نَعَتِannounced the death of السَحائِبُthe clouds وَالغَمامُand the cloudbanks بِأَسرِهاall of them
نَعَتِ السَحائِبُ وَالغَمامُ بِأَسرِها
جَسَداًa body بِمَسكَنَat Maskan عارِيَbare الأَوصالِthe limbs
جَسَداً بِمَسكَنَ عارِيَ الأَوصالِ
The clouds and cloudbanks, all of them, announced the death of
The clouds and all the mist mourn
a body at Maskan, its limbs bare.
A body in a bare dwelling
تُمسيare at dusk عَوائِذَهُthose seeking shelter with him السِباعُthe wild beasts وَدارُهُand his home
تُمسي عَوائِذَهُ السِباعُ وَدارُهُ
بِمَنازِلٍamong dwelling sites أَطلالُهُنَّtheir ruins بَواليare timeworn
بِمَنازِلٍ أَطلالُهُنَّ بَوالي
At dusk, wild beasts seek shelter with him, and his home
The beasts make its refuge their own at night, and his abode
is among dwelling sites whose ruins are timeworn.
Is amidst ruins, all forsaken
رَحَلَdeparted الرِفاقُthe companions وَغادَروهُand they left him ثاوِياًlying there
رَحَلَ الرِفاقُ وَغادَروهُ ثاوِياً
لِلريحِto the wind بَينَbetween صَباthe east wind وَبَينَand between شَمالِthe north wind
لِلريحِ بَينَ صَبا وَبَينَ شَمالِ
The companions departed and left him lying there,
His companions journeyed on, leaving him lying
exposed to the wind, between the east wind and the north wind.
For the wind, between the zephyr and the north
Sol 6.1