دَهْرٌtime غَشومٌruthless رَمَىshot
دَهْرٌ غَشومٌ رَمَى
عَنْfrom قوْسِهِits bow أَخْدَعَكْyour neck-vein
عَنْ قوْسِهِ أَخْدَعَكْ
Ruthless Time shot
from its bow at your neck-vein.
مَاwhat صَوْنُهُits protection لِلنُّهَىfor reason
مَا صَوْنُهُ لِلنُّهَى
إِذَاif لَمْdid not يَصُنْprotect أَدْمُعَكyour tears
إِذَا لَمْ يَصُنْ أَدْمُعَك
What use is its protection of reason
if it does not spare your tears?
أَنَّىhow تَجَنَّىacted unjustly وَلَمْand did not
أَنَّى تَجَنَّى وَلَمْ
يُوجِعْهُhurt it أَنْto يُوجِعَكhurt you
يُوجِعْهُ أَنْ يُوجِعَك
How it wronged you, yet
felt no pain in causing you pain!
مَاhow كَانَwas أَعْصاهُso defiant it was
مَا كَانَ أَعْصاهُ
لِلْفضْلِto virtue وَمَاand how أَطْوَعَكْso obedient you were
لِلْفضْلِ وَمَا أَطْوَعَكْ
How defiant it was
of virtue, and how obedient you were!
صَدَّعَshattered أَعْلىloftiest بِناedifice (word fragment)
صَدَّعَ أَعْلى بِنا
ءcompletes 'edifice' المَجْدِglory مَاwhat صَدَّعَكshattered you
ء المَجْدِ مَا صَدَّعَك
The loftiest edifice was shattered—
glory's—by what shattered you.
وَفَجَّعَand bereaved الأَدَبَliterature الأَthe most… (word fragment)
وَفَجَّعَ الأَدَبَ الأَ
رْوَعَmagnificent (word completion) مَاwhat فَجَّعَكْbereaved you
رْوَعَ مَا فَجَّعَكْ
And literature was bereaved—the
most magnificent—by what bereaved you.
بِالروْحِin spirit لَدْنٌtender حَنَىbent
بِالروْحِ لَدْنٌ حَنَى
لَماwhen انْتَنىbent (apparently intended) أَضْلُعَكْyour ribs
لَما انْتَنى أَضْلُعَكْ
Tender in spirit, he bent
your ribs when he bowed.
غَدَوْتَyou went forth at dawn وَالصُّبْحُand the morning مِنْthrough
غَدَوْتَ وَالصُّبْحُ مِنْ
مَرآهُthe sight of him قدْalready أَمْتعَكْdelighted you
مَرآهُ قدْ أَمْتعَكْ
You rose, and the morning, through
the sight of him, had already delighted you.
فَإِذَاthen suddenly نَعَاهُannounced his death الضَّحَىmidmorning
فَإِذَا نَعَاهُ الضَّحَى
مَاذَاwhat دَهَىstruck with calamity مِسْمَعَكْyour ear
مَاذَا دَهَى مِسْمَعَكْ
Then suddenly midmorning announced his death—
what calamity struck your ear!
يَاO ثَاكِلاًone bereaved of a child بَعْضَهُpart of himself
يَا ثَاكِلاً بَعْضَهُ
مَسَّtouched الرَّدَىdeath أَجْمَعَكall of you
مَسَّ الرَّدَى أَجْمَعَك
O you bereaved of part of yourself,
death has touched all of you.
عَقَّكَwas unfilial to you عَضَّbit (as written) الصّبَاyouth
عَقَّكَ عَضَّ الصّبَا
بَانَdeparted وَمَاand did not وَدَّعَكْbid you farewell
بَانَ وَمَا وَدَّعَكْ
He failed you; youth bit [wording unclear].
He departed without bidding you farewell.
هَوَىplunged بِهِwith him مَصْرَعٌa fatal fall
هَوَى بِهِ مَصْرَعٌ
ذُقْتَyou tasted بِهِthrough it مَصْرَعَكْyour own death
ذُقْتَ بِهِ مَصْرَعَكْ
Death cast him down;
through it you tasted your own death.
لَقىa corpse إِلَيْهِtoward him الأَسَىsorrow
لَقى إِلَيْهِ الأَسَى
يُوشِكis about to أَنْto يَدْفعَكْdrive you
يُوشِك أَنْ يَدْفعَكْ
As a corpse, toward him sorrow
is about to drive you.
تُرَاكَI wonder, did you شَيَّعْتَهyou escorted him to burial
تُرَاكَ شَيَّعْتَه
وَالصَّبْرُand patience قَدْalready شَيَّعَكْbade you farewell
وَالصَّبْرُ قَدْ شَيَّعَكْ
I wonder, did you escort him to burial,
while patience had already bid you farewell?
قَلْبُكyour heart فِيin نَعْشِهِhis coffin
قَلْبُك فِي نَعْشِهِ
وَالمَوْتُand death حَيٌّalive مَعَكْwith you
وَالمَوْتُ حَيٌّ مَعَكْ
Your heart is in his coffin,
and death is alive with you.
شفَاكِmay He heal you مِنْof بَثِّكَyour anguish
شفَاكِ مِنْ بَثِّكَ
اللَّهُGod الَّذِيwho لَوَّعَكtormented you
اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَوَّعَك
May you be healed of your anguish
by God, who tormented you.
عَسَىmay دُعَاءُprayer الأَخِthe brother
عَسَى دُعَاءُ الأَخِ
الْمَحْزُونِgrief-stricken أَنْto يَنْفَعَكbenefit you
الْمَحْزُونِ أَنْ يَنْفَعَك
May the prayer of your brother,
grief-stricken, be of help to you.
Sol 6.1