مَضَتshe departed عَنfrom دارِthe home of جُبرائيلَGabriel عيدٍEid
مَضَت عَن دارِ جُبرائيلَ عيدٍ
إِلىto دارٍan abode بِهاin it نَيلَattainment of الثَوابِreward
إِلى دارٍ بِها نَيلَ الثَوابِ
From Gabriel Eid’s home she passed away
She departed from the home of Gabriel Eid
to an abode where heavenly reward is won.
To an abode where reward is attained.
فَتاةٌa young woman مِنfrom بَنِيthe descendants of الشّمَّاعِal-Shammaa أَمسَتshe became
فَتاةٌ مِن بَنِي الشّمَّاعِ أَمسَت
كَغُصنٍlike a branch جَفَّwithered فيin شَرخِthe prime of الشَبابِyouth
كَغُصنٍ جَفَّ في شَرخِ الشَبابِ
A young woman of the house of al-Shammāʿ became
A young woman of the Shammaa family, she became
like a bough that withered in the bloom of youth.
Like a branch withered in the prime of youth.
لَقَدindeed لَحِقَتshe caught up بِطِفليهاwith her two children وَأَبقَتand she left behind
لَقَد لَحِقَت بِطِفليها وَأَبقَت
لَهُfor him طِفلينِtwo children فيin سوءِthe misery of اِنتِحابِlamentation
لَهُ طِفلينِ في سوءِ اِنتِحابِ
Indeed, she joined her two children and left behind
Indeed, she joined her two children and left
for him two children in grievous lamentation.
Him two children amid bitter lamentation.
تَوارَتshe vanished عَنهُfrom him فيin ظُلُماتِthe darkness of قَبرٍa grave
تَوارَت عَنهُ في ظُلُماتِ قَبرٍ
بِهِin it ظَلَّتshe remained لَبيبةُLabiba فيin الحِجابِthe veil
بِهِ ظَلَّت لَبيبةُ في الحِجابِ
She vanished from him into the darkness of a grave;
She vanished from him into the darkness of a grave;
there Labība remained behind the veil.
In it, Labiba remained behind the veil.
فَباتَso he spent the night مُؤرِّخاًrecording the date يَبكيweeping لَدَيهِbeside it
فَباتَ مُؤرِّخاً يَبكي لَدَيهِ
عَلىover قَمرٍa moon تَوارَىvanished فيin التُرابِthe dust
عَلى قَمرٍ تَوارَى في التُرابِ
So he spent the night beside her grave, composing her death-chronogram and weeping
So he spent the night, recording the date, weeping beside it,
for a moon that had vanished into the dust.
Over a moon that had vanished into the dust.
Sol 6.1