Sol 6.1

  1. سَتُباشِرُ الأَجداثَ وَحدَك

    وَسَيَضحَكُ الباكونَ بَعدَك

    You will face the graves alone.

    And those who weep will laugh after you are gone.

  2. وَسَتَستَجِدُّ بِكَ البِلى

    وَسَتُخلِقُ الأَيّامُ عَهدَك

    And decay will renew itself in you.

    And the days will wear away the memory of you.

  3. وَسَيَشتَهي المُتَقَرِّبو

    نَ إِلَيكَ بَعدَ المَوتِ بُعدَك

    And those who draw close to you will wish

    you far away after death.

  4. لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ ما أَجَد

    دَكَ في المَلاعِبِ ما أَجَدَّك

    God bless you—how earnest you are

    in your games, how earnest you are!

  5. المَوتُ ما لا بُدَّ مِن

    هُ عَلى احتِرازِكَ مِنهُ جَهدَك

    Death is that which cannot be escaped,

    however hard you strive to guard against it.

  6. فَلَيُسرِعَنَّ بِكَ البِلى

    وَلَيَقصِدَنَّ الحَينُ قَصدَك

    So decay will surely rush upon you,

    and death will surely make straight for you.

  7. وَلَيُفنِيَنَّكَ بِالَّذي

    أَفنى أَباكَ بِهِ وَجَدَّك

    And it will surely destroy you by the same thing

    with which it destroyed your father and grandfather.

  8. لَو قَد ظَعَنتَ عَنِ البُيو

    تِ وَرَوحِها وَسَكَنتَ لَحدَك

    If you were to leave the houses

    and their comfort, and settle in your grave,

  9. لَم تَنتَفِع إِلّا بِفِعلٍ

    صالِحٍ إِن كانَ عِندَك

    you would benefit only from a deed

    of righteousness, if you had one.

  10. وَإِذا الأَكُفُّ مِنَ التُرا

    بِ نُفِضنَ عَنكَ تُرِكتَ وَحدَك

    And when the hands are shaken free of dust

    from burying you, you are left alone.

  11. وَكَأَنَّ جَمعَكَ قَد غَدا

    ما بَينَهُم حِصَصاً وَكَدَّك

    And it is as though what you amassed has already become

    shares among them—your toil as well.

  12. يَتَلَذَّذونَ بِما جَمَع

    تَ لَهُم وَلا يَجِدونَ فَقدَك

    They take pleasure in what you gathered

    for them, and do not feel your loss.