لَنwill not تُفنِياyou two exhaust خَيراتِvirtues أَرAr- (beginning of Arbad)
لَن تُفنِيا خَيراتِ أَر
بَدَ-bad (completing Arbad) فَاِبكِياso weep, you two حَتّىuntil يَعوداhe returns
بَدَ فَاِبكِيا حَتّى يَعودا
You two will never exhaust Arbad's virtues;
so weep until he returns.
قولاsay, you two هُوَhe البَطَلُthe champion المُحاميthe defender
قولا هُوَ البَطَلُ المُحامي
حينَwhen يُكسَونَthey are clad in الحَديداiron
حينَ يُكسَونَ الحَديدا
Say, you two: he is the champion, the defender,
when they are clad in iron.
وَيَصُدُّand he repels عَنّاfrom us الظالِمينَthe aggressors
وَيَصُدُّ عَنّا الظالِمينَ
إِذاwhen لَقيناwe meet القَومَthe warriors صيداproud, heads held high
إِذا لَقينا القَومَ صيدا
And he repels the aggressors from us
when we meet the proud warriors.
فَاِعتاقَهُthen held him back رَيبُthe calamities of البَريَّcreation (word continues)
فَاِعتاقَهُ رَيبُ البَريَّ
ةِending of 'creation' إِذwhen رَأىhe saw أَنthat لاno خُلوداimmortality
ةِ إِذ رَأى أَن لا خُلودا
Then the calamities of mortal life held him back,
when he saw that there was no immortality.
فَثَوىso he lay dead وَلَمand did not يوجَعsuffer pain وَلَمand did not
فَثَوى وَلَم يوجَع وَلَم
يوصَبfall ill وَكانَand was هُوَhe الفَقيداthe one lost
يوصَب وَكانَ هُوَ الفَقيدا
So he lay dead, having neither suffered pain nor
fallen ill; he was the one we lost.
Sol 6.1