ماnot درىknew الحاملونَthe bearers يومthe day استقلواthey lifted and carried away
ما درى الحاملونَ يوم استقلوا
نعشةًa bier للثواءfor abiding أمor للقاءfor meeting
نعشةً للثواء أم للقاء
The bearers did not know, the day they lifted
The bearers did not know on the day they bore
a bier, whether for repose or for a meeting.
A bier to meet doom, or a tryst to embrace,
فلتقلso let them say فيكconcerning you باكياتٌweeping women كماas شئنthey wished
فلتقل فيك باكياتٌ كما شئن
صباحاًin the morning وعندand at كلevery مساءِevening
صباحاً وعند كل مساءِ
So let the women mourning you say as they wish,
Then let there be women weeping over you
in the morning and every evening.
In the morn and at every eve's fall.
Sol 6.1