لَقَدindeed وَلّىhas departed الشّبابُyouth فَلَهفُso, alas for قَلبيmy heart
لَقَد وَلّى الشّبابُ فَلَهفُ قَلبي
وَحقَّand it is fitting عَلَيهِover it أَنthat يَبقىshould endure بُكائيmy weeping
وَحقَّ عَلَيهِ أَن يَبقى بُكائي
Youth has indeed departed—alas for my heart!
Youth has passed and my heart burns with longing
And it is fitting that my weeping over it should endure.
It's only right that my tears remain
عَلىfor الأَمواتِthe dead إِنْif بكِيتare shed دموعٌtears
عَلى الأَمواتِ إِنْ بكِيت دموعٌ
يَحِقّit is fitting علىfor الشّبابِyouth بكاweeping الدّماءِblood
يَحِقّ على الشّبابِ بكا الدّماءِ
If tears are shed for the dead,
If I shed tears for the dead, they're but drops
It is fitting to weep blood for youth.
It's the young whose blood has cause to weep
Sol 6.1