أَيO بطرسُPeter القَسُّthe priest تَمَّwas fulfilled الحكمُthe sentence فيكَupon you كماas
أَي بطرسُ القَسُّ تَمَّ الحكمُ فيكَ كما
قَضَىordained الالهُGod وهلand can there be رَدٌّa reversal لِماof what حَكَماHe decreed
قَضَى الالهُ وهل رَدٌّ لِما حَكَما
O Peter the priest, the sentence upon you was fulfilled, as
O Peter the priest, the judgment against you is complete
God ordained; and can what He decreed be reversed?
As God has decreed, with no way to reverse what was ruled
قُتِلتَyou were killed ظُلماًunjustly فياso, oh رَعياًmay there be care لمنظلمٍfor one wronged
قُتِلتَ ظُلماً فيا رَعياً لمنظلمٍ
والتَبُّand ruin والبُؤسand misery للجانيupon the culprit الذيwho ظَلَماdid wrong
والتَبُّ والبُؤس للجاني الذي ظَلَما
You were killed unjustly—may care attend the wronged,
You were killed unjustly, O shepherd of the oppressed
and ruin and misery befall the culprit who did wrong.
While remorse and misery is for the oppressor who wronged
ساموكَthey imposed on you كُفراًunbelief فلمbut you did not تكفُرdisbelieve فمُتَّso you died علىwhile
ساموكَ كُفراً فلم تكفُر فمُتَّ على
حِفظِpreserving الوديعةthe trust بالإِيمانto faith معتصماholding fast
حِفظِ الوديعة بالإِيمان معتصما
They demanded that you disbelieve, but you did not; you died while
They insulted you as unbelievers, yet you did not lose faith
preserving the trust, holding fast to faith.
Holding on to the trust with steadfast belief
لَئنeven if تَكُنyou have عِفتَyou shunned ارضاًan earth والحيوةُand life بهاupon it
لَئن تَكُن عِفتَ ارضاً والحيوةُ بها
حَربٌwar فقدthen indeed نِلتَyou gained سِلماًpeace فيin السَماءِheaven سَماrose high
حَربٌ فقد نِلتَ سِلماً في السَماءِ سَما
Even if you shunned an earth where life
If life with virtue is a war on earth
is war, you have gained peace that rises high in heaven.
You have attained peace in the heavens sublime
وانand if تَكُنyou have ذُقتَyou tasted مُرَّthe bitterness of الذبحِslaughter منfrom أَلَمٍpain
وان تَكُن ذُقتَ مُرَّ الذبحِ من أَلَمٍ
فحُزتَso you gained حُلوَthe sweetness of مَلاذٍa refuge لنwill not يَرَىsee الأَلماpain
فحُزتَ حُلوَ مَلاذٍ لن يَرَى الأَلما
And if you tasted the painful bitterness of slaughter,
If you tasted the bitter stab of pain
you gained the sweetness of a refuge that will never know pain.
You have won the sweet refuge where agony is no more
لاno جُرمَguilt للبارِfor the righteous one والكُفارُand the unbelievers انif سَفَكواthey shed
لا جُرمَ للبارِ والكُفارُ ان سَفَكوا
دَماًblood زكياًpure جُرمٍa crime فلاso no جَرَماdoubt (idiomatically)
دَماً زكياً جُرمٍ فلا جَرَما
The righteous bear no guilt; and if the unbelievers shed
Surely the innocent have no blame, even if unbelievers
pure blood, that is a crime; without a doubt,
Spilled pure blood - the criminals bear the guilt
هُمُthey الطُغاةُthe tyrants الطَغامُthe base rabble الكافرونَthe unbelievers فلاso no
هُمُ الطُغاةُ الطَغامُ الكافرونَ فلا
فتىًman بهمamong them ذوpossessing فَتاءٍmanly virtue يَحفَظُkeeps الذِمَماcovenants
فتىً بهم ذو فَتاءٍ يَحفَظُ الذِمَما
they are tyrants, base rabble, unbelievers; there is no
They are the tyrants, the wicked faithless ones
man among them with the manly virtue to honor covenants.
