صَمَت العواذلُ في أَساكِ وسلّموا

صَمَت العواذلُ في أَساكِ وسلّموا

لمّا رأوْا أنّ العزاءَ محرَّمُ

لمّا رأوْا أنّ العزاءَ محرَّمُ

The reproachers fell silent over grief for you, and yielded

The bereaved are silent in grief and resigned,

when they saw that consolation was forbidden.

When they saw consolation is forbidden,

لاموا وكم من فائهٍ بملامةٍ

لاموا وكم من فائهٍ بملامةٍ

هو عند نُقّادِ الملامةِ ألْوَمُ

هو عند نُقّادِ الملامةِ ألْوَمُ

They blamed me; how many a man uttering blame

They blamed though many an exulter with blame,

is himself more blameworthy to the judges of blame.

Is with critics of blame most blameful,

ما أغفلَ العذّالَ عمّا في الحشا

ما أغفلَ العذّالَ عمّا في الحشا

مِن لاذعاتٍ جَمرها يتضرّمُ

مِن لاذعاتٍ جَمرها يتضرّمُ

How heedless the reproachers are of what lies within:

Reproachers did not neglect the offender of propriety,

searing pains whose embers blaze!

Whose embers of censure flare up,

لو أَنصفوا اِعتذروا وقد عاصيتهمْ

لو أَنصفوا اِعتذروا وقد عاصيتهمْ

وأبَيْتُ نصحَهمُ بأنِّيَ مُغرَمُ

وأبَيْتُ نصحَهمُ بأنِّيَ مُغرَمُ

Had they been fair, they would have apologized, though I defied them

Had they been equitable they would have excused me,

and rejected their counsel, for I am love-stricken.

And I refused their advice for I am enamoured,

كم بيننا تتنعّمون وأُبتَلى

كم بيننا تتنعّمون وأُبتَلى

أوْ تسلمون من الكُلومِ وأُكْلَمُ

أوْ تسلمون من الكُلومِ وأُكْلَمُ

What a difference between us: you enjoy ease while I am afflicted,

How you live in comfort while I suffer,

or you remain safe from wounds while I am wounded.

Or you are safe from censure while I am muzzled,

في القلب من حرّ المصيبة لوعةٌ

في القلب من حرّ المصيبة لوعةٌ

لا تعلمون بها وقلبي أعلمُ

لا تعلمون بها وقلبي أعلمُ

In the heart, from the calamity's burning heat, is anguish

In my heart is the burning anguish of calamity,

you know nothing of, but my heart knows better.

You know naught of it though my heart knows best,

لا يستوي بكُم وما من ثَلمةٍ

لا يستوي بكُم وما من ثَلمةٍ

بصَفاتِكْم شَعِثُ الصَّفاةِ مُثَلَّمُ

بصَفاتِكْم شَعِثُ الصَّفاةِ مُثَلَّمُ

Not equal to you, with not a single breach

I am not equal to you, and no disgrace,

in your rock, is one whose rock is battered and chipped.

Ever blemishes your merits, O untainted virtuous folk,

ذاوي القضيب له بَنانةُ آسفٍ

ذاوي القضيب له بَنانةُ آسفٍ

يَجري لطولِ عضاضِها منها الدّمُ

يَجري لطولِ عضاضِها منها الدّمُ

His branch is withered; his finger is a mourner's,

My penis, its glans weeping from the long split,

from which blood flows through prolonged biting.

Runs with blood,

يا للرّجالِ لهاجمٍ بيد الرّدى

يا للرّجالِ لهاجمٍ بيد الرّدى

أعيا فقيلَ هو القضاءُ المبرَمُ

أعيا فقيلَ هو القضاءُ المبرَمُ

O men, help against an assailant at death's hand,

O you men who attack with hand of havoc,

beyond remedy; they said, 'It is irrevocable fate.'

Exhausted, so it was said: That is destined and decreed,

ومصيبةٍ ليلي وقد ساوَرْتُها

ومصيبةٍ ليلي وقد ساوَرْتُها

ليلُ اللّديغِ بها ويومي أيْوَمُ

ليلُ اللّديغِ بها ويومي أيْوَمُ

And a calamity I grappled with—my night

And the calamity of Layla, and I courted her,

is a snake-bitten man's night, my day a day of woe.

