لَقَدindeed ناحَlamented رُوفائيلُRaphael فِرعونPharaon إِذwhen مَضَتshe departed
لَقَد ناحَ رُوفائيلُ فِرعون إِذ مَضَت
قَرينَتُهُhis wife تَبغيseeking سَعادَتهاher happiness العُظمىsupreme
قَرينَتُهُ تَبغي سَعادَتها العُظمى
Indeed, Raphael Pharaon lamented when she departed—
Rufael mourned when Pharaoh's companion passed away
his wife, seeking her supreme bliss.
She who sought the greatest of fortunes
فَتاةٌa young woman كَغُصنِlike a bough البانِof the bān tree هَبَّتblew عَواصفٌtempests
فَتاةٌ كَغُصنِ البانِ هَبَّت عَواصفٌ
عَلَيهاupon her مِنَfrom الأَقدارِfate فَاِنقَصَفَتand so she was broken ظُلماunjustly
عَلَيها مِنَ الأَقدارِ فَاِنقَصَفَت ظُلما
A young woman like a bough of the bān tree—tempests blew
A maiden like a tender branch, storms blew
upon her from fate, and so she was unjustly broken.
Upon her from the fates, so she was broken unfairly
أَذاقَتshe made taste بَنِيthe family of الخَورِيal-Khouri مِنَof الحُزنِgrief جَمرةًan ember
أَذاقَت بَنِي الخَورِي مِنَ الحُزنِ جَمرةً
وَذاقَand tasted بَنُوهاher sons قَبلَbefore عَرفانِهاknowing her اليُتْماorphanhood
وَذاقَ بَنُوها قَبلَ عَرفانِها اليُتْما
She made the al-Khouri family taste an ember of grief,
She made the children of Khoury taste a burning grief
and her sons tasted orphanhood before they knew her.
And her children tasted orphanhood before knowing her
فَنادىthen called out لِسانُthe tongue of الحالِcircumstance أَرِّخrecord the date تَصَبَّرواhave patience, all of you
فَنادى لِسانُ الحالِ أَرِّخ تَصَبَّروا
فَقَدfor indeed أَصبَحَتْshe is now أَسماءُAsma فيin المَنزلthe abode الأَسمىloftiest
فَقَد أَصبَحَتْ أَسماءُ في المَنزل الأَسمى
Then the tongue of circumstance cried: “Record the date: have patience,
So the tongue of fate proclaimed, record and be patient
for Asma is now in the loftiest abode.”
For Asma has come to dwell in the highest abode
Sol 6.1