أدامَmay prolong اللَّهُGod تَمكِينauthority
أدامَ اللَّهُ تَمكِين
كَyour فِيماin what تَتَولاهُyou oversee it
كَ فِيما تَتَولاهُ
May God prolong the authority
May God make your leadership endure
you hold in all you oversee.
In all that you undertake
فقَدfor indeed عارَضَhas challenged حُكمsway الشَّمthe sun (word begins)
فقَد عارَضَ حُكم الشَّم
سِ(completes 'the sun') تعذيرٌslackness فأوهاهُand so weakened it
سِ تعذيرٌ فأوهاهُ
For the sun's sway has been challenged
For the rule of the sun has been opposed
by slackness, which has weakened it.
With excuses that weakened it
وأصبَحناand we have become نَعاماًostriches لَوif
وأصبَحنا نَعاماً لَو
نَرىwe see جَمراًembers لَلُكناهُwe would indeed chew it
نَرى جَمراً لَلُكناهُ
And we have become ostriches: if
And we have become ostriches, if
we saw embers, we would chew them.
We saw embers, we would gulp them down
وصارَand came to be الخَزُّsilk-and-wool cloth والسَّموand sable (word begins)
وصارَ الخَزُّ والسَّمو
رُ(completes 'sable') فيin الكاساتِthe cups مَأواهُits abode
رُ في الكاساتِ مَأواهُ
And silk-and-wool cloth and sable now have
And dregs and poison
their abode within the cups.
Have found their home in our cups
إذاwhenever نحنُwe شَرِبناهاwe drink them
إذا نحنُ شَرِبناها
كأنَّاas though we قدalready لَبِسناهُwe have put it on
كأنَّا قد لَبِسناهُ
Whenever we drink from them,
When we drink them
it is as though we have put it on.
It is as if we have put them on
فماso what رأيُكyour opinion فِيهاabout them أفgive a ruling (verb begins)
فما رأيُك فِيها أف
تِناto us (completes 'give us a ruling') يَرحَمُكَmay He have mercy on you اللَّهُGod
تِنا يَرحَمُكَ اللَّهُ
So what is your view of them? Give
So what is your opinion of them, may
us your ruling—may God have mercy on you.
God have mercy on you
Sol 6.1