The night of burning in it and my day of blaze,

ركبتْ منَ الأثباجِ ما لا يُرتَقى

ركبتْ منَ الأثباجِ ما لا يُرتَقى

وتهضّمتْ في القومِ ما لا يُهضَمُ

وتهضّمتْ في القومِ ما لا يُهضَمُ

It mounted crests no one could scale,

She mounted the saddled camel, impossible to deter,

and humbled among the people what none could humble.

And in the tribe occurred what cannot be contained,

شوطِرتُ نصفي واِقتسمتُ وأنتُمُ

شوطِرتُ نصفي واِقتسمتُ وأنتُمُ

أشطارُكمْ موفورةٌ لا تُقسَمُ

أشطارُكمْ موفورةٌ لا تُقسَمُ

Half of me was taken; I was divided, while you

I was halved and shared while you,

have your portions intact, undivided.

Remain whole, never to be divided,

فَمَتى عَطَستُ فإنّ أنفِيَ أجدعٌ

فَمَتى عَطَستُ فإنّ أنفِيَ أجدعٌ

وإذا بَطَشْتُ فساعِدٌ لِيَ أجذَمُ

وإذا بَطَشْتُ فساعِدٌ لِيَ أجذَمُ

Whenever I sneeze, my nose is severed;

So if I sneeze my nose is docked,

and when I strike, my forearm is severed.

And if I assault an aid for me is amputated,

وإذا نظرتُ فليس لِي من بعد مَنْ

وإذا نظرتُ فليس لِي من بعد مَنْ

خُولستُهُ إلّا السوادُ المظلِمُ

خُولستُهُ إلّا السوادُ المظلِمُ

And when I look, nothing remains for me after the one

And if I look there is none, after she from whom,

stolen from me except dark blackness.

I turned away, save the dark gloom,

وهو الزّمانُ فوافِدٌ ومودَّعٌ

وهو الزّمانُ فوافِدٌ ومودَّعٌ

ومؤخَّرٌ فاتَ الرّدى ومقدَّمُ

ومؤخَّرٌ فاتَ الرّدى ومقدَّمُ

Such is time: one arrives, another is bid farewell,

Such is time, its benefaction passed,

one is reprieved and escapes death, another taken early;

Departed, postponed, havoc done and advanced,

ومبلَّغٌ آمالُهُ ومُخيَّبٌ

ومبلَّغٌ آمالُهُ ومُخيَّبٌ

ومُجرِّرٌ ذيلَ الثّراءِ ومُعْدِمُ

ومُجرِّرٌ ذيلَ الثّراءِ ومُعْدِمُ

one is granted his hopes, another disappointed,

Fulfilling hopes then frustrating,

one trails the hem of wealth, another is destitute.

Dragging the train of wealth then impoverishing,

لا تَعجَبوا لمُرَزَّءٍ ومُكلَّمٍ

لا تَعجَبوا لمُرَزَّءٍ ومُكلَّمٍ

إنّ العجيبَ مُصَحَّحٌ ومُسَلَّمُ

إنّ العجيبَ مُصَحَّحٌ ومُسَلَّمُ

Do not marvel at one bereaved and wounded;

Do not wonder at a critic disparaged and censured,

the marvel is one kept sound and safe.

The wondrous is the corrected and the endorsed,

قُلْ للّذي يَبني البناءَ كأنّه

قُلْ للّذي يَبني البناءَ كأنّه

لَم يدرِ أنّ بناءهُ مُتَهدِّمُ

لَم يدرِ أنّ بناءهُ مُتَهدِّمُ

Tell the man who builds his building as though

Say to him who builds as if he has not known,

he did not know his building must collapse:

That his building will inevitably crumble,

مَهلاً فَما الدّنيا وإنْ طالتْ لنا

مَهلاً فَما الدّنيا وإنْ طالتْ لنا

إلّا كَظِلّ غَمامةٍ يتصرَّمُ

إلّا كَظِلّ غَمامةٍ يتصرَّمُ

Wait! This world, however long it lasts for us,

Gently! What is the world, however long for us,

is only a cloud's shadow, passing away.

If not like the shadow of a passing cloud fraying away,

هلْ حظُّنا منها وإن عظمتْ بها الن

هلْ حظُّنا منها وإن عظمتْ بها الن

نَعماء إلّا مَشْربٌ أو مطعمُ

نَعماء إلّا مَشْربٌ أو مطعمُ

Is our share of it, however great its

What is our share in it, however much it increased our prosperity,

blessings, anything but a drink or a meal?

