قَدْindeed تَرَكَhas left الدَهْرُtime صَفاتِيmy rock صَفْصَفاa bare, level plain
قَدْ تَرَكَ الدَهْرُ صَفاتِي صَفْصَفا
فَصَارَand so became رَأْسِيmy head جَبْهَةًa forehead إِلَىto القَفاthe nape
فَصَارَ رَأْسِي جَبْهَةً إِلَى القَفا
Time has left my rock a bare, level plain.
And my head has become a forehead all the way to the nape.
كَأَنَّهُas though it قَدْalready كانَhad been رَبْعاًa campsite فَعَفاthen vanished
كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ كانَ رَبْعاً فَعَفا
يُمْسِيenters evening فَيُضْحِيthen enters morning لِلْمَناياfor death هَدَفاa target
يُمْسِي فَيُضْحِي لِلْمَنايا هَدَفا
As though it had once been a campsite, then vanished.
It enters evening, then morning, a target for death.
Sol 6.1