وَأَرىand I see الوُفودَthe delegations لَدىat المَنازِلthe lodgings مِنof منىًMina
وَأَرى الوُفودَ لَدى المَنازِل مِن منىً
شَهِدواthey attended وَأَنَّكَand indeed you غائِبٌabsent لَمdid not تَشهَدِattend
شَهِدوا وَأَنَّكَ غائِبٌ لَم تَشهَدِ
And I see the delegations at the lodgings of Mina;
they attended, while you are absent and did not attend.
صَلّىmay bless الإِلَهُGod عَلىupon اِمرِئٍa man غادَرتُهُI left him
صَلّى الإِلَهُ عَلى اِمرِئٍ غادَرتُهُ
بِالشأمِin al-Sham فيin جَدَثِthe burial hollow الضَّريحِthe tomb المُلحدِwith a burial niche
بِالشأمِ في جَدَثِ الضَّريحِ المُلحدِ
May God bless the man whom I left
in al-Sham, in the burial hollow of a niche-cut tomb.
بَوّأتُهُI lodged him بِيَدَيَّwith my two hands دارَan abode مُقامةٍlasting residence
بَوّأتُهُ بِيَدَيَّ دارَ مُقامةٍ
نائيremote المَحَلَّةِin location عَنfrom مَزارِthe visits of العُوَّدِthe visitors
نائي المَحَلَّةِ عَن مَزارِ العُوَّدِ
With my own two hands I lodged him in an abiding home,
remote in its location, far from visitors' rounds.
أَعنىI mean اِبنَthe son of عروةUrwa إِنَّهُindeed it قَدhas هَدَّنيcrushed me
أَعنى اِبنَ عروة إِنَّهُ قَد هَدَّني
فَقدُthe loss of اِبنِthe son of عُروَةَUrwa هَدَّةًa crushing blow لَمdid not تَقصدِshow restraint
فَقدُ اِبنِ عُروَةَ هَدَّةً لَم تَقصدِ
I mean Ibn Urwa; indeed, I have been crushed
by the loss of Ibn Urwa—a crushing blow that knew no restraint.
وَغَبَرتُand I remained أُعوِلُهُI bewail him وَقَدand already أَسلَمتُهُI consigned him
وَغَبَرتُ أُعوِلُهُ وَقَد أَسلَمتُهُ
لشَباto the sharp points of الأَماعِزِthe rocky ground وَالصَّفيحِand the stone slabs المُسنَدِpropped up
لشَبا الأَماعِزِ وَالصَّفيحِ المُسنَدِ
I remained, wailing for him, though I had consigned him
to the sharp stones of rugged ground and the propped-up slabs.
مُتَخَشّعاًhumbled لِلدَّهرِbefore Time أَلبسَI wear حُلَّةًa robe
مُتَخَشّعاً لِلدَّهرِ أَلبسَ حُلَّةً
فيamid النائِباتِcalamities بعَولَةٍwith wailing وَتَبَلُّدِand numbness
في النائِباتِ بعَولَةٍ وَتَبَلُّدِ
Humbled before Time, I wear a robe
of wailing and numbness amid calamities.
فَلَئِنso even if تَرَكتُكَI left you ياO مُحَمَّدُMuhammad ثاوِياًlying there
فَلَئِن تَرَكتُكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ ثاوِياً
لَبماindeed often تَروحُyou go forth مَعَwith الكِرامِthe noble وَتَفتَديand ransom yourself
لَبما تَروحُ مَعَ الكِرامِ وَتَفتَدي
Though I have left you, O Muhammad, lying there,
often indeed you went forth with the noble and ransomed yourself.
فَإِذاso when ذَهَبتُI turn إِلىto العَزاءِconsolation أَرومُهُI seek it
فَإِذا ذَهَبتُ إِلى العَزاءِ أَرومُهُ
لأُريso I may show المُكاشِحَthe spiteful foe بِالعَزاءِthrough patience تَجَلُّديmy endurance
لأُري المُكاشِحَ بِالعَزاءِ تَجَلُّدي
So whenever I turn to consolation, seeking it,
to show my spiteful foe my endurance through patience,
مَنعprevented التَّعَزّيfinding solace أَنَّنيthat I لِفِراقِهِbecause of his departure
مَنع التَّعَزّي أَنَّني لِفِراقِهِ
لبسَdonned العَدوthe enemy عَلَيَّagainst me جِلدَthe skin of الأَربَدِthe dusky lion
لبسَ العَدو عَلَيَّ جِلدَ الأَربَدِ
what bars me from solace is that, since his departure,
my enemy has donned against me the skin of a dusky lion.
