ماذاwhat يَصيرُcomes إِلَيكِto you ياO أَرضُearth
ماذا يَصيرُ إِلَيكِ يا أَرضُ
مِمَّنfrom those whom غَذاهُnourished him اللينُsoftness وَالخَفضُand ease
مِمَّن غَذاهُ اللينُ وَالخَفضُ
What comes to you, O earth,
What will happen to you, O land
From those whom softness and ease have nourished?
From one nurtured by gentleness and humility?
أَبصَرتُI saw مَنone who وافىmet مَنِيَّتَهُhis death
أَبصَرتُ مَن وافى مَنِيَّتَهُ
فَكَأَنَّso, as though حُبَّthe love حَبيبِهِof his beloved بُغضُhatred
فَكَأَنَّ حُبَّ حَبيبِهِ بُغضُ
I saw one who met his death,
I saw the one who met his fate
And it was as though his beloved's love were hatred.
As if the love of his beloved were hatred
عَجَباًhow strange! لِذيat one with أَمَلٍhope يُغَرُّis beguiled بِهِby it
عَجَباً لِذي أَمَلٍ يُغَرُّ بِهِ
وَيَقينُهُand his certainty بِفَنائِهِof his perishing مَحضُabsolute
وَيَقينُهُ بِفَنائِهِ مَحضُ
How strange that one with hope is beguiled by it,
How strange is one who hopes which deceives him
Yet his certainty that he will perish is absolute!
And his certainty of perishing is pure
وَلِكُلِّand for every ذيone with عَمَلٍa deed يَدينُhe adheres بِهِto it
وَلِكُلِّ ذي عَمَلٍ يَدينُ بِهِ
يَوماًone day عَلىbefore دَيّانِهِhis Judge عَرضُa presentation
يَوماً عَلى دَيّانِهِ عَرضُ
And everyone who lives by his deeds
For everyone with deeds he is indebted to
Will one day be presented before his Judge.
A day to his Judge he will present
ياO ذاyou المُقيمُwho dwell بِمَنزِلٍin an abode أَشِبٍtangled
يا ذا المُقيمُ بِمَنزِلٍ أَشِبٍ
وَمَقامُand the footing ساكِنِهِof its dweller بِهِin it دَحضُslippery
وَمَقامُ ساكِنِهِ بِهِ دَحضُ
O you who dwell in a tangled abode,
O dweller of a home like a mirage
And its dweller's footing there is slippery!
The abode of its dweller through it vanishes
ماnot لِاِبنِfor the son آدَمَof Adam فيin تَصَرُّفِthe changing course ماwhat
ما لِاِبنِ آدَمَ في تَصَرُّفِ ما
يَجريhappens بِهِto him بَسطٌextension وَلاnor قَبضُcurtailment
يَجري بِهِ بَسطٌ وَلا قَبضُ
The son of Adam has, over the changing course of what
What is for the son of Adam in disposing what
Befalls him, no power to extend or curtail it.
Flows through extension or grasping?
Sol 6.1