أَلاَAh! يالَقَومٍO people, help! لِلأَسَىfor grief وَالتَّذكُّرِand remembrance
أَلاَ يالَقَومٍ لِلأَسَى وَالتَّذكُّرِ
وَعَينٍand an eye قَذَىa mote إِنسانِهاits pupil أُمُّUmm (mother of) جَعفَرِJaʿfar
وَعَينٍ قَذَى إِنسانِها أُمُّ جَعفَرِ
Ah, people, help against grief and remembrance,
O people, be sad and reminiscent
And an eye whose pupil’s mote is Umm Jaʿfar!
A mother's eyes that shed tears for Ja'far
فَلَمso … did not تَرsee عَينِيmy eye مِثلَthe like of قَلبِىَmy heart لَمdid not يَطِرfly away
فَلَم تَر عَينِي مِثلَ قَلبِىَ لَم يَطِر
وَلاnor كَضُلوعٍlike ribs تَحتَهُbeneath it لَمdid not تَكَسَّرshatter
وَلا كَضُلوعٍ تَحتَهُ لَم تَكَسَّر
For my eye has never seen the like of my heart, which has not flown away,
My eyes have not seen the likes of my heart that did not fly
Nor ribs like those beneath it, which have not shattered.
Nor ribs beneath that did not break
Sol 6.1