ياO غائِباًabsent one بِبِعادِهِthrough his separation وَحِمامِهِand his death
يا غائِباً بِبِعادِهِ وَحِمامِهِ
جارَacted unjustly الزَّمانُtime عَلَيكَagainst you فيin أَحكامِهِits decrees
جارَ الزَّمانُ عَلَيكَ في أَحكامِهِ
O you made absent by your distance and your death,
O absent one, gone through separation and death,
Time has wronged you in the judgments it decreed.
Time has wronged you in its decrees.
لِتَطُلlet them grow long لَياليnights الدَّهرِtime بَعدَكَafter you إِنَّهُfor it
لِتَطُل لَيالي الدَّهرِ بَعدَكَ إِنَّهُ
سِيّانُalike بَينَbetween صَباحِهِits morning وَظَلامِهِand its darkness
سِيّانُ بَينَ صَباحِهِ وَظَلامِهِ
Long may the nights of Time endure after you—for
Let time’s nights grow long after you, for
Its morning and its darkness are alike.
Its morning and its darkness are alike.
سَوَّدتُهُI blackened it فيin ناظِريmy sight كَأَنَّماas though
سَوَّدتُهُ في ناظِري كَأَنَّما
خُلِعَتwere draped لَياليهِits nights عَلىover أَيّامِهِits days
خُلِعَت لَياليهِ عَلى أَيّامِهِ
I have blackened it within my sight, as though
I have blackened it in my sight, as though
Its nights had been draped across its days.
Its nights had been draped over its days.
