لَو كانَ جِسمُكَ مَتروكاً بِهَيأَتِهِ

لَو كانَ جِسمُكَ مَتروكاً بِهَيأَتِهِ

بَعدَ التَلافِ طَمِعنا في تَلافيهِ

بَعدَ التَلافِ طَمِعنا في تَلافيهِ

If your body had been left in its form,

If your body was left in its state

after destruction, we would have hoped to restore it—

After being destroyed, we would hope for its repair

كاّلدَنِّ عُطَّلَ مِن راحٍ تَكونُ بِهِ

كاّلدَنِّ عُطَّلَ مِن راحٍ تَكونُ بِهِ

وَلَم يُحَطَّم فَعادَت مَرَّةً فيهِ

وَلَم يُحَطَّم فَعادَت مَرَّةً فيهِ

like a wine jar emptied of the wine it held,

Like metalwork stopped from flowing and held in it

yet not shattered, so the wine returned to it once more.

And not shattered so it flowed again in it

لَكِنَّهُ صارَ أَجزاءً مُقَسَّمَةً

لَكِنَّهُ صارَ أَجزاءً مُقَسَّمَةً

ثُمَّ اِستَمَرَّ هَباءً في سَوافيهِ

ثُمَّ اِستَمَرَّ هَباءً في سَوافيهِ

But it became separate fragments,

But it became divided parts

then drifted on as dust in the winds that scattered it.

Then continued as dust in its surroundings