneath it,
and its spreading trees sway gently above it.
قَدindeed أُسْلِمَhas been surrendered الإسلامُIslam فيهِin it إِلىto العِدىthe foes
قَد أُسْلِمَ الإسلامُ فيهِ إِلى العِدى
فَأسَاهُso its grief بَرْحٌintense torment لاnot يُتاحُis granted بَرَاحُهُrelief from it
فَأسَاهُ بَرْحٌ لا يُتاحُ بَرَاحُهُ
Indeed, Islam there has been surrendered to the foes,
so its grief is torment from which no escape is granted.
لمّاwhen تحَجَّبَveiled himself فيin النّوىdistance; separation منْصُورُهُits Mansur (victorious one)
لمّا تحَجَّبَ في النّوى منْصُورُهُ
أنْحَىassailed عَلَيْهِagainst it بِسَيْفِهِwith his sword سَفّاحُهُits Saffah (slaughterer)
أنْحَى عَلَيْهِ بِسَيْفِهِ سَفّاحُهُ
When its Mansur, its victorious one, was veiled by distance,
its Saffah, its slaughterer, assailed it with his sword.
Sol 6.1