غِيَرُchanges الحياةlife إلىto الشُعوthe hair (word fragment)
غِيَرُ الحياة إلى الشُعو
رcompletion of 'hair' سريعةٌswift وإلىand to الثُغورِthe teeth
ر سريعةٌ وإلى الثُغورِ
Life's changes to the hair
Life changes rapidly to desires
are swift, and to the teeth;
And to the edges of battlefields
فتراهماso you see them both يتغيراthey both change (word fragment)
فتراهما يتغيرا
نcompletion of 'they both change' وكلُّand every عُضوٍbodily part ذوpossessing وُفورsoundness
ن وكلُّ عُضوٍ ذو وُفور
so you see them both changing
You see them change
while every bodily part remains sound.
And every limb has passion
هذِيthis (the hair) تَشيبturns gray وهذهand this (the teeth)
هذِي تَشيب وهذه
تَبْلَىwears away علىover مرthe passing of الشهورِthe months
تَبْلَى على مر الشهورِ
The former turns gray, and the latter
Some grow grey and others
wears away as the months pass.
Wear out over months
يسودturns black أبيضُهاtheir white ويَبْand turns white (word fragment)
يسود أبيضُها ويَبْ
يضُّcompletion of 'turns white' البهيمthe jet-black بغيرwithout نورlight
يضُّ البهيم بغير نور
Their white turns black, and
Their whiteness darkens and the beast
the jet-black turns white without light.
Grows white without light
حتىuntil إذاwhen غِيَرُchanges المماdeath (word fragment)
حتى إذا غِيَرُ المما
تcompletion of 'death' أتتْcame علىupon أهلthe dwellers in القبورthe graves
ت أتتْ على أهل القبور
Until, when the changes of death
Until when death changes
come upon the dwellers in the graves,
It comes upon the people of graves
بدأbegan البلىdecay بسوىwith what is other than الثغوthe teeth (word fragment)
بدأ البلى بسوى الثغو
رcompletion of 'teeth' هنالكمthere وسوىand other than الشعورthe hair
ر هنالكم وسوى الشعور
decay begins with parts other than the teeth
Decay began at the edges
there, and other than the hair.
Of battlefields, there, and at desires
فالموتso death يستبقيpreserves الذيthat which
فالموت يستبقي الذي
تُبليwears away الحياةlife منamong الأمورthings
تُبلي الحياة من الأمور
So death preserves what
So death preserves what
life wears away among things,
Life wears out of things
والعيشand life يستبقيpreserves الذيthat which
والعيش يستبقي الذي
تُبْليwears away المنيةdeath غيرَwithout زورfalsehood
تُبْلي المنية غيرَ زور
and life preserves what
And living preserves what
death wears away—this is no lie.
Death without falsehood wears out
Sol 6.1