شَيخٌan old man لناof ours يُقطِعُناgrants us عِرضَهُhis honor
شَيخٌ لنا يُقطِعُنا عِرضَهُ
منfrom قَبلِbefore أنto يُقطِعَناgrant us مالَهُhis wealth
من قَبلِ أن يُقطِعَنا مالَهُ
An old man of ours grants us his honor
An elder who would deny us his company
before he grants us his wealth.
Before he would deny us his money
أخبَتُmost abject خَلقِcreatures of اللهِGod مَنْwhoever خالَهُthinks him
أخبَتُ خَلقِ اللهِ مَنْ خالَهُ
حُرّاًnoble ومَنْand whoever شامَwatched صدىًthirsty خالَهُhis raincloud
حُرّاً ومَنْ شامَ صدىً خالَهُ
The most abject of God's creatures is whoever thinks him
I have lost hope in people who abandoned him
noble, and whoever, thirsty, watches his raincloud.
Whether free or hearing his echo they abandoned him
وأكثرُand the most الفِتيانِthe youths رِيَاًquenching of thirst فتىًa youth
وأكثرُ الفِتيانِ رِيَاً فتىً
يبُثُّهُconfides to him مُعتَقِباًfollowing in turn حالَهُhis condition
يبُثُّهُ مُعتَقِباً حالَهُ
And the most fully quenched of youths is a youth
And most of the youth are pretending
who confides his condition to him in turn.
Spreading his pretense, baring his state
شَيخٌan old man كثيرُabundant in المالِwealth لكِنَّهُbut he
شَيخٌ كثيرُ المالِ لكِنَّهُ
مَلّكَgave ownership of ماwhat يملِكُhe owns أقفالَهُhis locks
مَلّكَ ما يملِكُ أقفالَهُ
An old man with abundant wealth, yet he
An elder with copious money but
has made his locks the owners of all he owns.
He has locked all he owns with locks
فكلَّماso whenever عَنَّarose لناfor us مُشكِلٌa problem
فكلَّما عَنَّ لنا مُشكِلٌ
ورامَand he sought أنto يُضِحِclarify إشكالَهُits obscurity
ورامَ أن يُضِحِ إشكالَهُ
So whenever a problem arises for us
So whenever a problem perplexed us
and he seeks to clear up its obscurity,
And it wanted to clarify its complexity
بنىhe based علىon الحَيْرَةِbewilderment أعمالَهُhis actions
بنى على الحَيْرَةِ أعمالَهُ
وذاكَand that فيin التَّحقيقtruth أعمىblinder لهُfor him
وذاكَ في التَّحقيق أعمى لهُ
he bases his actions on bewilderment,
It built its deeds on confusion
and that, in truth, makes him still blinder.
And that is truly a blind one
فقيَّضَso he appointed الرَّحمنُthe All-Merciful أفعىa viper لَهُfor him
فقيَّضَ الرَّحمنُ أفعى لَهُ
تُريِهshows him فيin الخَلوَةِsolitude أفعالَهُhis deeds
تُريِه في الخَلوَةِ أفعالَهُ
So the All-Merciful appointed a viper for him
So the Merciful sent a snake to him
that shows him his deeds in solitude.
To show him his deeds in solitude
Sol 6.1