Among them no man of honor who respects sacred bonds
احسنتَyou did well صُنعاًin your deeds بهمtoward them فيماin what اصطنعتَyou bestowed وقدyet indeed
احسنتَ صُنعاً بهم فيما اصطنعتَ وقد
جازَوكthey repaid you بالسُوءِwith evil ماthat which حازواthey gained بهِthrough it النَدَماremorse
جازَوك بالسُوءِ ما حازوا بهِ النَدَما
You treated them well in the kindness you bestowed, yet
You acted well towards them despite how they treated you
they repaid you with evil that earned them remorse.
And they repaid you with evil, as they now regret
لِلّهto God دَرُّكَyour excellence (in praise) منas one شَهمِvaliant الفُؤادِof heart فماso not
لِلّه دَرُّكَ من شَهمِ الفُؤادِ فما
اراعكَfrightened you السيفُthe sword بلrather قَبَّلتَyou kissed منهُof it فَماa mouth
اراعكَ السيفُ بل قَبَّلتَ منهُ فَما
God bless you, valiant of heart! You were not
God reward you for the magnanimity of your soul
frightened by the sword; instead, you kissed its mouth.
The sword did not daunt you, but you kissed its blade
ولاnor غَدَرتَyou were treacherous بعهدِto the covenant of اللَهِGod معتبراًvaluing
ولا غَدَرتَ بعهدِ اللَهِ معتبراً
هذاthis الوُجودَexistence ولكنbut rather خِلتَهُyou deemed it عَدَماnothingness
هذا الوُجودَ ولكن خِلتَهُ عَدَما
Nor did you betray God's covenant out of regard for
You did not betray your covenant with God
this existence; instead, you deemed it nothingness.
Deeming this existence null, and nothingness supreme
جلواthey polished الغِرارَthe blade فلاحتand there appeared فيon صفائحهِits broad faces
جلوا الغِرارَ فلاحت في صفائحهِ
صحائفُpages الموتof death امرٌa command بالقَضاby fate جُزِماwas made final
صحائفُ الموت امرٌ بالقَضا جُزِما
They polished the blade, and on its broad faces appeared
They bared the scrolls, and in its pages
the pages of death—a command made final by fate.
Were clear decrees of death, a firm command
هوhe الشهيدُthe martyr الذيwhose تمَّتwas fulfilled شَهادتُهُhis martyrdom
هو الشهيدُ الذي تمَّت شَهادتُهُ
بحفظِby preserving إِيمانهِhis faith حتىuntil أَراقَhe shed دَماblood
بحفظِ إِيمانهِ حتى أَراقَ دَما
He is the martyr whose martyrdom was fulfilled
He is the martyr whose testimony was completed
by preserving his faith until he shed his blood.
By keeping his faith until he shed his blood
أَلقَوهُthey cast him out شِلواًa mangled corpse لقدindeed شالتrose نَعامتُهُhis ostrich (in a death idiom)
أَلقَوهُ شِلواً لقد شالت نَعامتُهُ
تَقرِيfeed as guests جوارحُهُhis limbs العِقبانَthe eagles والرَخَماand the vultures
تَقرِي جوارحُهُ العِقبانَ والرَخَما
They cast him out, a mangled corpse; his life had departed.
They cast him aside broken, so his bones
His limbs serve a feast to eagles and vultures.
Were pecked by ravens and carrion feeders
عَرَّوهُthey stripped him سَلباًfor plunder فلمand not يُنظَرwas seen لهُfor him كَفَنٌa shroud
عَرَّوهُ سَلباً فلم يُنظَر لهُ كَفَنٌ
سُوَىexcept الجُلَيدthe thin skin الذيthat منهُfrom him عليهِover him طَمَىspread abundantly
سُوَى الجُلَيد الذي منهُ عليهِ طَمَى
They stripped him for plunder; no shroud was seen for him
They stripped him bare, no shroud for him
save his own thin skin, which covered him all over.
Except the frost that congealed upon his body
Sol 6.1