خُصصتُ بِذا المُصابِ وَعَمّ كُلّ

خُصصتُ بِذا المُصابِ وَعَمّ كُلّ

وَلَيسَ عُمومهُ مِثل الخُصوصِ

وَلَيسَ عُمومهُ مِثل الخُصوصِ

I was singled out by this calamity, and it struck everyone.

I was singled out by this calamity, though it encompassed all,

Yet its shared grief is not like personal grief.

And the general grief is not like the specific loss;

فَرَبّات الخِيامِ يَنحنَ ثُكلاً

فَرَبّات الخِيامِ يَنحنَ ثُكلاً

عَلَيكَ مَعي وَرَبّاتُ الخُصوصِ

عَلَيكَ مَعي وَرَبّاتُ الخُصوصِ

For the women of the tents wail in bereavement

For the mistresses of the tents wail in bereavement

for you, alongside me, as do the women of the reed huts.

Over you, alongside me, and the mistresses of the private chambers.