وَاليَومَand today عُمريَmy life فيamong الأَعمارِlifespans مُنقَضِبٌcut short
وَاليَومَ عُمريَ في الأَعمارِ مُنقَضِبٌ
وَاليَومand today رُوحِيَmy soul عَنfrom جِسميmy body سَيَغتَرِبُwill become estranged
وَاليَوم رُوحِيَ عَن جِسمي سَيَغتَرِبُ
And today my life, among all lives, is cut short.
And today my life among lives is perishing,
And today my soul will become estranged from my body.
And today my soul from my body will be exiled.
لَمdid not يَنتَدِبready itself جَمعُهُمtheir company لِلارتِحالِfor departure ضُحىًat midmorning
لَم يَنتَدِب جَمعُهُم لِلارتِحالِ ضُحىً
حَتّىuntil غَدَتbegan مُهجَتيmy heart لِلحينِfor death تَنتَدِبُoffers itself
حَتّى غَدَت مُهجَتي لِلحينِ تَنتَدِبُ
No sooner had their company readied itself to depart at midmorning
No group of them has wept at the departure in the morning
than my heart began to offer itself to death.
Until my innermost being for the moment began to weep.