بَيروتناour Beirut مقبرةٌa graveyard
بَيروتنا مقبرةٌ
للعِلمِfor knowledge والعِرفانِand understanding
للعِلمِ والعِرفانِ
Our Beirut is a graveyard
Beirut, grave of
for knowledge and understanding.
knowledge and cognition,
الجَهلُignorance فيهاin it ذوpossessing بقاpermanence
الجَهلُ فيها ذو بقا
والعِلمand knowledge فيهاin it فانيperishing
والعِلم فيها فاني
Ignorance endures there,
Ignorance persists
and knowledge there perishes.
while knowledge passes.
Sol 6.1