ياO نفسُsoul أينَwhere جميلُbeautiful صَبْpatience (word beginning)
يا نفسُ أينَ جميلُ صَبْ
رِكِyour patience (word ending) حينَwhen تَطرقُكِcome knocking at you الخُطوبُcalamities
رِكِ حينَ تَطرقُكِ الخُطوبُ
O soul, where is your beautiful patience
when calamities come knocking at you?
أينwhere احتمالُكِyour endurance ماwhat تَكاalmost (word beginning)
أين احتمالُكِ ما تَكا
دُalmost (word ending) الرّاسياتُfirmly rooted mountains لَهbecause of it تَذوبُmelt
دُ الرّاسياتُ لَه تَذوبُ
Where is your endurance of what nearly
makes the firmly rooted mountains melt?
وثَباتُand steadfastness جَأشِكِyour heart حينwhen تَضtremble (word beginning)
وثَباتُ جَأشِكِ حين تَض
طَرِبُtremble (word ending) الجَوانحُribs والقُلوبُand hearts
طَرِبُ الجَوانحُ والقُلوبُ
And your steadfastness of heart, when
ribs and hearts tremble?
ماذاwhat دَهاكِhas befallen you إلىuntil مَتىwhen
ماذا دَهاكِ إلى مَتى
هذاthis التَأسُّفُsorrow والنَّحيبُand wailing
هذا التَأسُّفُ والنَّحيبُ
What has befallen you? How long
will this sorrow and wailing last?
كيفhow استَزَلَّكِmade you falter بَعدafter صِدْtruth (word beginning)
كيف استَزَلَّكِ بَعد صِدْ
قِtruth (word ending) يَقينِكِyour certainty الأملُhope الكَذوبُdeceitful
قِ يَقينِكِ الأملُ الكَذوبُ
How were you made to falter, after your firm
conviction, by deceitful hope?
أرَجَوتِdid you hope أنthat سَيَرُدُّwill bring back مَنthose whom
أرَجَوتِ أن سَيَرُدُّ مَن
غالsnatched away الرّدىdeath دَمعٌtears سَكوبُstreaming
غال الرّدى دَمعٌ سَكوبُ
Did you hope that those whom
death snatched away would be restored by streaming tears?
أمor خِلتِdid you suppose أنّthat نوائبَcalamities الدْthe world (word beginning)
أم خِلتِ أنّ نوائبَ الدْ
دُنياworld (word ending) لغيرِكِfor others besides you لاnot تَنوبُbefall
دُنيا لغيرِكِ لا تَنوبُ
Or did you suppose the calamities of
the world never befall anyone but you?
هيهاتَfar from it كُلُّall الخِلقِِcreatures مِنfrom
هيهاتَ كُلُّ الخِلقِِ مِن
نكباتِهاits calamities لهُمُfor them نَصيبُa share
نكباتِها لهُمُ نَصيبُ
Far from it! All creatures have
a share in its calamities.
وبكُلِّand in every قَلبٍheart منfrom حَواmisfortunes (word beginning)
وبكُلِّ قَلبٍ من حَوا
دِثِهاits misfortunes (word ending) وأسهُمِهاand its arrows نُدوبُscars
دِثِها وأسهُمِها نُدوبُ
And in every heart, from its misfortunes
and its arrows, are scars.
منwho ذاthis one الذيwho يَبقىremains علىthrough
من ذا الذي يَبقى على
مَرِّpassage of الزَّمانtime لهfor him حَبيبُa loved one
مَرِّ الزَّمان له حَبيبُ
Who is there who, through
the passage of time, still has a loved one?
لكنْbut يُسلِّيconsoles النَّفسَthe soul أنْthat (word beginning)
لكنْ يُسلِّي النَّفسَ أنْ
نَthat (word ending) لَحاقَناour joining بهمُwith them قَريبُnear
نَ لَحاقَنا بهمُ قَريبُ
But it consoles the soul that
we shall soon join them.
وإليهمُand to them مِنfrom بَعدِafter غَيْabsence (word beginning)
وإليهمُ مِن بَعدِ غَيْ
بَتِهمْtheir absence (word ending) وإنand even if طالتْit lasts long نَئُوبُwe return
بَتِهمْ وإن طالتْ نَئُوبُ
And to them, after their absence,
however long it lasts, we return.
Sol 6.1