If not a drink or a meal,

أَرِنِي بها صَفْواً بغيرِ تكدُّرٍ

أَرِنِي بها صَفْواً بغيرِ تكدُّرٍ

وحلاوةً ما سِيطَ فها العلقمُ

وحلاوةً ما سِيطَ فها العلقمُ

Show me in it clarity untouched by clouding,

Show me its purity without disturbance,

and sweetness with no bitter colocynth mixed into it;

And delight without flies swarming over it,

أو لذّةً نِيلتْ وليس يحفُّها

أو لذّةً نِيلتْ وليس يحفُّها

أبدَ الزّمان تكلّفٌ وتجشُّمُ

أبدَ الزّمان تكلّفٌ وتجشُّمُ

or a pleasure attained that is not surrounded,

Or pleasure obtained but not ever suffused,

throughout time, by strain and hardship.

With toil and exertion,

عُج بالمطيِّ على الدّيار فنادِها

عُج بالمطيِّ على الدّيار فنادِها

أَينَ الأُلى برُباكِ دهراً خيّموا

أَينَ الأُلى برُباكِ دهراً خيّموا

Turn the mounts aside toward the dwellings and call to them:

Ride with the steed to the old encampment and call it,

Where are those who camped long upon your heights?

Where are they who alighted, after a long stay they departed,

مِن كلّ مرهوبِ الشّذاةِ كأنّه

مِن كلّ مرهوبِ الشّذاةِ كأنّه

ليثٌ إذا ضغط الفريسةَ يَرزُمُ

ليثٌ إذا ضغط الفريسةَ يَرزُمُ

Each of them feared for his fierceness, as though

Like a ferocious lion, who when he clenches the prey,

a lion growling as it crushes its prey;

He shakes it violently,

يقظان ينتهز الفخارَ إذا خَلَتْ

يقظان ينتهز الفخارَ إذا خَلَتْ

سُبُلُ الفخار ونام عنها النُّوّمُ

سُبُلُ الفخار ونام عنها النُّوّمُ

wakeful, seizing glory when

Ever wakeful, seizing the utensils if the folk are inattentive,

glory's paths were empty and sleepers slept, neglecting them.

And asleep when they are attentive and alert,

ومُحجَّبون من القِذاعِ كأنّهمْ

ومُحجَّبون من القِذاعِ كأنّهمْ

بسوى جميلِ الذّكرِ لمّا يعلموا

بسوى جميلِ الذّكرِ لمّا يعلموا

And men shielded from foul abuse, as though

Veiled from vulgarity as if they never knew,

they had known nothing but fair renown;

Aside from good repute when they learned of it,

ومهذّبون وكم يفوت معاشراً

ومهذّبون وكم يفوت معاشراً

شتّى الشّعوب مهذَّبٌ ومقوَّمُ

شتّى الشّعوب مهذَّبٌ ومقوَّمُ

and refined men—how often whole communities

Well-mannered, how often the diverse multitudes,

of diverse tribes are surpassed by a refined, upright man.

Miss the well-mannered and balanced man,

وتراهمُ متهجّمين على الرّدى

وتراهمُ متهجّمين على الرّدى

وإذا رأوا سُبُلَ العَضِيهةِ أَحجموا

وإذا رأوا سُبُلَ العَضِيهةِ أَحجموا

You see them charging headlong at death,

You see them frowning at havoc,

but when they see paths of calumny, they draw back.

And if they see the paths of villainy they refrain,

الشّاهدين اليومَ وهو عَصَبْصَبٌ

الشّاهدين اليومَ وهو عَصَبْصَبٌ

والهازمين الجيشَ وهو عَرَمْرَمُ

والهازمين الجيشَ وهو عَرَمْرَمُ

Those who face the day when it is dire,

Witnessing today while vigorous and overwhelming,

and rout the army though it is vast;

Vanquishing the army while formidable and countless,

والفالقين الهامَ في يوم الوَغى

والفالقين الهامَ في يوم الوَغى

فمُتَوَّجٌ يهوي ردىً ومُعَمَّمُ

فمُتَوَّجٌ يهوي ردىً ومُعَمَّمُ

and cleave skulls on the day of battle,

Splitting the skull on the day of battle,

so the crowned fall dead, and the turbaned too.

