metaphorical meaning التعبير ( بنات الثرى ) = الدود
daughters of the dust . Perhaps the English reader does not know what " daughters of dust" means
أتيتُ القبورَ فناديتُها أينَ المعظَّم والمُحْتَقَرْ
وأين المدِلُّ بسُلْطانِهِ وأين المزكَّى إذَا ما افْتَخَرْ؟
تَفانَوا جميعاً فما مُخبرٌ وماتوا جميعاً وماتَ الخَبَرْ
وَصَاروا إلى مَالِكٍ قَاهرٍ عَزِيزٍ مُطَاعٍ إذا مَا أَمَر
تروحُ وتغدو بناتُ الثَّرى فَتَمْحُوا محاسنَ تلك الصُّوَرْ
فيا سائلي عن أُناسٍ مَضَوْا أما لَكَ فيما ترى مُعتَبَرْ؟
I came to the graves and called out to them:
"Where are the honored and the despised?
Where is the one who boasts of his power,
And the praised one, proud of his lineage?"
They have all perished, with no one to speak,
They have all died, and with them, the tale.
They have returned to a sovereign, overpowering Lord,
Mighty, obeyed when He commands.
The worms of the ground come and go,
Erasing the beauty of those faces.
So, O you who ask about those who have passed,
Is there no lesson for you in what you see?"
أتيتُ القبورَ فناديتُها أينَ المعظَّم والمُحْتَقَرْ
وأين المدِلُّ بسُلْطانِهِ وأين المزكَّى إذَا ما افْتَخَرْ؟
تَفانَوا جميعاً فما مُخبرٌ وماتوا جميعاً وماتَ الخَبَرْ
وَصَاروا إلى مَالِكٍ قَاهرٍ عَزِيزٍ مُطَاعٍ إذا مَا أَمَر
تروحُ وتغدو بناتُ الثَّرى فَتَمْحُوا محاسنَ تلك الصُّوَرْ
فيا سائلي عن أُناسٍ مَضَوْا أما لَكَ فيما ترى مُعتَبَرْ؟
I came to the graves and called out to them:
"Where are the honored and the despised?
Where is the one who boasts of his power,
And the praised one, proud of his lineage?"
They have all perished, with no one to speak,
They have all died, and with them, the tale.
They have returned to a sovereign, overpowering Lord,
Mighty, obeyed when He commands.
The worms of the ground come and go,
Erasing the beauty of those faces.
So, O you who ask about those who have passed,
Is there no lesson for you in what you see?"
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