وَقالواand they said إنَّهاindeed they are دُوَلٌturns of fortune
وَقالوا إنَّها دُوَلٌ
وماand not الأَيامُthe days بِالدُّوَلِturns of fortune (emphatic)
وما الأَيامُ بِالدُّوَلِ
And they said, “They are turns of fortune.”
They said that fate is fickle
Yet the days are no turns of fortune.
But time brings no changes
وإِلاand otherwise ماwhy لِحاليwith my condition هfirst fragment of “thus” (هكذا)
وإِلا ما لِحالي ه
كَذاremaining fragment of “thus” (هكذا) مُذsince كُنتُI came to be لَمdid not تَحُلِchange
كَذا مُذ كُنتُ لَم تَحُلِ
Otherwise, why has my condition stayed
Except to my own state
like this, unchanged since I came to be?
Thus has it been since you decided my fate
وكَيفَand how أَخافُI fear إِنif حَكَمَتthey rule
وكَيفَ أَخافُ إِن حَكَمَت
عَلَيَّagainst me وأَنتَand you تَحكُمyou rule لِيin my favor
عَلَيَّ وأَنتَ تَحكُم لِي
And how can I fear, should they rule
Why should I be afraid if you judge me
against me, while you rule in my favor—
When you judge in my favor
نَوائِبُهاtheir calamities إِذاwhen طَرَقَتthey come knocking
نَوائِبُها إِذا طَرَقَت
وعَبدُand Abd (servant of) الدَّائِمal-Da’im (the Everlasting) بنُson of عَلِيAli
وعَبدُ الدَّائِم بنُ عَلِي
the days’ calamities, when they come knocking—
Whatever fate's blows
and Abd al-Da’im ibn Ali rules for me too?
I'm the servant of the Eternal, son of Ali
Sol 6.1