طالبseek العمرlife لكfor yourself مائتيtwo hundred سنةyear بعدهاafter that واشand what?
طالب العمر لك مائتي سنة بعدها واش
بعدهاafter that الموتdeath لاnot خلاspared غنياa rich person ولاnor أوحاشwild creatures
بعدها الموت لا خلا غنيا ولا أوحاش
Seek two hundred years of life for yourself—what then?
Seeker of life, you have two hundred years more, and then what?
Afterward comes death, sparing neither the rich nor wild creatures.
After that, death is inevitable for the rich and the poor.
ياO دنياworld ترىindeed أنتيyou حظّthe lot منwhoever كانwas يهواشloves you
يا دنيا ترى أنتي حظّ من كان يهواش
يعشقونشthey adore you قلالthose scant in الدينfaith وأهلand the people of التقيpiety أعداشyour enemies
يعشقونش قلال الدين وأهل التقي أعداش
O world, you are indeed the lot of whoever loves you.
O life, it seems you are the fortune of those who float around.
Those scant in faith adore you; the pious are your enemies.
They love you, Qalal Ad-Din and the pious people are their enemies.
يعلمknows اللهGod لمنfor whoever ذيwho قدbefore (dialect reading) عينيهhis eyes ماnot جاشreached you (reading uncertain)
يعلم الله لمن ذي قد عينيه ما جاش
واللَهand by God اليومtoday ماnot تسوىare worth لمنto whoever يعرفknows ادناشyour baseness
واللَه اليوم ما تسوى لمن يعرف ادناش
God knows: the one who kept you before his eyes never reached you.
God knows for whom their eyes have not looked this way.
And by God, today you are worthless to anyone who knows your baseness.
By God, today it is not worth it for those who know trifles.
ياO علىAli جانبshun الدّنياthe world كماsince هيit علىfor لاشnothing
يا على جانب الدّنيا كما هي على لاش
ياO علىAli ذقتI tasted نيراناfires كماlike بريةwilderness (reading uncertain) الكاشkāsh (unclear referent)
يا على ذقت نيرانا كما برية الكاش
O Ali, shun the world, for it amounts to nothing.
O Ali, be detached from this life as it is over ashes.
O Ali, I have tasted fires like those of the wilderness of kāsh [image uncertain].
O Ali, you have tasted fire like the wilderness of Al-Kash.
حدّone person مصوّبstricken وحدّand another مدنفgravely ill وحدّand another حملهhis burden اهاشoverwhelmed him (uncertain dialect reading)
حدّ مصوّب وحدّ مدنف وحدّ حمله اهاش
One is stricken, another gravely ill, and another overwhelmed by his burden [final phrase uncertain].
Some are aimed, some are bent, some carry it recklessly.
Sol 6.1