وَبَينَما المَرءُ أَمسَ ناعِماً جَذِلاً
في أَهلِهِ مُعجَباً بِالعَيشِ ذا أَنَقِ
And while a man was only yesterday at ease and full of joy,
among his family, delighted with life and fond of its pleasures,
غِرّاً أُتيحَ لَهُ مِن حَينِهِ عَرَضٌ
فَما تَلَبَّثَ حَتّى ماتَ كَالصَعِقِ
unaware, an event from his appointed end befell him;
he scarcely lingered before he died, as if struck down.
ثُمَّتَ أَضحى ضُحىً مِن غِبِّ ثالِثَةٍ
مُقَنَّعاً غَيرَ ذي روحٍ وَلا رَمَقِ
Then, by the morning of the third day, he lay
shrouded, with neither spirit nor a trace of life.
يُبكى عَلَيهِ وَأَدنوهُ لِمُظلِمَةٍ
تُعلى جَوانِبُها بِالتُربِ وَالفِلَقِ
They weep for him and bring him to a dark pit
whose sides are heaped with earth and clods.
فَما تَزَوَّدَ مِمّا كانَ يَجمَعُهُ
إِلّا حَنوطاً وَما واراهُ مِن خِرَقِ
Of all he used to gather, he took no provision
except burial perfume and the cloths that covered him,
وَغَيرَ نَفحَةِ أَعوادٍ تُشَبُّ لَهُ
وَقَلَّ ذَلِكَ مِن زادٍ لِمُنطَلِقِ
and a waft from sticks kindled for him;
how little provision that is for one departing.
أَستَغفِرُ اللَهَ أَعمالي الَّتي سَلَفَت
مِن عَثرَةٍ إِن يُعاقِبني بِها أَبِقِ
I ask God to forgive my past deeds
and my missteps; if He punishes me for them, I flee.
بِأَيِّما بَلدَةٍ كانَت مَنِيَّتُهُ
إِن لا يَسِرطائِعاً في قَصدِها يُسَقِ
In whichever land his death is destined,
if he does not go toward it willingly, he is driven there.
Sol 6