وَنَأىand went far away الصَّديقُthe friend فَلاso no صَديقَfriend أُعِدُّهُI hold him in reserve
وَنَأى الصَّديقُ فَلا صَديقَ أُعِدُّهُ
لِدِفاعِto ward off نائِبَةِthe calamity of الزَّمانِTime المُفسدِruinous
لِدِفاعِ نائِبَةِ الزَّمانِ المُفسدِ
And my friend has gone far away; I have no friend to call upon
to ward off the calamity of ruinous Time.
إِذfor خانَنيbetrayed me عَنَتُthe harshness of الزَّمانِTime وَفاتَنيand deprived me
إِذ خانَني عَنَتُ الزَّمانِ وَفاتَني
بِأَغَرَّof a radiant man ذيpossessed of فَجَرٍbounty كَريمِnoble in المَشهَدِpresence
بِأَغَرَّ ذي فَجَرٍ كَريمِ المَشهَدِ
For Time's harshness betrayed me and bereft me
of a radiant man of bounty, noble in presence,
مُتَبَلِّجٍbeaming لِلخَيرِtoward goodness يُشرِقُshines وَجهُهُhis face
مُتَبَلِّجٍ لِلخَيرِ يُشرِقُ وَجهُهُ
كَالبَدرِlike the full moon ليلتهon its night بِسَعدwith the good fortune of الأَسعَدِthe most fortunate
كَالبَدرِ ليلته بِسَعد الأَسعَدِ
beaming in welcome to goodness, his face shining
like the full moon on its night, with the luck of the luckiest.
وَأَرىand I see لِفَقدِكَbecause of losing you كُلَّevery أَرضٍland جُبتُهاI traversed it
وَأَرى لِفَقدِكَ كُلَّ أَرضٍ جُبتُها
وَحشاًdesolate وَإِنand even if أَهِلَتit became inhabited بِمَنby those who لَمhave not يُحمَدِbeen praised
وَحشاً وَإِن أَهِلَت بِمَن لَم يُحمَدِ
And because I have lost you, I see every land I have traversed
as desolate, though peopled with those who are not praised.
كانَhe was الَّذيthe one who يَدراwards off العَدوthe foe بِدَفعِهِwith his resistance
كانَ الَّذي يَدرا العَدو بِدَفعِهِ
فَيَرُدُّand so checks نَخوَةَthe arrogance of ذيone possessed of المِراحِswagger الأَصيَدِthe stiff-necked, haughty one
فَيَرُدُّ نَخوَةَ ذي المِراحِ الأَصيَدِ
He was the one who warded off the foe with his resistance,
and checked the arrogance of the swaggering, stiff-necked one.
فَمَضَىso he went لِوجهَتِهِto his destination وَكُلُّand every مُعَمّرٍlong-lived person
فَمَضَى لِوجهَتِهِ وَكُلُّ مُعَمّرٍ
يَوماًone day سَيُدرِكُهُwill overtake him حِمامُdeath المَوعِدِthe appointed hour
يَوماً سَيُدرِكُهُ حِمامُ المَوعِدِ
So he went to his destination, and every long-lived person
will one day be overtaken by death at its appointed hour.
وَالمَرءُand man رَهنُa hostage to منيةٍa destined death يُدعىhe is summoned لَهاto it
وَالمَرءُ رَهنُ منيةٍ يُدعى لَها
لاno بُدَّescape أسرعَswifter مِنthan رِداءِthe cloak of المُرتَديthe wearer
لا بُدَّ أسرعَ مِن رِداءِ المُرتَدي
And man is hostage to a death to which he is summoned,
inevitably—swifter than the cloak of one who dons it.
Translation model: Sol 6.1