مَنwhoever أَجابَheeded الهَوىdesire إِلىto كُلِّall ماthat يَدcalls him (first fragment)
مَن أَجابَ الهَوى إِلى كُلِّ ما يَد
عوهُcalls him (final fragment) مِمّاof what يُضِلُّleads astray ضَلَّwent astray وَتاهاand wandered
عوهُ مِمّا يُضِلُّ ضَلَّ وَتاها
Whoever heeds desire in all it calls
Whoever responds to passion in whatever
him to that leads astray will stray and wander.
it calls him to of what misleads has strayed and lost his way
مَنwhoever رَأىsaw عِبرَةًa lesson فَفَكَّرَthen reflected فيهاon it
مَن رَأى عِبرَةً فَفَكَّرَ فيها
آذَنَتهُit informed him بِالشَيءِof the matter حينَwhen يَراهاhe sees it
آذَنَتهُ بِالشَيءِ حينَ يَراها
Whoever sees a lesson and reflects upon it,
Whoever sees an admonition and reflects upon it
it alerts him to the matter when he sees it.
it warns him about a thing when he sees it
رُبَّماsometimes اِستَغلَقَتbecame obscure أُمورٌmatters عَلىto مَنone who
رُبَّما اِستَغلَقَت أُمورٌ عَلى مَن
كانَwas يَأتيapproaching الأُمورَthe matters مِنfrom مَأتاهاtheir proper point of approach
كانَ يَأتي الأُمورَ مِن مَأتاها
Sometimes matters prove baffling to one
Sometimes matters are obscured to one
who used to approach matters by their proper path.
who handles matters from their origins
وَسَيَأويand will seek refuge إِلىto يَدٍa hand كُلُّall ماthat تَأyou do (first fragment)
وَسَيَأوي إِلى يَدٍ كُلُّ ما تَأ
تيyou do (final fragment) وَتَأتيand will come إِلىto يَدٍa hand حُسناهاthe best of it
تي وَتَأتي إِلى يَدٍ حُسناها
And to a hand will resort all that you
And everything that comes and goes will return
do; and to a hand will come the best of it.
to a hand that has perfected it
قَدmay تَكونُbe النَجاةُdeliverance تَكرَهُهاabhors it النَفthe soul (first fragment)
قَد تَكونُ النَجاةُ تَكرَهُها النَف
سُthe soul (final fragment) وَتَأتيand it pursues ماwhat كانَwas فيهِin it أَذاهاharm to it
سُ وَتَأتي ما كانَ فيهِ أَذاها
Deliverance may be something the soul abhors,
Salvation may be disliked by the soul
and it pursues what brings it harm.
and what was harmful to it may come
Sol 6.1