كمhow many أنزَلَbrought down الموتُdeath المُريعُterrifying مُملَّكاًa crowned king
كم أنزَلَ الموتُ المُريعُ مُملَّكاً
عنfrom عرشِهِhis throne ومُرفَّعاًand an exalted man عنfrom أَوجِهِhis pinnacle
عن عرشِهِ ومُرفَّعاً عن أَوجِهِ
How many a crowned king has terrifying death brought down
How many a fearful death has dethroned a king
From his throne, and an exalted man from his pinnacle!
And cast down one exalted in his pride!
ذيthis غايةَthe end الأَجسامِbodies عظمٌa bone ناخرٌdecayed
ذي غايةَ الأَجسامِ عظمٌ ناخرٌ
أَينَwhere الجَمالُbeauty وأَينَand where حُسنُloveliness الأَوجُهِfaces
أَينَ الجَمالُ وأَينَ حُسنُ الأَوجُهِ
This is the end of bodies: a decayed bone.
Whose huge frame harbored but some rottenness;
Where is beauty, and where the loveliness of faces?
Where are his beauty and his fair visage?
رَتَعَتfeasted بهاon them الحَشَراتُthe insects فيin أَرماسِهاtheir graves
رَتَعَت بها الحَشَراتُ في أَرماسِها
فتَغيَّرَتso they changed فيهاwithin them بكلّin all الأَوجُهِrespects
فتَغيَّرَت فيها بكلّ الأَوجُهِ
The insects feasted on them in their graves,
The worms have fed upon his once proud form
And so, within them, they changed in every respect.
And wrought all features to decay's image;
وَقَعَarose التَساويequality فيamid التَفاوُتِdisparity إِذas غداbecame
وَقَعَ التَساوي في التَفاوُتِ إِذ غدا
حالُthe lot الدنيءof the lowly كماlike that of النبيهِthe eminent الأَوجَهِmost esteemed
حالُ الدنيء كما النبيهِ الأَوجَهِ
Equality arose amid disparity, as there came to be
Death levels all, both base and high; for lo!
For the lowly a lot like that of the eminent and most esteemed.
The lowly now are like the great in state.
Sol 6.1