أبىdenied لأخيto the companion of الدنياthis world التبتُّلrenunciation أنهاthat she
أبى لأخي الدنيا التبتُّل أنها
لهاshe has زيفةa coquettish strut فيat كلevery حينmoment تزيفُهاshe performs it
لها زيفة في كل حين تزيفُها
What keeps this world's companion from renunciation is that
My brother refused the world though it enticed him,
she has a strut she performs at every turn.
For it has falsehood constantly falsifying it.
إذاwhen ماan emphatic particle جلاهاunveiled her فيin الرياضthe gardens ربيعهاher spring
إذا ما جلاها في الرياض ربيعها
يروقdelights عيونthe eyes of الناظرينthe onlookers رفيفهاher fluttering
يروق عيون الناظرين رفيفها
When her spring unveils her in the gardens,
When spring adorns it with blossoms in the meadows,
her fluttering delights the eyes of onlookers.
The gentle breeze delights the beholders.
وأخرىand another إذاwhen ماan emphatic particle أينعتripened ثمراتهاher fruits
وأخرى إذا ما أينعت ثمراتها
ورقتand grew tender حواشيهاher fringes وطابand grew sweet خريفهاher autumn
ورقت حواشيها وطاب خريفها
And another, when her fruits ripen,
And when its fruits ripen,
and her fringes grow tender and her autumn sweet.
Its edges wither as its autumn improves.
تراءىappeared لناto us فيin زخرفينtwo adornments كليهماboth of them
تراءى لنا في زخرفين كليهما
إذاwhen استوجَفَspurred onward الأهواءَthe desires خفَّgrew swift وجيفهاtheir galloping
إذا استوجَفَ الأهواءَ خفَّ وجيفها
It appears to us in two adornments, both alike:
It appears to us, in both its ornamentations,
when it spurs desires onward, their gallop quickens.
That when passions disdain it, it becomes frail and putrid.
Sol 6.1