أَكْمَلْتَyou completed لِلعُقْبَىfor the hereafter جِهَادَكْyour struggle
أَكْمَلْتَ لِلعُقْبَى جِهَادَكْ
فَارْقُدْso sleep عَنِaway from الدُّنْيَاthe world رُقَادَكْyour sleep
فَارْقُدْ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا رُقَادَكْ
You have completed your struggle for the hereafter;
You fulfilled your jihad for the hereafter
so sleep your sleep, away from the world.
So rest from the life of this world and its slumber
أَدْرَكْتَyou attained شَأْوَكَyour goal مُبْكِراًearly
أَدْرَكْتَ شَأْوَكَ مُبْكِراً
وَبَلَغْتَand you reached مِنْin شَأْنٍstanding مُرَادَكْwhat you desired
وَبَلَغْتَ مِنْ شَأْنٍ مُرَادَكْ
You reached your goal early,
You attained your goal early
and attained the standing you desired.
And reached your intended purpose
لَهفِيmy anguish عَلَيْكَfor you وَقَدْand indeed أَصَرَّpersisted
لَهفِي عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ أَصَرَّ
الدَّاءُthe illness مُحْتَلاًّoccupying وِسَادَكْyour pillow
الدَّاءُ مُحْتَلاًّ وِسَادَكْ
Alas for you, while it persisted—
My grief for you, as illness took hold
the illness, occupying your pillow.
And weakened your body in its grasp
أَمْسَىcame to be يُكَافِحُهُfighting it صِبَاyouth
أَمْسَى يُكَافِحُهُ صِبَا
كَyour وَظَلَّand it kept مُسْتَلِباًwresting away قِيَادَكْyour reins
كَ وَظَلَّ مُسْتَلِباً قِيَادَكْ
Your youth came to fight it,
The evening battles it
and it kept wresting away your reins.
As your leadership remained under its control
وَعَلَيْكَand against you يَسْتعْدِيit seeks aid from نُهَاreason
وَعَلَيْكَ يَسْتعْدِي نُهَا
كyour وَتِلْكَand that جَالِبَةٌbringing سُهَادَكْyour sleeplessness
ك وَتِلْكَ جَالِبَةٌ سُهَادَكْ
And against you it enlisted your reason,
And destruction works upon you
and that brought you sleeplessness,
Drawing near and stealing your sleep
فَمُذِيبَةٌthus melting away مِنْكَfrom you القُوَىthe powers
فَمُذِيبَةٌ مِنْكَ القُوَى
فَمُدِيلَةٌthen granting victory مِنْهَاover them سُؤَادِكْyour malady
فَمُدِيلَةٌ مِنْهَا سُؤَادِكْ
thus melting away your strength,
Melting your strength away
then giving your malady the upper hand over it.
And softening your heart
يَاO منْone who شَجَاsaddened أَحْبَابَهُhis loved ones
يَا منْ شَجَا أَحْبَابَهُ
بِبِعَادِهِby his absence أَبْكِيI weep for بِعَادَكْyour absence
بِبِعَادِهِ أَبْكِي بِعَادَكْ
O you who saddened your loved ones
O you who saddened your loved ones
by your absence—I weep for your absence.
With your distance, I cry for your absence
حَالَتْintervened نَوىًdistance دُونَin the way of الْعِيَاsickbed visit (first part)
حَالَتْ نَوىً دُونَ الْعِيَا
دَةِcompletion of 'sickbed visit' غَيْرَexcept أَنَّthat القلْبَthe heart عَادَكْvisited you
دَةِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ القلْبَ عَادَكْ
Distance stood in the way of a sickbed visit,
Intentions changed, apart from longing
yet the heart visited you.
Except the heart - its place is with you
طَالَبْتَyou demanded of دَهْرَكَyour age بِالعَظَاfor great things (first part)
طَالَبْتَ دَهْرَكَ بِالعَظَا
ئِمِcompletion of 'great things' مَاas much as اسْتَطَعْتَyou could فَمَاyet not أَفَادَكit benefited you
ئِمِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ فَمَا أَفَادَك
You demanded great things of your age,
You sought from your fate great deeds
as much as you could—yet it availed you nothing.
As much as you could, but to no avail
رَأْسُthe essence الحَصَافَةِsound judgment أَنْthat يَكُوbe (first part)
رَأْسُ الحَصَافَةِ أَنْ يَكُو
نَcompletion of 'be' حِجاكyour reason غَلاَّباًovermastering فُؤادَكْyour heart
نَ حِجاك غَلاَّباً فُؤادَكْ
The essence of sound judgment is that
Only for arrows to make their mark
your reason should master your heart.
And overcome your heart
فَطَفِقْتَso you began تَصْطَادُyou hunt الفَرَاthe rare gems (first part)
فَطَفِقْتَ تَصْطَادُ الفَرَا
ئِدَcompletion of 'the rare gems' مِنْfrom مَكَامِنِهَاtheir hiding places اصْطِيَادَكْyour hunting
ئِدَ مِنْ مَكَامِنِهَا اصْطِيَادَكْ
So you began to hunt rare gems
So you began hunting ideas
from their hiding places, in a hunt of your own.
From their hiding places, catching them
وَتَصُوغُand you fashion ذَاكthat اللَّفْظَthe wording
وَتَصُوغُ ذَاك اللَّفْظَ
مُنْفَرِداًunique بِصِيغَتِهِin its form انْفِرَادَكْyour uniqueness
مُنْفَرِداً بِصِيغَتِهِ انْفِرَادَكْ
And you fashioned that wording,
And shaping that unique expression
unique in its form, as you were unique.
In its solitary form, in your isolation
مَاnot كُنْتَyou were خَدَّاعاًdeceitful وَلاَnor
مَا كُنْتَ خَدَّاعاً وَلاَ
شَابَتْtainted مُمَاذَقَةٌfeigned friendship وَدَادَكْyour affection
شَابَتْ مُمَاذَقَةٌ وَدَادَكْ
You were not deceitful, nor
You were no deceiver, no falsehood
did feigned friendship taint your affection.
Ever tainted your affection
كَلاّcertainly not وَلمand did not تكُyou were هَاجِياًsatirizing
كَلاّ وَلم تكُ هَاجِياً
أَحَداًanyone وَإِنْand even if أَوْرَىhe struck sparks from زِنادَكْyour flints
أَحَداً وَإِنْ أَوْرَى زِنادَكْ
No! Nor did you satirize
No, you never opposed anyone
anyone, even if he struck sparks from your flints.
Though you ignited your flints
أَبَداًalways عَلَىupon الرَحْمَنِthe Most Merciful تُلْقِيyou place
أَبَداً عَلَى الرَحْمَنِ تُلْقِي
فِيin المُلِمَّاتِcalamities اعْتِمَادَكyour trust
فِي المُلِمَّاتِ اعْتِمَادَك
Always upon the Most Merciful you placed
You always placed your trust
your trust amid calamities.
In the Most Merciful, through adversities
وَبِمَدْحِand through praise of طهTaha والصَحاand the Companions (first part)
وَبِمَدْحِ طه والصَحا
بَةِcompletion of 'the Companions' تجْعَلُyou make الحُسْنَىParadise (the best reward) مَعَادَكyour place of return
بَةِ تجْعَلُ الحُسْنَى مَعَادَك
And through praise of Taha and the Companions,
And by praising Taha and the Companions
you make Paradise your place of return.
You made goodness your return
Sol 6.1