ياO ناظراًbeholder عميتhas grown blind عنيto me بصيرتهhis insight
يا ناظراً عميت عني بصيرته
وكيفand how تنكرyou deny أنوارlights المصابيحthe lamps
وكيف تنكر أنوار المصابيح
O beholder, whose insight has grown blind to me,
O you whose sightless eyes see not
And how can you deny the lights of the lamps?
How can you deny the lamps' bright glow?
برحتyou inflicted torment بالخلقon humankind فيin ماضtime past ومؤتنفand time to come
برحت بالخلق في ماض ومؤتنف
ظلماًunjustly فلامتso may you not die إلاexcept بالتباريحin agonizing torment
ظلماً فلامت إلا بالتباريح
You have tormented humankind in times past and times to come,
You've led mankind to past and future woe
Unjustly—so may you die only in agony!
With tyranny, save what the dawn might show
ياO أنشبkeenest at lodging النشاthe starch (unclear here) شصاًa fishhook فيinto محرمةsomething forbidden
يا أنشب النشا شصاً في محرمة
يصطادهاhe catches it بشباكwith nets منof مشاريحsharp blades
يصطادها بشباك من مشاريح
O you, keenest of al-nashā [unclear] at sinking a fishhook into what is forbidden,
O setter of the traps of sin unlawful
He catches it with nets made of sharp blades.
To catch with nets of evil mesh and row
فلوso if تمدyou stretch out إلىtoward حوتfish السماءthe sky يداًa hand
فلو تمد إلى حوت السماء يداً
إذاthen لغادرتهyou would surely leave it شلواًa carcass بلاwithout روحlife
إذا لغادرته شلواً بلا روح
Were you to stretch a hand toward the fish of the sky,
If you reached up to grasp the whale of heaven
Then you would surely leave it a lifeless carcass.
It would escape your grip, no life would flow
هذاthis وأنتand you إلىto الزقزوقal-Zaqzuq منتسبtracing your lineage
هذا وأنت إلى الزقزوق منتسب
فكيفso how لوif كنتyou were منfrom نسلthe offspring التماسيحthe crocodiles
فكيف لو كنت من نسل التماسيح
This, though you trace your lineage to al-Zaqzuq—
Yet you claim the falcon's noble line
How, then, if you were descended from crocodiles?
How much worse if you were of tyrants born!
Sol 6.1