صَبريmy patience علىat فَقدِthe loss of إخوانيmy brothers وفُرْقَتِهمْand their parting
صَبري على فَقدِ إخواني وفُرْقَتِهمْ
غَدْرٌbetrayal وأجملُand more befitting بيfor me منthan صَبريَmy patience الجَزعُanguish
غَدْرٌ وأجملُ بي من صَبريَ الجَزعُ
My patience at losing my brothers and being parted from them
is betrayal; anguish befits me more than patience.
تَقاسَمَتْهُمshared them among themselves نَوىًseparation شطَّتwent far away بهمwith them وردىًand death
تَقاسَمَتْهُم نَوىً شطَّت بهم وردىً
فالحيُّso the living one كالمَيْتِlike the dead one ماno فيin قُربِهhis nearness طَمَعُhope
فالحيُّ كالمَيْتِ ما في قُربِه طَمَعُ
They have been divided between separation that bore them far away and death;
so the living are like the dead: there is no hope of being near them.
وأَصبَحَتْand has become وحشَةُdesolation الغبراءِthe dusty earth دونَهُمُwithout them
وأَصبَحَتْ وحشَةُ الغبراءِ دونَهُمُ
منfrom بعدafter أُنسيmy comfort in company بِهِمwith them والشَّملُand the company مُجتمِعُgathered together
من بعد أُنسي بِهِم والشَّملُ مُجتمِعُ
And the dusty earth has grown desolate without them,
after my joy in their company, when we were all together.
وعِشتُand I lived منفرداًalone منهمapart from them وأُقسِمُand I swear ماnot
وعِشتُ منفرداً منهم وأُقسِمُ ما
يكادُnearly مُنفردٌone who is alone بالعيشِfrom life يَنتفِعُbenefits
يكادُ مُنفردٌ بالعيشِ يَنتفِعُ
And I have lived alone, apart from them; I swear:
one who is alone can scarcely find joy in life.
Sol 6.1