نَرىwe see نشاةupbringing لاnot تَستَقيمis sound فَنَكتَفيso we content ourselves
نَرى نشاة لا تَستَقيم فَنَكتَفي
بسبwith cursing اللَياليthe nights أَوor صروفthe vicissitudes الزَمانof time
بسب اللَيالي أَو صروف الزَمان
We see an upbringing go awry, and so content ourselves
We see a life that does not go straight so we are content
With cursing the nights or the vicissitudes of time.
With the fault of nights or the turns of time
وَنغمضand we close عَنto أَخلاقناour morals الطرفthe eye عندماwhen
وَنغمض عَن أَخلاقنا الطرف عندما
نَراهاwe see them مصاباan affliction ظاهراplainly visible لعيانto the eye
نَراها مصابا ظاهرا لعيان
And we turn a blind eye to our morals when
And we close our eyes to our morals when
We see them as an affliction plain to the eye.
We see them apparently afflicted and evident to all
أَينبتdoes … sprout? نشءa young generation صالحvirtuous فوقupon تربةsoil
أَينبت نشء صالح فوق تربة
بدارin a home بهاin it الزوجانthe two spouses يختصمانquarrel with each other
بدار بها الزوجان يختصمان
Can a virtuous generation sprout upon soil
Where can good offspring grow in a house
In a home where the two spouses quarrel?
Where the married couple argue
Sol 6.1