One is crowned while the other skulls,

أَخْنى على إثْرائهمْ فأبادَهُ

أَخْنى على إثْرائهمْ فأبادَهُ

جودٌ لَهم لا يَنثنِي وتكرُّمُ

جودٌ لَهم لا يَنثنِي وتكرُّمُ

Their wealth was ravaged and wiped out

Stabbing with spears that shred every brain,

by their unflagging generosity and noble giving.

As deep as an old male camel's cleft,

وأبى لهمْ كرمُ العروق إذا جَنَوْا

وأبى لهمْ كرمُ العروق إذا جَنَوْا

يوماً على أموالهمْ أن يندموا

يوماً على أموالهمْ أن يندموا

The nobility of their roots forbade them, when they

The horses are dyed with gore so their flames,

one day ravaged their wealth, to feel regret.

Are ruddy while the flowers are darker,

وَيصونُ عِرضَهمُ الّذي شحّوا به

وَيصونُ عِرضَهمُ الّذي شحّوا به

دينارُهمْ في بذلِهِ والدِّرْهَمُ

دينارُهمْ في بذلِهِ والدِّرْهَمُ

Their honor, which they jealously guarded, is protected

They were land patrols but after havoc tore them away,

by their dinar, freely given, and their dirham.

They became clods of earth and great corpses,

وإذا هُمُ سلموا وبات وليُّهمْ

وإذا هُمُ سلموا وبات وليُّهمْ

مستهلكاً فكأنّهمْ لم يسلموا

مستهلكاً فكأنّهمْ لم يسلموا

If they were safe but their ally spent the night

They dwelled the land while their abodes,

perishing, it was as though they had not been safe.

Became for them, though built with their bones, narrow,

كم فيهمُ قَرِمٌ إلى بذل القِرى

كم فيهمُ قَرِمٌ إلى بذل القِرى

صَبٌّ بأسبابِ العَلاءِ مُتَيَّمُ

صَبٌّ بأسبابِ العَلاءِ مُتَيَّمُ

How many among them yearn to lavish hospitality,

O lady of the inviolable home who spurns,

ardent lovers, enthralled by the means to eminence;

That any reprehensible person should enter it,

متقدِّمٌ واليومُ مسوَدُّ الدّجى

متقدِّمٌ واليومُ مسوَدُّ الدّجى

إذ قَلَّ مَن نحو الرّدى يتقدّمُ

إذ قَلَّ مَن نحو الرّدى يتقدّمُ

advancing when the day is black with darkness,

Chastity nested in it, and honour wed it,

when few advance toward death,

Generosity, like the life of time, flawless,

في موقفٍ فيه الحسامُ مُثَلَّمٌ

في موقفٍ فيه الحسامُ مُثَلَّمٌ

والرّمحُ في طعنِ الكُلى متحطِّمُ

والرّمحُ في طعنِ الكُلى متحطِّمُ

at a stand where the sword is notched

Neither in the morn nor evening,

and the spear shatters in piercing kidneys;

Is it rough save keeping fast or praying devotionally,

والطّعن يفتق كلَّ نَجْلاءٍ لَها

والطّعن يفتق كلَّ نَجْلاءٍ لَها

قَعْرٌ كما فَغَرَ البعيرُ الأعْلمُ

قَعْرٌ كما فَغَرَ البعيرُ الأعْلمُ

and thrusts tear open every broad wound, each with

And they are lying down as if their good deeds,

a deep hollow, like a split-lipped camel's gaping mouth;

Were those bright stars throughout their night,

والخيل تُخضَبُ بالنّجيعِ فشُهبُها

والخيل تُخضَبُ بالنّجيعِ فشُهبُها

محمرّةٌ والوَرْدُ منها أدهمُ

محمرّةٌ والوَرْدُ منها أدهمُ

and the horses are dyed with gore: their grays

Why do I see you, when you were intensely shy,

are red, and their bays are black.

Never meeting nor speaking,

كانوا البدور وبعد أن عصف الرّدى

كانوا البدور وبعد أن عصف الرّدى

بهمُ همُ رِمَمُ الثّرى والأَعْظُمُ

بهمُ همُ رِمَمُ الثّرى والأَعْظُمُ

They were full moons; but after death swept

Between me and you lies a vast expanse,

over them, they are mouldering remains in the dust, and bones.

