هذي منازلهم وأن

هذي منازلهم وأن

ت بهم معنى مغرم

ت بهم معنى مغرم

These are their dwellings, and

These are their dwellings though

you are tormented, lovesick for them.

I am infatuated with their meaning

فاسفح دموعك في ثرا

فاسفح دموعك في ثرا

ها أو يمازجها الدم

ها أو يمازجها الدم

So shed your tears upon the soil

So shed your tears on their soil

of those dwellings, until blood mingles with them.

Or mix them with blood

وأسأل بهم صرف الزما

وأسأل بهم صرف الزما

ن فإنه هو أعلم

ن فإنه هو أعلم

And ask about them the vicissitudes of

And ask time to pass

time, for it knows best.

For it knows best

يخبرك أن القوم قد

يخبرك أن القوم قد

قدموا على ما قدموا

قدموا على ما قدموا

It will tell you that the people have

It will tell you that the people have

arrived at what they sent ahead.

Advanced to what they advanced

وغدا نخيم حيث حلوا

وغدا نخيم حيث حلوا

في القبور وخيموا

في القبور وخيموا

And tomorrow we shall camp where they settled

And tomorrow a cloud where they camped

in the graves and made their camp.

In graves they pitched their tents