قَلَبَhas turned الزَمانُtime سَوادَthe blackness رَأسِكَof your head أَبيَضاwhite
قَلَبَ الزَمانُ سَوادَ رَأسِكَ أَبيَضا
وَنَعاكَand has foretold your death جِسمُكَyour body رِقَّةًwasting وَتَقَبُّضاand shriveling
وَنَعاكَ جِسمُكَ رِقَّةً وَتَقَبُّضا
Time has turned the blackness of your head white.
Time has turned the blackness of your hair to white
And your body has foretold your death through wasting and shriveling.
And your body's weakness and frailty grew
نَلattain أَيَّwhatever شَيءٍthing شِئتَyou wish مِنof نَوعِkind المُنىdesires
نَل أَيَّ شَيءٍ شِئتَ مِن نَوعِ المُنى
فَكَأَنَّfor it is as though شَيئاًa thing لَمnot تَنَلهُyou attained it إِذاwhen اِنقَضىit ended
فَكَأَنَّ شَيئاً لَم تَنَلهُ إِذا اِنقَضى
Attain whatever you wish among the objects of desire;
You got whatever you wished for in life
For once it has ended, it is as though you never attained it.
Yet it seems you got nothing when it's through
وَإِذاand when أَتىcomes شَيءٌa thing أَتىit comes لِمُضِيِّهِfor its passing
وَإِذا أَتى شَيءٌ أَتى لِمُضِيِّهِ
وَكَأَنَّهُand it is as though it لَمnot يَأتِcame قَطُّever إِذاwhen مَضىit passed away
وَكَأَنَّهُ لَم يَأتِ قَطُّ إِذا مَضى
And when a thing comes, it comes to pass away;
And when something came, it came to pass
And once it has passed, it is as though it never came at all.
As if it never came, when it's past
نَبغيwe seek مِنَfrom الدُنياthe world الغِنىwealth فَيَزيدُناyet it increases us
نَبغي مِنَ الدُنيا الغِنى فَيَزيدُنا
فَقراًin poverty وَنَطلُبُand we seek أَنto نَصِحَّwe be healthy فَنَمرَضاyet we fall ill
فَقراً وَنَطلُبُ أَن نَصِحَّ فَنَمرَضا
We seek wealth from the world, yet it increases our
We seek wealth in life, and it increases our poverty
Poverty; and we seek to be healthy, yet fall ill.
We seek health, yet we grow sicker
لَنwill not يَصدُقَbe sincere toward اللَهَGod المَحَبَّةَin love عَبدُهُHis servant
لَن يَصدُقَ اللَهَ المَحَبَّةَ عَبدُهُ
إِلّاunless أَحَبَّhe loves لَهُfor His sake وَمِنهُand from Him وَأَبغَضاand he hates
إِلّا أَحَبَّ لَهُ وَمِنهُ وَأَبغَضا
His servant will never be sincere in his love for God
A servant won't prove his love for God
Unless his love and hatred are for His sake and come from Him.
Unless he loves and hates for His sake
وَالنَفسُand the soul فيin طَلَبِseeking الخَلاصِdeliverance وَمالَهاyet it has no
وَالنَفسُ في طَلَبِ الخَلاصِ وَمالَها
مِنany مَخلَصٍescape حَتّىuntil تَصيرَit comes إِلىto الرِضىcontentment
مِن مَخلَصٍ حَتّى تَصيرَ إِلى الرِضى
And the soul seeks deliverance, yet it has no
The soul seeking salvation and what it wants
Escape until it reaches contentment.
Has no savior until it reaches contentment
Sol 6.1