أزورُI visit قبرَكَyour grave والأشجانُand sorrows تمنعُنيprevent me
أزورُ قبرَكَ والأشجانُ تمنعُني
أنto أهتَديI find my way لطريقيto my path حينَwhen أنصرِفُI depart
أن أهتَدي لطريقي حينَ أنصرِفُ
I visit your grave, and grief prevents me
I visit your grave while the trees prevent me
From finding my way when I depart.
From finding my way when I want to leave
فماso not أرىI see غيرَother than أحجارٍstones مُنضَّدَةٍstacked
فما أرى غيرَ أحجارٍ مُنضَّدَةٍ
قَدindeed احتوتْكhave enclosed you ومأْوَىand the abode of الدُّرَّةِthe pearl الصَدَفُthe shell
قَد احتوتْك ومأْوَى الدُّرَّةِ الصَدَفُ
For I see nothing but stones laid one upon another
So I see nothing but piled up stones
That have enclosed you—and the pearl's home is the shell.
That contain you and the abode of the pearl oyster
فأنثنيso I turn away لستُI am not أدريI know أينwhere مُنقَلَبيmy place of return
فأنثني لستُ أدري أين مُنقَلَبي
كأننيas though I were حائرٌbewildered فيin اللّيلِthe night مُعتَسِفُwandering blindly
كأنني حائرٌ في اللّيلِ مُعتَسِفُ
So I turn away, not knowing where to return,
So I bend down not knowing where I will end up
As though I were lost, wandering blindly in the night.
As if I were lost wandering in the night
إنif قصَّرfalls short العمرُlife بيfor me عنof أنto أَرىI see خَلفاًa successor
إن قصَّر العمرُ بي عن أن أَرى خَلفاً
لهto him ففيthen in الأجرِthe reward عندwith اللهِGod ليfor me خَلَفُrecompense
له ففي الأجرِ عند اللهِ لي خَلَفُ
If my life is too short to see a successor
If life was too short for me to see an offspring
To him, then God's reward is my recompense.
To replace you then with God there is reward for me
أقولُI say للنَّفْسِto the soul إذwhen جدgrew intense النِّزَاعُlonging بِهاwithin it
أقولُ للنَّفْسِ إذ جد النِّزَاعُ بِها
ياO نفسُsoul ويْحَكِalas for you أينَwhere الأهلُthe family والسَّلَفُand the forebears
يا نفسُ ويْحَكِ أينَ الأهلُ والسَّلَفُ
I say to my soul, when longing grows fierce within it:
I say to myself when the conflict intensifies within
O soul, alas for you! Where are kin and forebears?
Oh self, woe to you, where is the family and the ancestors?
أَلَيسَis it not هذاthis سبيلَthe path of الخلقِcreation أجمعِهِمall of them
أَلَيسَ هذا سبيلَ الخلقِ أجمعِهِم
وكلُّهمand all of them بورودِto the coming of الموتِdeath مُعتَرِفُadmitting
وكلُّهم بورودِ الموتِ مُعتَرِفُ
Is this not the path of all creation?
Is this not the path of all creation
And all acknowledge the coming of death.
And all of them admit to dying
كمhow long ذاthis التّأَسُفُgrieving أمor كمhow long ذاthis الحنينُyearning وهلand does
كم ذا التّأَسُفُ أم كم ذا الحنينُ وهل
يردُّbring back مَنone whom قَدindeed حَواهُhas enclosed him قبرُهُhis grave الأَسَفُsorrow
يردُّ مَن قَد حَواهُ قبرُهُ الأَسَفُ
How long this grieving, or how long this yearning—and does
How much is this sorrow or how much is this yearning, and can
Sorrow bring back one whom his grave has enclosed?
He who the grave covers with its heaviness be returned
Sol 6.1