حلاوةٌḤalāwa (literally, sweetness) مرَّpassed فماand how
حلاوةٌ مرَّ فما
أملحَهُdelightful he is أَنْthat يُدفناhe be buried
أملحَهُ أَنْ يُدفنا
Ḥalāwa passed—how
Sweetness turned bitter,
delightful that he should be buried,
So fate ordained we be buried
إلىtoward البلىdecay مسيَّراًborne along
إلى البلى مسيَّراً
وفيand in الثرىthe earth مكفَّناshrouded
وفي الثرى مكفَّنا
borne toward decay,
In the earth, shrouded,
and shrouded in the earth.
Consigned to decay in a grave.