أَيُّwhat a أَبٍfather رُزِيْتُهُI was bereaved of him
أَيُّ أَبٍ رُزِيْتُهُ
أَهْلَكْتُI destroyed صَبْرِيmy patience إِذْwhen هَلَكْhe died
أَهْلَكْتُ صَبْرِي إِذْ هَلَكْ
What a father I have lost!
I exhausted my patience when he died.
شَمْسِيmy sun هَوَتْfell مِنْfrom فَلَكِsphere الthe
شَمْسِي هَوَتْ مِنْ فَلَكِ ال
مَجْدِglory وَلِلْمَجْدِand for glory فَلَكْa sphere
مَجْدِ وَلِلْمَجْدِ فَلَكْ
My sun fell from the sphere of
glory—and glory has a sphere.
وَكَوْكَبِيand my star بَاخَgrew dim فَقَدْso indeed
وَكَوْكَبِي بَاخَ فَقَدْ
دَجَاgrew dark ظَلاَمِيmy darkness وَحَلَكْand grew pitch-black
دَجَا ظَلاَمِي وَحَلَكْ
And my star grew dim, so now
my darkness has deepened and grown pitch-black.
يَاO أَبَتِيmy father أَيُّwhat أَسىًsorrow
يَا أَبَتِي أَيُّ أَسىً
لَمْnot تُبْقِyou leave behind لاِبْنِfor a son ثَكَلَكْwho lost you
لَمْ تُبْقِ لاِبْنِ ثَكَلَكْ
O my father, what sorrow
have you not left for a son bereft of you?
خَلَّفْتَهُyou left him مُقْتَفِيَاًfollowing
خَلَّفْتَهُ مُقْتَفِيَاً
إِلَىtoward المَعَالِيthe heights سُبُلَكْyour paths
إِلَى المَعَالِي سُبُلَكْ
You left him following
your paths toward the heights,
وَحُمِّلَand he was made to bear الْعِبءَthe burden الَّذِيthat
وَحُمِّلَ الْعِبءَ الَّذِي
كَانَhad أَبُوكَyour father حَمَّلَكْmade you bear
كَانَ أَبُوكَ حَمَّلَكْ
and he was made to bear the burden that
your father had made you bear,
مِنْfrom بَعْدِafter أَنْthat أَدْرَكْتَyou attained أَوْor
مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَدْرَكْتَ أَوْ
شَارَفْتَyou nearly reached فِيْهِin him أَمَلَكْyour hope
شَارَفْتَ فِيْهِ أَمَلَكْ
after you had fulfilled—or
nearly fulfilled—your hope in him.
وَدِدْتُI wished لَوْif only بِجَسَدِيin my body
وَدِدْتُ لَوْ بِجَسَدِي
كُنْتُI was احْتَمَلْتُI bore عِلَلَكْyour ailments
كُنْتُ احْتَمَلْتُ عِلَلَكْ
I wish that in my own body
I had borne your ailments.
وَدِدْتُI wished أَنَّيthat I لِلْمَنَاfor death (word continues)
وَدِدْتُ أَنَّي لِلْمَنَا
يَا(completes 'death') كُنْتُI was يَوْمَاًone day بَدَلَكْin your place
يَا كُنْتُ يَوْمَاً بَدَلَكْ
I wish that I, for death,
had one day stood in your place.
كَأَنَّمَاas though الأَيَّامُthe days لَمءnot
كَأَنَّمَا الأَيَّامُ لَمء
تُعْجِزْنَthwart إِلاَّexcept حِيَلَكْyour stratagems
تُعْجِزْنَ إِلاَّ حِيَلَكْ
It would be as though the days had not
thwarted any stratagems but yours,
لَوْif لَمْnot يَمُتْdie غَيْرُكَanyone but you مِنْamong
لَوْ لَمْ يَمُتْ غَيْرُكَ مِنْ
إِنْسٍhumans وَجِنٍّand jinn وَمَلَكْand an angel
إِنْسٍ وَجِنٍّ وَمَلَكْ
had none but you died among
humans, jinn, and angels.
تَغَمَّدَmay He cover اللَّهُGod بِحُسْwith grace (word continues)
تَغَمَّدَ اللَّهُ بِحُسْ
نِ(completes 'grace') العَفْوِpardon مِنْهُfrom Him زَلَلَكْyour missteps
نِ العَفْوِ مِنْهُ زَلَلَكْ
May God cover, with the grace of
His pardon, your missteps,
مُسَامِحَاًforgiving غَيْرَnot مُوَفْgiving full due (word continues)
مُسَامِحَاً غَيْرَ مُوَفْ
فٍ(completes 'giving full due') بِالْحِسَابِin the reckoning عَمَلَكْyour deeds
فٍ بِالْحِسَابِ عَمَلَكْ
forgiving, not exacting
a full account of your deeds,
وَلاَand not إِلَىto مَاwhat قَدَّمَتْsent ahead
وَلاَ إِلَى مَا قَدَّمَتْ
يَدَاكَyour two hands فِيْهِin it وَكَلَكْHe consigned you
يَدَاكَ فِيْهِ وَكَلَكْ
nor, to what was sent ahead
by your hands, leave you at that reckoning.
يَاO أَبَتِيmy father كُلُّevery أَبٍfather
يَا أَبَتِي كُلُّ أَبٍ
يُورَدُis led to water يَوْمَاًone day مَنْهَلَكْyour watering place
يُورَدُ يَوْمَاً مَنْهَلَكْ
O my father, every father
will one day be brought to your watering place.
وَالْحَيُّand the living يَقْفُوfollows مَنْwhoever مَضَىwent away
وَالْحَيُّ يَقْفُو مَنْ مَضَى
بِهِwith him الرَّدَىdeath حَيْثُwhere سَلَكْhe trod
بِهِ الرَّدَى حَيْثُ سَلَكْ
And the living follow those carried off
by death, along the path they took.
مِنْat أَيِّwhat شَيْءٍthing يَعْجَبُmarvels الthe
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَعْجَبُ ال
بَاكُونَweepers وَالرَّاثُونَand the elegists لَكْfor you
بَاكُونَ وَالرَّاثُونَ لَكْ
What amazes the
weepers and your elegists?
أَمِنْis it at سَرِيْرٍa bier حَمَلَكْit bore you
أَمِنْ سَرِيْرٍ حَمَلَكْ
أَمْor مِنْat تُرَابٍearth أَكَلَكْit devoured you
أَمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ أَكَلَكْ
Is it a bier that bore you,
or earth that devoured you,
أَمْor لِلْضَّرِيْحِat the grave الضَّيِّقِnarrow الthe
أَمْ لِلْضَّرِيْحِ الضَّيِّقِ ال
أَرْجَاءِconfines كِيْفَhow شَمِلَكْit contained you
أَرْجَاءِ كِيْفَ شَمِلَكْ
or the grave, so narrow in
its confines—how it contained you?
Sol 6.1