إِنْif خَانَكَbetrays you الدَّهْرُtime فَكُنْthen be عائِذاًseeking refuge
إِنْ خَانَكَ الدَّهْرُ فَكُنْ عائِذاً
بِالبيدِin the deserts والظَّلْماءِand the darkness والعيسِand the white camels
بِالبيدِ والظَّلْماءِ والعيسِ
If fortune betrays you, then seek refuge
If time betrays you, seek refuge
If fate betrays you, take refuge in
amid desert wastes, night’s darkness, and white camels.
in the deserts, the darkness, and the white camels.
The desert, and darkness, and storm.
ولاand do not تَكُنْbe عَبْدَa slave to المُنَىwishes فَالمُنَىfor wishes
ولا تَكُنْ عَبْدَ المُنَى فَالمُنَى
رُءُوسُprincipal sums of أَمْوالِthe wealth of المَفاليسِthe penniless
رُءُوسُ أَمْوالِ المَفاليسِ
Do not be a slave to hopes, for hopes are
And do not be a slave to wishes, for wishes
Be not a slave of death, for death
the capital of the bankrupt.
are the capital of the penniless.
Is the capital of bankrupts.
Sol 6.1