قَضىdied الياسُElias ديبوDibo وهوwhile he was فيat الستsix years of age فاِقتَضىso called forth
قَضى الياسُ ديبو وهو في الست فاِقتَضى
دموعاًtears واحزاناًand sorrows علىequal to عددthe number of الرملِgrains of sand
دموعاً واحزاناً على عدد الرملِ
Elias Dibo died at six, calling forth
The vulture finished off the wolf when he was at his prime
Tears and sorrows as numerous as grains of sand.
Tears and sorrows numbered as the sands
فقلso say فوقabove رمسٍa grave باتhe lay ارختُI marked the date تحتهُbeneath it
فقل فوق رمسٍ بات ارختُ تحتهُ
لَئنeven if تَكُyou are طفلاًa child فالأَسىyet the grief ليسَis not بالطفلِa child
لَئن تَكُ طفلاً فالأَسى ليسَ بالطفلِ
So say above the grave beneath which he lay—I marked the date:
So say over a tomb where one is laid to rest:
Though you be a child, grief is no child.
If a child, grief is no child’s play
Sol 6.1