هَذاthis جَمالُJamal (beauty) الدِّينِal-Din (the faith) أَمسىhas become نازِلاًresting
هَذا جَمالُ الدِّينِ أَمسى نازِلاً
جَدَثاًa grave تَضمنhas enclosed مِنهُin him أَيّwhat a دَفينِburied one
جَدَثاً تَضمن مِنهُ أَيّ دَفينِ
This is Jamal al-Din, now laid to rest
in a grave—what a man it holds within!
قَدرٌa decree of fate بِهِthrough it عَمَّbecame widespread البُكاءُweeping عَلىover امرئٍa man
قَدرٌ بِهِ عَمَّ البُكاءُ عَلى امرئٍ
فَقَدَتlost بِهِin him الدُنياthe world جَمالَthe beauty of الدِّينِthe faith
فَقَدَت بِهِ الدُنيا جَمالَ الدِّينِ
A decree of fate brought universal mourning for a man
with whose loss the world lost the beauty of faith.
Sol 6.1