ياO قَومُpeople كَيفَhow سَواغُpalatability عَيlife (first fragment)
يا قَومُ كَيفَ سَواغُ عَي
شٍlife (final fragment) لَيسَnot تُؤمَنُare felt safe from فاجِعاتُهits calamities
شٍ لَيسَ تُؤمَنُ فاجِعاتُه
O people, how can life be palatable
when there is no safety from its calamities?
لَيسَتdoes not تَزالُcease مُطِلَّةًlooming
لَيسَت تَزالُ مُطِلَّةً
تَغدوcome in the morning عَلَيكَupon you مُنَغِّصاتُهits vexations
تَغدو عَلَيكَ مُنَغِّصاتُه
They never cease to loom;
its vexations come upon you each morning.
المَوتُdeath هَولٌa terror داخِلٌentering
المَوتُ هَولٌ داخِلٌ
يَوماًone day عَلىagainst كُرهٍunwillingness أَناتُهits delay
يَوماً عَلى كُرهٍ أَناتُه
Death is a terror that will enter
one day, against one's will, however long it delays.
لاno بُدَّescape لِلحَذِرِfor the wary one النَفوthe skittish one (first fragment)
لا بُدَّ لِلحَذِرِ النَفو
رِthe skittish one (final fragment) مِنَfrom اَنthat تَقَنَّصَهُhunt him down رُماتُهits archers
رِ مِنَ اَن تَقَنَّصَهُ رُماتُه
The wary, skittish one cannot escape
being hunted down by its archers.
قَدmay أَمنَحُI bestow الوُدَّaffection الخَليthe friend (first fragment)
قَد أَمنَحُ الوُدَّ الخَلي
لَthe friend (final fragment) بِغَيرِwithout ماany (emphatic) شَيءٍanything رُزاتُهI took from him (uncertain spelling)
لَ بِغَيرِ ما شَيءٍ رُزاتُه
I may bestow affection on a friend
without having taken anything from him.
وَلَهُand for him أُقيمُI straighten قَناةَthe shaft of وُدaffection (first fragment)
وَلَهُ أُقيمُ قَناةَ وُد
ديmy affection (final fragment) ماas long as اِستَقامَتremains straight ليtoward me قَناتُهhis shaft
دي ما اِستَقامَت لي قَناتُه
For him I keep the shaft of my affection straight,
so long as his shaft stays straight toward me.
Sol 6.1