فُجِعَwas bereaved القَريضُpoetry بخاتمِof the seal الشُّعراءِthe poets
فُجِعَ القَريضُ بخاتمِ الشُّعراءِ
وغَديرِand the pool رَوْضَتِهاits garden حَبيبِHabib الطّائيal-Ta’i
وغَديرِ رَوْضَتِها حَبيبِ الطّائي
Poetry was bereaved of the seal of the poets,
The tribe laments the seal of poets
And of the pool of its garden, Habib al-Ta’i.
And the pool of its garden, Habib al-Ta'i
ماتاthey both died معاًtogether فَتَجاوراso they became neighbors فيin حُفْرَةٍa grave
ماتا معاً فَتَجاورا في حُفْرَةٍ
وكَذاكَand likewise كاناthey both were قَبْلُbefore فيamong الأَحْياءِthe living
وكَذاكَ كانا قَبْلُ في الأَحْياءِ
They died together, so became neighbors in a grave,
They died together so they were buried together
And so they had been before, among the living.
And so they were, while alive