خانَكَhas betrayed you الطَرفُthe gaze الطَموحُcovetous
خانَكَ الطَرفُ الطَموحُ
أَيُّهاO القَلبُthe heart الجَموحُunruly
أَيُّها القَلبُ الجَموحُ
Your covetous gaze has betrayed you,
Your ambitious eyes have betrayed you
O unruly heart.
O impulsive heart
لِدَواعيfor the calls of الخَيرِgood وَالشَرand evil (first part)
لِدَواعي الخَيرِ وَالشَر
رِcompletion of 'evil' دُنُوٌّapproach وَنُزوحُand withdrawal
رِ دُنُوٌّ وَنُزوحُ
At the calls of good and evil,
To the motives of good and evil
there is approach and withdrawal.
Drawing near and recoiling
هَلis there? لِمَطلوبٍfor one pursued بِذَنبٍfor a sin
هَل لِمَطلوبٍ بِذَنبٍ
تَوبَةٌrepentance مِنهُfrom it نَصوحُsincere
تَوبَةٌ مِنهُ نَصوحُ
Is there, for one pursued for a sin,
Can one who sins hope
sincere repentance from it?
For repentance from Him that is pure?
كَيفَhow إِصلاحُmending of قُلوبٍhearts
كَيفَ إِصلاحُ قُلوبٍ
إِنَّماonly هُنَّthey (feminine plural) قُروحُsores
إِنَّما هُنَّ قُروحُ
How can hearts be mended,
How can hearts be reformed
when they are nothing but sores?
When they are but wounds?
أَحسَنَhas shown kindness اللَهُGod بِناto us أَنthat (first part)
أَحسَنَ اللَهُ بِنا أَن
نَcompletion of 'that' الخَطاياsins لاdo not تَفوحُgive off an odor
نَ الخَطايا لا تَفوحُ
God has been kind to us in that
God has been good to us that
sins give off no odor.
Our sins do not diffuse
فَإِذاand behold المَستورُone whose faults are hidden مِنّاamong us
فَإِذا المَستورُ مِنّا
بَينَbetween ثَوبَيهِhis two garments فُضوحُa disgrace
بَينَ ثَوبَيهِ فُضوحُ
And behold, one of us whose faults are hidden
When the hidden among us
is a disgrace between his two garments.
Is exposed in his clothes
كَمhow many رَأَيناwe have seen مِنof عَزيزٍa mighty one
كَم رَأَينا مِن عَزيزٍ
طُوِيَتwere turned away عَنهُfrom him الكُشوحُthe flanks
طُوِيَت عَنهُ الكُشوحُ
How many a mighty one we have seen
How many honored ones have we seen
from whom people turned their flanks away.
Whose covers were removed from them
صاحَcried out مِنهُconcerning him بِرَحيلٍfor departure
صاحَ مِنهُ بِرَحيلٍ
صائِحُthe herald of الدَهرِtime الصَدوحُresounding
صائِحُ الدَهرِ الصَدوحُ
His departure was cried aloud
The shouter of fate called out
by time's resounding herald.
As the eternal complainant shouted
مَوتُthe death of بَعضِsome of الناسِpeople فيon الأَرthe earth (first part)
مَوتُ بَعضِ الناسِ في الأَر
ضِcompletion of 'earth' عَلىfor بَعضٍsome others فُتوحُgains
ضِ عَلى بَعضٍ فُتوحُ
The death of some people on earth
Some people's death in the earth
brings gains to others.
Is a conquest over others
سَيَصيرُwill become المَرءُa person يَوماًone day
سَيَصيرُ المَرءُ يَوماً
جَسَداًa body ماno فيهِin it روحُa soul
جَسَداً ما فيهِ روحُ
One day a person will become
Man will one day become
a body with no soul within it.
A body without spirit
بَينَbetween عَينَيthe two eyes of كُلَّevery حَيٍّliving being
بَينَ عَينَي كُلَّ حَيٍّ
عَلَمُthe banner of المَوتِdeath يَلوحُappears
عَلَمُ المَوتِ يَلوحُ
Between the eyes of every living being,
Before the eyes of every living
death's banner appears.
Death's sign flashes
كُلُّناall of us فيin غَفلَةٍheedlessness وَالand the
كُلُّنا في غَفلَةٍ وَال
مَوتُdeath يَغدِgoes forth in the morning وَيَروحُand goes in the evening
مَوتُ يَغدِ وَيَروحُ
We are all heedless, while
We are all in neglect while
death goes forth morning and evening.
Death comes and goes
لِبَنيfor the children of الدُنياthis world مِنَfrom الدُنthis world (first part)
لِبَني الدُنيا مِنَ الدُن
ياcompletion of 'world' غَبوقٌan evening draught وَصَبوحُand a morning draught
يا غَبوقٌ وَصَبوحُ
For the children of this world, from this world come
The delusions of worldly life
an evening draught and a morning draught.
Are mirages and madness
رُحنَthey went at evening فيin الوَشيِbrocade وَأَصبَحand reached morning (verb continued)
رُحنَ في الوَشيِ وَأَصبَح
نَthey (feminine plural verb ending) عَلَيهِنَّupon them (feminine plural) المُسوحُsackcloth garments
نَ عَلَيهِنَّ المُسوحُ
They went at evening in brocade, and morning found them
They left in the evening and woke
with sackcloth upon them.
To find themselves shrouded
كُلُّevery نَطّاحٍa fierce head-butter مِنَfrom الدَهtime (first part)
كُلُّ نَطّاحٍ مِنَ الدَه
رِcompletion of 'time' لَهُfor him يَومٌa day نَطوحُthat butts hard
رِ لَهُ يَومٌ نَطوحُ
Every fierce head-butter, in the course of time,
Everyone who falls from glory
has a day that butts him back.
Has a day of falling
نُحmourn عَلىfor نَفسِكَyourself ياO مِسwretched one (first part)
نُح عَلى نَفسِكَ يا مِس
كينُcompletion of 'wretched one' إِنif كُنتَyou are تَنوحُyou mourn
كينُ إِن كُنتَ تَنوحُ
Mourn for yourself, O wretched
Weep for yourself, o wretched one,
one, if you are mourning.
If you are wont to weep
لَتَموتَنَّyou will surely die وَإِنand even if عُمyou are given long life (first part)
لَتَموتَنَّ وَإِن عُم
مِرتَcompletion of 'you are given long life' ماas long as عُمِّرَwas given long life نوحُNoah
مِرتَ ما عُمِّرَ نوحُ
You will surely die, even if you live
You will surely die though you live
as long as Noah lived.
As long as Noah lived
Sol 6.1