فَإِنَّ الرَدى غالَ أَهلَ التُقى
فَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا الغَشومُ العَنيد
For death has carried off the people of piety,
So none remained but the ruthless, obstinate man.
وَأَودى بِكُلِّ خَليلٍ وَدودٍ
فَأَينَ وَلا أَينَ خِلٌّ وَدود
And it carried off every loving friend.
So where—yet nowhere—is a loving friend?
وَكَم مِن أَخي ثِقَةٍ قَد لَحَدتُ
فَلِلَّهِ ما غَيَّبَتهُ اللُحود
And how many a trusted brother I have buried!
God, what the graves have hidden away!
وَأَثكَلَني الأُنسَ ثُكلُ اللِداتِ
فَصِرتُ كَأَنّي غَريبٌ وَحيد
And the loss of my peers has bereft me of companionship,
So I have become like a stranger, alone.
وَكَم مِن شَقِيٍّ يُوارى التُرابَ
وَكَم مِن سَعيدٍ يُوارى الصَعيد
And how many a wretched man is buried in the earth,
And how many a fortunate man is buried in the soil.
Sol 6.1