ياO شهيدmartyr الواديof the valley ذهبتyou have gone وخلَّيْand left (continued)
يا شهيد الوادي ذهبت وخلَّيْ
تَyou (verb ending) وفيّاًa faithful one لمdid not يلقfind فيكfor your loss عزاءَهْhis consolation
تَ وفيّاً لم يلق فيك عزاءَهْ
O martyr of the valley, you have gone and left
Oh martyr of the valley, you left
a faithful one who has found no consolation for your loss.
Faithful, with no consolation to be found
لكto you حقa debt عنديowed by me وفيand in محنةthe ordeal العلthe illness (first part)
لك حق عندي وفي محنة العل
لةcompletion of “illness” أنيthat I لاnot أستطيعam able قضاءَهْrepay it
لة أني لا أستطيع قضاءَهْ
I owe you a debt, and part of the ordeal of ill-
You have a right with me, and in the ordeal of sublimity
ness is that I cannot repay it.
That I cannot fulfill it