النُجْحُsuccess سُؤْليmy wish فإنbut if ألوىcarried away بهwith it قدرٌfate
النُجْحُ سُؤْلي فإن ألوى به قدرٌ
فاليأسُthen despair سُؤْليmy wish وتَرْحاًand woe للمواعيدِto promises
فاليأسُ سُؤْلي وتَرْحاً للمواعيدِ
Success is my wish; but if fate snatches it away,
Success is my hope, though fate may thwart it,
then despair is my wish, and woe to promises!
Yet despair is my hope, and farewell to promises.
ياah حبّذاhow welcome ظلُّshade خالٍa cloud غيرnot مُطْمِعَةٍarousing hope
يا حبّذا ظلُّ خالٍ غير مُطْمِعَةٍ
أوor صوْبُrainfall تلكthose المبَاريقthe lightning-flashing clouds المواعيدِthe promises
أو صوْبُ تلك المبَاريق المواعيدِ
Ah, how welcome the shade of a cloud that raises no hopes,
Oh, blessed is the shadow of an empty dream,
or rain from those lightning-flashing clouds of promise!
Or the lightning of those swift promises.
لَفَوْتُindeed, missing out ماwhat أمَّلتهhoped for it النفسُthe soul أرفقُkinder بيto me
لَفَوْتُ ما أمَّلته النفسُ أرفقُ بي
منthan حَيْرَةٍbewilderment بينbetween تقريبdrawing near وتبعيدِand pushing away
من حَيْرَةٍ بين تقريب وتبعيدِ
Indeed, missing what my soul hoped for is kinder to me
To lose what my soul hoped for is kinder to me
than bewilderment between being drawn close and pushed away.
Than confusion midst bringing near and pushing away.
أصبحتI have come to be فيat مأتمa funeral gathering منbecause of سوءbadness رأيكُمُyour judgment
أصبحت في مأتم من سوء رأيكُمُ
والناسwhile people فيat عُرُسٍa wedding منكمthanks to you وفيand at عيدِa festival
والناس في عُرُسٍ منكم وفي عيدِ
I find myself at a funeral because of your ill judgment,
I woke in grief due to your poor judgement,
while people, thanks to you, are at a wedding and a festival.
While people rejoiced with you and celebrated.
Sol 6.1