إنif كنتَyou were قدalready أُنذرتَyou were warned بالمَفقودِof the departed
إن كنتَ قد أُنذرتَ بالمَفقودِ
فأناthen I am الَّذيthe one who أُنذرتُI was warned بالمَولودِof the newborn
فأنا الَّذي أُنذرتُ بالمَولودِ
If you have been warned of the departed,
If you have been warned of loss
then I am the one warned of the newborn.
Then I am the one warned of birth
يَومُthe day of الولادةbirth وَالمماتand death كلاهماboth of them
يَومُ الولادة وَالممات كلاهما
طَرَفانِtwo endpoints قدindeed قاماboth stand لكلّfor every وجودِexistence
طَرَفانِ قد قاما لكلّ وجودِ
The day of birth and the day of death are both
The day of birth and death, both
two bounds established for every existence.
Are two sides standing for all existence
وَلَقَدand indeed ارىI see مأوىthe abode of الجَنينthe fetus كلحدِهِlike its grave
وَلَقَد ارى مأوى الجَنين كلحدِهِ
وارىand I see الحياةlife كبَعثهِlike its resurrection الموعودِpromised
وارى الحياة كبَعثهِ الموعودِ
And indeed, the fetus's dwelling seems to me like its grave,
And I see the abode of the fetus like its grave
and life seems to me like its promised resurrection.
And I see life like its promised resurrection
بعثٌa resurrection يُعادُis brought back لَهُfor it الجميعeveryone وانَّماand yet
بعثٌ يُعادُ لَهُ الجميع وانَّما
وانَّماand yet لاno شيءَthing فيهِin it منof ثوابreward مُعيدِone who restores life
وانَّما لا شيءَ فيهِ من ثواب مُعيدِ
A resurrection for which all are brought back—yet
A resurrection to which all returns, yet
yet it contains no reward from the one who restores life.
In it there is nothing of the rewarding repetition
شملَencompassed العِقابُpunishment بهِin it وعمَّand became universal كانَّماas though
شملَ العِقابُ بهِ وعمَّ كانَّما
منfrom قبلُbefore كانَhad been الكُلُّall قومَthe people of ثَمودِThamud
من قبلُ كانَ الكُلُّ قومَ ثَمودِ
Punishment overtook all in it and spread everywhere, as though
Punishment has included it and spread as if
all had formerly been the people of Thamud.
Formerly all were the people of Thamud
يَرميstrikes بنيهِits sons الدهرُTime عنat عُرضٍrandom وَماand there are no
يَرمي بنيهِ الدهرُ عن عُرضٍ وَما
منany سادَةٍmasters فيunder حكمهِits rule وَعَبيدand slaves
من سادَةٍ في حكمهِ وَعَبيد
Time strikes its sons indiscriminately, and there are no
Time casts its sons from glory, neither
masters or slaves under its rule.
Lords in its rule nor slaves
والىand to الَّذيthat which قدalready كنتَyou were فيهِin it تَنتَهيyou end up
والى الَّذي قد كنتَ فيهِ تَنتَهي
كُلٌّeveryone الىto عدمٍnonexistence لَهُto him معهودِfamiliar
كُلٌّ الى عدمٍ لَهُ معهودِ
And you return to where you once were,
And to what you have reached an end
each to a nothingness familiar to him.
All end in a nothingness customary to it
مِثلانِtwo counterparts بينهماbetween them both الحياةlife تعرَّضتhas intervened
مِثلانِ بينهما الحياة تعرَّضت
كالحرفlike a letter يفصِلُseparates حَرفيthe two letters of التَشديدِconsonant doubling
كالحرف يفصِلُ حَرفي التَشديدِ
Two like states, between which life has intervened,
Two alike - between them life interposed
like a letter separating the two letters of a doubled consonant.
Like the letter separating two doubled letters
تَبكيweeps علىover الارضthe earth السماءُthe sky وَتَكتَسيand clothes itself
تَبكي على الارض السماءُ وَتَكتَسي
حُلَلrobes of الحدادmourning منof السحابthe clouds السودِblack
حُلَل الحداد من السحاب السودِ
The sky weeps over the earth and dons
The sky weeps over the earth and dresses
mourning robes of black clouds.
Garments of mourning from the clouds of black
وكانماand as though عصفُthe gusting of الرياحthe winds تنهُّدٌa sigh
وكانما عصفُ الرياح تنهُّدٌ
ماsomewhere بينbetween تَصويبٍdownward motion الىto تَصعيدِupward motion
ما بين تَصويبٍ الى تَصعيدِ
And the gusting of the winds seems a sigh,
As if the gusting of the winds were sighing
somewhere between sinking down and rising up.
Between straightening and ascent
سَقَتِwatered الغمائِمُthe clouds تُربَthe soil of غصنٍa bough ذابلٍwithered
سَقَتِ الغمائِمُ تُربَ غصنٍ ذابلٍ
ذَبَلتwithered عليهِupon it معاطفthe curves of الأُملودِthe supple shoot
ذَبَلت عليهِ معاطف الأُملودِ
The clouds watered the soil of a withered bough,
The clouds poured earth on a withered branch
upon which the tender shoot's curves had withered.
On which mantles of pitch darkened
لَقَدindeed اِنثنىit bent اسفاًin sorrow ومالand leaned كانماas though
لَقَد اِنثنى اسفاً ومال كانما
قدalready كانَit was يُسقىbeing watered مدمعَthe tears of العُنقودِthe grape cluster
قد كانَ يُسقى مدمعَ العُنقودِ
Indeed, it bent in sorrow and leaned, as though
It bent in sorrow and leaned as if
it had been watered with the grape cluster's tears.
