Sol 6.1

  1. عَلى قَبر الحَبيب جلست يَوما

    كما اوصى الحَبيب عَلى سريره

    One day I sat upon my beloved's grave,

    As my beloved had instructed while on his bed.

  2. وَفي طيات امسى راح قَلبي

    يفتش بالتلهف عن عشيره

    And in the folds of my yesterday, my heart went

    Searching longingly for its companion.

  3. وَيشخص في غدي امرا مريعا

    يَكاد المَرء يَقضي من نذيره

    And it discerns a terrifying thing in my tomorrow,

    At whose warning one almost dies.

  4. لَقَد كنت السَمير اذا التقينا

    فمن بعدي تقمص في سَميره

    Indeed, I was the evening companion whenever we met;

    Then who, after me, has assumed his evening companion's role?

  5. الا يا خل ليتك كنت حيا

    وَليت العود ينسينا فراقك

    Ah, friend, if only you were alive!

    And would that your return could make us forget our parting from you!

  6. وَلَو اني عرفتك في نَعيم

    بدنياك الجَديدة قد اراقك

    And if only I knew you were in bliss,

    In your new world—a bliss that has delighted you.

  7. أَأَنتَ اليوم في الفردوس حي

    وَقَد أَبصرت فيه ما اراقك

    Are you alive today in Paradise,

    And have you seen there what has delighted you?

  8. اذن فاسعد وخل الحي منا

    يرينا ثغره في زمهريره

    Then rejoice, and leave the living one among us

    To show us his smile amid his bitter cold.

  9. اذا ظَنوك تحت الترب تَبكي

    انا القاك فوق الافق باسم

    If they imagine you weeping beneath the earth,

    I find you smiling above the horizon.

  10. وَكَم في الكَون مَظلوما بَريئا

    يَراه العدل شَريرا وَظالِم

    And how many wronged innocents there are in the universe

    Whom justice sees as wicked and unjust!

  11. يجيىء الطفل مَسرورا ضَحوكا

    وَيَمضي الشيخ مَلسوعا وَناقم

    The child arrives happy and laughing,

    And the old man departs stung and resentful.

  12. وَقَد لا يحسد الحفار الا

    صَبيا خلف الدنيا لغيره

    And the gravedigger may envy no one but

    A boy who left the world behind for others.