قَدindeed تَوارىhas vanished النَجيبُNajib; the noble one فيin ظلِّthe shadow of لَحدٍa grave
قَد تَوارى النَجيبُ في ظلِّ لَحدٍ
غابَset; disappeared فيهِin it بَدرُthe full moon of الحِجىreason وَالرَشادِand sound judgment
غابَ فيهِ بَدرُ الحِجى وَالرَشادِ
Najib, the noble one, has vanished into a grave's shadow;
there the full moon of reason and sound judgment has set.
بَلrather ثَوىlay buried فيهِin it لِلبَلاغةِof eloquence بَحرٌa sea
بَل ثَوى فيهِ لِلبَلاغةِ بَحرٌ
باتَremained يُسقىbeing watered بِصيِّباتِby the downpours of الغَواديthe morning clouds
باتَ يُسقى بِصيِّباتِ الغَوادي
Rather, a sea of eloquence lies buried there,
watered by the downpours of morning clouds,
بَينَamid نَثرٍprose كَأَنَّهُas though it were قَطَعُpatches of الرَوthe garden (word continues)
بَينَ نَثرٍ كَأَنَّهُ قَطَعُ الرَو
ضِ(completes 'the garden') وَنظمٍand verse كَالدرِّlike pearls فيupon الأَجيادِnecks
ضِ وَنظمٍ كَالدرِّ في الأَجيادِ
amid prose like patches of a garden,
and verse like pearls upon necks.
بَكَتِwept الصُحْفُthe pages بَعدَهُafter him بِدُموعٍwith tears
بَكَتِ الصُحْفُ بَعدَهُ بِدُموعٍ
صَبَغَتstained وَجههاtheir faces بِذَوبِwith liquid المِدادِink
صَبَغَت وَجهها بِذَوبِ المِدادِ
The pages wept after his passing, with tears
that stained their faces with liquid ink.
فَأَشارَso indicated التاريخُhistory فيهاin them بِنظمٍthrough verse
فَأَشارَ التاريخُ فيها بِنظمٍ
لاقَbefitted بَعدَafter الحِدادِbereavement بِثَوبِthe garb of الحِدادِmourning
لاقَ بَعدَ الحِدادِ بِثَوبِ الحِدادِ
So history made its mark in them through verse
befitting, after bereavement, the garb of mourning.
Sol 6.1