أَلاAh! ياO عَينُeye فَاِحتَفِليso exert yourself fully وَبَكّيand weep
أَلا يا عَينُ فَاِحتَفِلي وَبَكّي
عَلىfor قَرمٍa noble chief لِرَيبِfor the calamities of الدَهرِtime كافِa match
عَلى قَرمٍ لِرَيبِ الدَهرِ كافِ
Ah, O eye, hold nothing back and weep
For a noble chief, a match for the calamities of time.
وَماand what لِلعَينِails the eye لاnot تَبكيit weeps لِحَوطٍfor Ḥawṭ
وَما لِلعَينِ لا تَبكي لِحَوطٍ
وَزَيدٍand Zayd وَاِبنِand the son of عَمِّهِماtheir paternal uncle ذُفافِDhufāf
وَزَيدٍ وَاِبنِ عَمِّهِما ذُفافِ
And what ails the eye, that it does not weep for Ḥawṭ,
And Zayd, and their paternal cousin Dhufāf,
وَعَبدِand ʿAbd اللَهِAllāh ياO لَهفيmy grief عَلَيهِfor him
وَعَبدِ اللَهِ يا لَهفي عَلَيهِ
وَماand not يَخفىis concealed بِزَيدِamong Zayd مَناةَManāt خافِa hidden thing
وَما يَخفى بِزَيدِ مَناةَ خافِ
And ʿAbd Allāh—oh, my grief for him!
And no secret among Zayd Manāt remains hidden.
وَجَدناwe found أَهوَنَthe easiest الأَموالِwealth هُلكاًto lose
وَجَدنا أَهوَنَ الأَموالِ هُلكاً
وَجَدَّكَby your fortune ماthat which نَصَبتyou set up لَهُfor it الأَثافيthe pot-support stones
وَجَدَّكَ ما نَصَبت لَهُ الأَثافي
We found that the wealth easiest to lose—
by your fortune!—is what you set the hearthstones for.
Sol 6.1