شجتْك رسومٌ دارسات بثَهمَدِ

شجتْك رسومٌ دارسات بثَهمَدِ

كَمُلْحِمة ابن السِّمَّريِّ مُحمَّدِ

كَمُلْحِمة ابن السِّمَّريِّ مُحمَّدِ

Faded traces at Thahmad have saddened you,

The ruins called to Muhammad

Like the silk-blend robe of Muhammad ibn al-Simmari.

Like the epic of Ibn al-Simmari

تُنادي رسومٌ كلَّ يوم محمداً

تُنادي رسومٌ كلَّ يوم محمداً

أيا لابسي قد طال عهدي فجدِّدِ

أيا لابسي قد طال عهدي فجدِّدِ

The tatters call to Muhammad each day:

The ruins call Muhammad everyday

“O wearer of mine, my time has grown long—renew me!

Oh wearer of armor, my era has been long, renew it

بَليتُ وأبليتُ الرجال وأصبحت

بَليتُ وأبليتُ الرجال وأصبحت

سنونٌ طوال قد أتتْ دون موْلدي

سنونٌ طوال قد أتتْ دون موْلدي

I have worn out and worn men out, and now

I decayed and decayed men, and years

Long years have passed since my birth.”

Long years have passed without my birth

وضجَّت إلى الرحمن من نتن جِرْمه

وضجَّت إلى الرحمن من نتن جِرْمه

ومن ذَفَرٍ في باطن الرفْغ واليدِ

ومن ذَفَرٍ في باطن الرفْغ واليدِ

And it cried to the All-Merciful at his body's stench,

It screamed to the Merciful about the stench of its crime

And at the rank odor in his groin and the palm of his hand.

And the fury in the abdomen and hand

وقالت له أيضاً مراراً كثيرة

وقالت له أيضاً مراراً كثيرة

أما حان إطلاق الأسير المقيَّدِ

أما حان إطلاق الأسير المقيَّدِ

And it also said to him many times:

And it also told Him many times

“Is it not time to release the fettered captive?”

Hasn't the time come to release the shackled prisoner?

فقال لها مهلاً رسومُ فما أنا

فقال لها مهلاً رسومُ فما أنا

بمُعفيك منِّي أو أحُلَّ بمُلْحَدي

بمُعفيك منِّي أو أحُلَّ بمُلْحَدي

So he said to it, “Patience, tatters! I shall not

So the ruins told her, wait, for I am not

Release you from me until I lie in my grave.”

Releasing you from me or being buried in my tomb

فقالت له هل أنت أيضاً مكفَّنٌ

فقالت له هل أنت أيضاً مكفَّنٌ

إذ متَّ بي يا ابن البخيل المصرّدِ

إذ متَّ بي يا ابن البخيل المصرّدِ

So it said to him, “Will you also be shrouded

So she told him, are you also shrouded

In me when you die, O son of the tightfisted miser?”

Since you died with me, O son of the stingy hunchback?

فقال نعم ما إن تزالي قرينتي

فقال نعم ما إن تزالي قرينتي

إلى يوم بعث من ضريح وجلمدِ

إلى يوم بعث من ضريح وجلمدِ

So he said, “Yes; you will never cease to be my companion

He said, yes, you will remain my companion

Until the day of resurrection from tomb and stone.”

Until the day of resurrection from the sepulcher and burial