Or your condition is obscure darkness,

سَكَنوا العَراءَ وَطالما اِمتَلأتْ وقد

سَكَنوا العَراءَ وَطالما اِمتَلأتْ وقد

جُعلتْ لهمْ تلك الأسرّةُ منهمُ

جُعلتْ لهمْ تلك الأسرّةُ منهمُ

They settled in the open waste; how often had

Men who travelled have passed away while ahead of us,

those couches made for them been filled by their presence!

Lies a long journey with no return,

يا ربّةَ البيتِ المحرَّمِ تُربُهُ

يا ربّةَ البيتِ المحرَّمِ تُربُهُ

عن أنْ يلمّ به فعالٌ يحرُمُ

عن أنْ يلمّ به فعالٌ يحرُمُ

O mistress of the house whose soil is kept inviolate

When afflictions amassed, I had no way,

from the touch of any forbidden deed,

To avail you and I was stripped of you,

قطن العَفافُ به وعرّس عنده

قطن العَفافُ به وعرّس عنده

كرمٌ كعمر الدّهرِ لا يتثلّمُ

كرمٌ كعمر الدّهرِ لا يتثلّمُ

chastity dwelt there, and there encamped

I recoiled when recoiling from your belongings,

a nobility enduring as time, never diminished.

And I was banned from the gate of meeting and deprived,

ما إنْ به صبحاً وكلَّ عشيّةٍ

ما إنْ به صبحاً وكلَّ عشيّةٍ

خَشْناءَ إلّا صُوَّمٌ أو قُوَّمُ

خَشْناءَ إلّا صُوَّمٌ أو قُوَّمُ

Within it, at dawn and every evening

Your supplication was a shelter so when,

of hardship, were only fasters or those standing in prayer,

Hostility pelted me its arrows swerved,

ومسهّدون كأنّما حسناتُهمْ

ومسهّدون كأنّما حسناتُهمْ

في ليلهمْ ذاك البهيمِ الأنجمُ

في ليلهمْ ذاك البهيمِ الأنجمُ

and sleepless souls, as though their good deeds

Your uplifted prayer was always rectifying,

were the stars in that pitch-black night of theirs.

Whatsoever they ruined or invalidated,

ما لي أراكِ وكنتِ جِدَّ حَفِيّةٍ

ما لي أراكِ وكنتِ جِدَّ حَفِيّةٍ

لا نلتقي أبداً ولا نتكلّمُ

لا نلتقي أبداً ولا نتكلّمُ

Why do I see you, once so deeply caring,

Now after losing you I have a side,

yet we never meet or speak?

Disgraced and victory over the enemy marred,

بيني وبينكِ شاسعٌ متباعدٌ

بيني وبينكِ شاسعٌ متباعدٌ

أو حالكٌ شَحِبُ الجوانبِ مظلمُ

أو حالكٌ شَحِبُ الجوانبِ مظلمُ

Between me and you lies a vast, distant expanse,

None loyal remains while he is Muhammad,

or a pitch-black place, bleak-sided and dark.

Who distanced the furthest with utmost effort,

آب الرّجالُ الرّاحلون ودوننا

آب الرّجالُ الرّاحلون ودوننا

سَفَرٌ طويلٌ ليس منه مَقْدَمُ

سَفَرٌ طويلٌ ليس منه مَقْدَمُ

The traveling men returned, but between us lies

You have an inhabited paradise so congratulate yourself,

a long journey from which there is no return.

On entering it while hellfire awaits others,

ما كان عندي والبلايا جَمَّةً

ما كان عندي والبلايا جَمَّةً

أَنّي أصابُ بكمْ وأُعرى منكمُ

أَنّي أصابُ بكمْ وأُعرى منكمُ

I never thought, though calamities were many,

And when you reach the bliss, simple it becomes,

that I would suffer your loss and be stripped of you,

After it that greatest ordeal,

وأُذادُ حين أُذادُ عن أمواهكمْ

وأُذادُ حين أُذادُ عن أمواهكمْ

وأُصدّ عن باب اللّقاءِ وأُحْرَمُ

وأُصدّ عن باب اللّقاءِ وأُحْرَمُ

and be driven—when driven away—from your waters,

May God bless your tomb and so gather on it,

and barred from the door of meeting, and deprived.

