مَضَتْ لِداتي وإخواني وأفردَني

مَضَتْ لِداتي وإخواني وأفردَني

دهري فعشتُ وحيداً ميِّتاً كَمَدَا

دهري فعشتُ وحيداً ميِّتاً كَمَدَا

My peers and my brothers have passed away, and I was left alone

My companions and brothers have departed and left me alone,

by my fate; so I lived alone, dead with grief.

My fate isolated me and left me lifeless as a corpse.

وما أرى لي بحُسنِ الصَّبرِ بَعْدَهُمُ

وما أرى لي بحُسنِ الصَّبرِ بَعْدَهُمُ

وإن تجلَّدتُ خوفَ الشّامِتين يَدا

وإن تجلَّدتُ خوفَ الشّامِتين يَدا

And I find that, for patient endurance after them—

I see no beauty in patience after losing them,

though I steel myself for fear of those who gloat—I have no strength.

Even if I feign fortitude, fearing the gloating hands.

والقَبرُ أرفقُ مسكونٍ ونكْرهُه

والقَبرُ أرفقُ مسكونٍ ونكْرهُه

إذ كان يسكنُه الإنسانُ منفَرِدَا

إذ كان يسكنُه الإنسانُ منفَرِدَا

And the grave is the gentlest dwelling, yet we hate it,

The grave is a kinder abode though we dread it,

for a human being dwells in it alone.

For it is inhabited by man in utter solitude.