It were watered by tears of the grape cluster
رَيّانُwell-watered منfrom ماءِthe water of الشَبيبةِyouth ناضرٌfresh and radiant
رَيّانُ من ماءِ الشَبيبةِ ناضرٌ
تَثنيهِbends it ريحٌa wind منfrom مهبّthe wind's quarter at زَرودِZarud
تَثنيهِ ريحٌ من مهبّ زَرودِ
Lush with youth's water, fresh and radiant,
Fresh from the water of youth, thriving
a wind from the quarter of Zarud bends it.
Bent by a wind from the blowing of hot sirocco
قَصفَتهُit snapped it لَمّاwhen أَوَّدَتit bent اعطافَهُits branches
قَصفَتهُ لَمّا أَوَّدَت اعطافَهُ
وَكَذاكand so too لَدنsupple الغصنُthe bough فيunder التأويدِbending
وَكَذاك لَدن الغصنُ في التأويدِ
It snapped the bough when it bent its branches;
When it endeared its tenderness it was stripped
and so it is with a supple bough when bent.
And so is the pliant branch in enduring
حسدenvied الزَمانُTime عليهِhim for رَوضَthe garden of جنانهِhis heart
حسد الزَمانُ عليهِ رَوضَ جنانهِ
اسفاًin bitterness فمدَّthen stretched out اليهِtoward him كفَّthe hand of حسودِan envier
اسفاً فمدَّ اليهِ كفَّ حسودِ
Time envied him his heart's garden,
Time envied its garden of delight
in bitterness, then stretched toward him an envious hand.
Regretfully reaching out to it a jealous palm
خَظبٌcalamity (apparent typo) اسالmade flow منof المدامعtears ماthat which بِهِby it
خَظبٌ اسال من المدامع ما بِهِ
كادَتnearly تَذوبmelt حُشاشةthe vital essence of الجُلمودِthe hard rock
كادَت تَذوب حُشاشة الجُلمودِ
A calamity drew forth such tears that
Dye pouring from the tears with which
the very heart of hard rock nearly melted.
The hardness of frozen ice almost melted
وأَثارand kindled نارَa fire of أَسىًgrief لوeven if انسكبَتwere poured بهاinto it
وأَثار نارَ أَسىً لو انسكبَت بها
تلكthose المدامعtears لمnot تُصَبbe overtaken بخمودِby extinction
تلك المدامع لم تُصَب بخمودِ
And it kindled a fire of grief—even if poured into it,
And kindled a fire of grief - if poured with those tears
those tears would not quench it.
Those tears would not be quenched
سَلَبstole away الزَمانُTime بِهِthrough it كريمةَa noble woman of معشرٍa people
سَلَب الزَمانُ بِهِ كريمةَ معشرٍ
منamong خُرَّدbashful maidens of الادبِrefinement الحسانthe beautiful الغيدِthe graceful and slender
من خُرَّد الادبِ الحسان الغيدِ
Time thereby stole a noble woman from her people,
Time robbed with it the jewel of a noble company
one of refinement's fair, graceful maidens,
Of the refined literature, the beautiful singing
كالدُّرةlike the pearl الحسناءِlovely تُنظَمis strung حليةًas an ornament
كالدُّرة الحسناءِ تُنظَم حليةً
للجودfor generosity والالطافand kindnesses لاnot للجيِfor the neck (apparent typo)
للجود والالطاف لا للجيِ
like a lovely pearl strung as an ornament
Like the beautiful pearl composed as a necklace
for generosity and kindness, not for the neck.
For generosity and kindness, not for avarice
ياO ساكناًone dwelling in دارَthe abode of الفناءِmortality اصبرbe patient لِمَنfor the one who
يا ساكناً دارَ الفناءِ اصبر لِمَن
سكنتshe has settled بدارِin an abode of سعادةٍbliss وَخلودِand eternity
سكنت بدارِ سعادةٍ وَخلودِ
O dweller in mortality's abode, be patient for her
O dweller in the abode of mortality, be patient for one
who has settled in an abode of bliss and eternity.
Who dwelt in an abode of bliss and immortality
الصبرpatience يجبرmends كلَّevery قَلبٍheart مُبتَلىafflicted
الصبر يجبر كلَّ قَلبٍ مُبتَلى
حَتىّuntil يُرىit is seen خَلَفاًas a substitute لكلfor every فقيدِdeparted one
حَتىّ يُرى خَلَفاً لكل فقيدِ
Patience mends every afflicted heart,
Patience can mend every afflicted heart
until it is seen as a substitute for every departed one.
Until behind every loss appears recompense
كانَتshe was مثالَa model of البرّgoodness والتَقوىand piety لذاtherefore
كانَت مثالَ البرّ والتَقوى لذا
فازَتshe won بحظٍّwith a share فيin السَماءِheaven سَعيدِhappy
فازَت بحظٍّ في السَماءِ سَعيدِ
She was a model of goodness and piety; thus
It was the ideal of righteousness and piety thus
she won a happy lot in heaven.
It won a share of fortune in happy Heaven
يسقيwaters سحابthe cloud of الجودgenerosity تربthe soil of ضريحهاher tomb
يسقي سحاب الجود ترب ضريحها
وَالعَفوand forgiveness يسقيهاwaters her سحابَthe cloud of الجودِgenerosity
وَالعَفو يسقيها سحابَ الجودِ
May the cloud of generosity water the soil of her tomb,
The cloud of generosity waters the earth of its tomb
and may forgiveness water her with the cloud of generosity.
And pardon waters it, a cloud of generosity
Sol 6.1