قِفِي قَبْلَ التَّفَرُّقِ يَا ظَعِينَا نُخَبِّرْكِ الْيَقِينَ وَتُخْبِرِينَا
O departing woman, stop before we part, so that we may tell you the truth and you may speak plainly to us.
Qifī is a feminine imperative; ẓaʿīn is a travelling woman, often associated with a litter or caravan. Al-tafarruq means separation.
Nukhbirki … wa-tukhbirīnā asks for reciprocal disclosure. The poet seeks both to speak and to receive an answer, shifting from the inevitability of death to an immediate human relationship.