أَيُّwhat عَيشٍlife يَكونُcould be أَبلَغَmore fulfilling مِنthan عَيlife (first part of the split word)
أَيُّ عَيشٍ يَكونُ أَبلَغَ مِن عَي
شٍlife (completion of the split word) كَفافٍbare sufficiency قوتٍsustenance بِقَدرِin the measure of البَلاغِenough to sustain life
شٍ كَفافٍ قوتٍ بِقَدرِ البَلاغِ
What life could be more fulfilling than a life
What life could be more eloquent than one
of sufficiency, with food enough to sustain one?
Of bare subsistence, food enough to live?
صاحِبُperpetrator of البَغيِinjustice لَيسَdoes not يَسلَمُremain safe مِنهُfrom it
صاحِبُ البَغيِ لَيسَ يَسلَمُ مِنهُ
وَعَلىand against نَفسِهِhis own self بَغىcommitted injustice كُلُّevery باغِwrongdoer
وَعَلى نَفسِهِ بَغى كُلُّ باغِ
The perpetrator of injustice is not safe from it;
The wrongdoer cannot escape unharmed,
and every wrongdoer wrongs himself.
And wrongs himself does every wrongful man.
رُبَّmany a ذيpossessor of نِعمَةٍbounty تَعَرَّضَarose; intervened مِنهاfrom it
رُبَّ ذي نِعمَةٍ تَعَرَّضَ مِنها
حائِلٌa barrier بَينَهُbetween him وَبَينَand between المَساغِeasy swallowing
حائِلٌ بَينَهُ وَبَينَ المَساغِ
For many a man blessed with bounty, from it has arisen
Full many with blessings are beset, but find
a barrier between him and swallowing it.
Between them and enjoyment barriers rise.
أَبلَغَwas eloquent الدَهرُtime فيin مَواعِظِهِits admonitions بَلnay; rather
أَبلَغَ الدَهرُ في مَواعِظِهِ بَل
زادَwent further فيهِنَّin them ليfor me عَلىbeyond الإِبلاغِeloquent delivery
زادَ فيهِنَّ لي عَلى الإِبلاغِ
Time has been eloquent in its admonitions—nay,
Most eloquent of teachers is old age;
in them, for me, it has gone beyond eloquence.
It tells me more than finest words convey.
غَبَنَتنيcheated me of الأَيّامُthe days عَقليmy reason وَماليand my wealth
غَبَنَتني الأَيّامُ عَقلي وَمالي
وَشَبابيand my youth وَصِحَّتيand my health وَفَراغيand my leisure
وَشَبابي وَصِحَّتي وَفَراغي
The days have cheated me of my reason and my wealth,
My reason, wealth, and youth the days betrayed,
and my youth, and my health, and my leisure.
My health and leisure too are now betrayed.
Sol 6.1