As He wills the blessings,

كانَ اِبتِهالُكِ جُنَّةً فإذا رمى

كانَ اِبتِهالُكِ جُنَّةً فإذا رمى

جهتي العِدا تَزْوَرّ عنّي الأسهمُ

جهتي العِدا تَزْوَرّ عنّي الأسهمُ

Your supplication was a shield; whenever shots were aimed

The breeze flows on it every evening,

at me by enemies, the arrows swerved away from me.

And the howling star-filled sky accustoms it,

ودُعاؤكِ المرفوعُ مصلحُ دائماً

ودُعاؤكِ المرفوعُ مصلحُ دائماً

ما أَفسدوا أو ناقضٌ ما أبْرموا

ما أَفسدوا أو ناقضٌ ما أبْرموا

And your prayer raised on high always mended

So rain in it falls weeping,

what they spoiled, or undid what they bound fast.

And lightning from it smiles laughing,

فالآن لِي من بعد فقدك جانبٌ

فالآن لِي من بعد فقدك جانبٌ

عارٍ وظُفرٌ في العدوِّ مُقَلَّمُ

عارٍ وظُفرٌ في العدوِّ مُقَلَّمُ

Now, after losing you, I have a flank

Its sides have become docile as if it were,

left bare, and a claw against the enemy clipped short.

A carpet spread over the plain marked,

لم يمضِ ماضٍ بان وهو محمّدٌ

لم يمضِ ماضٍ بان وهو محمّدٌ

وَنأى أَشدَّ النّأي وهو مذمَّمُ

وَنأى أَشدَّ النّأي وهو مذمَّمُ

No departed one has gone away praised

And when the steed takes us to its place,

and gone the farthest distance reviled.

One of us addresses while the rest greet,

لكِ جَنَّةٌ مأهولةٌ فاِستبشري

لكِ جَنَّةٌ مأهولةٌ فاِستبشري

بِدخلولها فلآخرين جهنَّمُ

بِدخلولها فلآخرين جهنَّمُ

Yours is an inhabited Garden; rejoice

It is sad that we speak to the soil,

in entering it, for others have Hell.

One who does not respond nor speak to us.

وإذا وصلتِ إلى النّعيمِ فهيّنٌ

وإذا وصلتِ إلى النّعيمِ فهيّنٌ

من قبله ذاك البلاءُ الأعظمُ

من قبله ذاك البلاءُ الأعظمُ

And when you reach bliss, light is

that greatest affliction which came before it.

صلّى الإلهُ على ضريحك واِلتقتْ

صلّى الإلهُ على ضريحك واِلتقتْ

فيه عليك كما يشاء الأنعُمُ

فيه عليك كما يشاء الأنعُمُ

May God bless your tomb, and may there gather

upon you within it, as He wills, blessings.

وجرى النّسيمُ عليه كلَّ عشيَّةٍ

وجرى النّسيمُ عليه كلَّ عشيَّةٍ

وَاِعتاده نَوْءُ السِّماكِ المُرْزِمُ

وَاِعتاده نَوْءُ السِّماكِ المُرْزِمُ

And may the breeze flow over it each evening,

and may al-Simāk's thundering rain return to it.

فالغيثُ فيه ناشجٌ مستعبرٌ

فالغيثُ فيه ناشجٌ مستعبرٌ

والبرقُ منه ضاحكٌ متبسّمُ

والبرقُ منه ضاحكٌ متبسّمُ

The rain there sobs and weeps,

and its lightning laughs and smiles.

وتروَّضَتْ جَنَباتُهُ فكأنّه

وتروَّضَتْ جَنَباتُهُ فكأنّه

بُرْدٌ تَنشّرَ بالفَلاةِ مُسَهَّمُ

بُرْدٌ تَنشّرَ بالفَلاةِ مُسَهَّمُ

And its margins bloom as meadows, as though it were

an arrow-patterned cloak unfurled in the wilderness.

وَإِذا المطيُّ بنا بلغن مكانه

وَإِذا المطيُّ بنا بلغن مكانه

فمكلِّمٌ منّا له ومسلِّمُ

فمكلِّمٌ منّا له ومسلِّمُ

And when the mounts bearing us reach its place,

one of us speaks to it, another offers greetings.

ومن الشَّجا أنّا نكلّم في الثّرى

ومن الشَّجا أنّا نكلّم في الثّرى

من لا يُصيخُ لنا ولا يتكلّمُ

من لا يُصيخُ لنا ولا يتكلّمُ

And part of sorrow is that we speak, within the dust,

to one who neither listens to us nor speaks.