كلٌeveryone يقولُsays شقيناwe have suffered
كلٌ يقولُ شقينا
وكلناٌّand all of us فاتَhas passed أمسُهْhis yesterday
وكلناٌّ فاتَ أمسُهْ
Everyone says, “We have suffered,”
and for each of us, yesterday has passed.
هذاthis one يحيلُshifts blame علىonto ذاthat one
هذا يحيلُ على ذا
وآفةُand the bane الكلِّof everyone جنسُهْhis own kind
وآفةُ الكلِّ جنسُهْ
This one shifts the blame onto that one,
yet each one's bane is his own kind.
وبعضناand some of us يتسامىrise above others
وبعضنا يتسامى
فليسَso is not يُسمَعُheard حسّهْhis sound
فليسَ يُسمَعُ حسّهْ
And some of us rise above it all,
so not a sound of them is heard.
يرثيhe grieves لمنfor those who ليسَare not منهُof his own people
يرثي لمن ليسَ منهُ
وموتُand the death أهليهِof his kin عرسهْhis wedding
وموتُ أهليهِ عرسهْ
They grieve for those not of their own people,
while their own kin's death is their wedding.
منwhoever كانَis ضرسُa molar سواهُof someone other than himself
من كانَ ضرسُ سواهُ
فليسَso does not يعنيهِconcern him ضرسُهْhis molar
فليسَ يعنيهِ ضرسُهْ
Whoever is another's molar—
his own molar does not concern him.
واللهِby God لوif عقلَhad sense الشرقُthe East
واللهِ لو عقلَ الشرقُ
لاختفتْwould disappear عنهِfrom it شمسُهْits sun
لاختفتْ عنهِ شمسُهْ
By God, if the East had sense,
its sun would hide from it.
Sol 6.1