جارَacted unjustly الزمانُtime فجارهِso go along with it محتاطاcautiously
جارَ الزمانُ فجارهِ محتاطا
واذكرand remember علىamid أقتارِكَyour privation الإفراطاexcess
واذكر على أقتارِكَ الإفراطا
Time has dealt unjustly; go along with it cautiously.
Time passes by so pass it carefully
And amid your privation, remember excess.
And remember your excesses upon your stars
وإذاand when سمعتَyou hear منfrom المؤذِّنِthe muezzin دعوةًa call
وإذا سمعتَ من المؤذِّنِ دعوةً
للخيرٍto goodness شدَّstrengthen يداًa hand ومدَّand extend صراطاa path
للخيرٍ شدَّ يداً ومدَّ صراطا
And when you hear from the muezzin a call
And when you hear the call to good
To goodness, strengthen a hand and extend a path.
From the muezzin, extend your hand and widen your path
كنbe حازماًfirm إنif بتَّyou become يوماًone day عازماًresolved
كن حازماً إن بتَّ يوماً عازماً
واطلُبand seek لنفسكَfor yourself قوةًstrength ونشاطاand vigor
واطلُب لنفسكَ قوةً ونشاطا
Be firm if one day you find yourself resolved,
Be resolute if one day you are determined
And seek strength and vigor for yourself.
And seek for yourself strength and vitality
وخُذِand take الحقيقةَthe truth منfrom تجاربَexperiences جمَّةٍmany
وخُذِ الحقيقةَ من تجاربَ جمَّةٍ
إنindeed التجاربَexperiences كذَّبَتhave proved wrong سقراطاSocrates
إن التجاربَ كذَّبَت سقراطا
And take the truth from many experiences;
And take the truth from abundant experiences
Indeed, experience has proved Socrates wrong.
For experiences have belied Socrates
كمhow many a دولةٍstate ماتتhas died وأُخرىand another بَعدَهاafter it
كم دولةٍ ماتت وأُخرى بَعدَها
مرضتfell ill فماand did not وجدتfind لهاfor itself بُقراطاHippocrates
مرضت فما وجدت لها بُقراطا
How many a state has died, and another after it
How many states have died and others after them
Has fallen ill and found no Hippocrates for itself!
Sickened but found no Hippocrates for them
أوor لاnot ترىyou see عرباًArabs غدواhave become فيin ضعفهمtheir weakness
أو لا ترى عرباً غدوا في ضعفهم
يتملَّقونُthey flatter القبطَthe Copts والأنباطاand the Nabataeans
يتملَّقونُ القبطَ والأنباطا
Or do you not see Arabs who, in their weakness, have come
Or don't you see the Arabs who in their weakness
To flatter the Copts and the Nabataeans?
Flatter the Copts and Nabataeans
الدهرُtime صوّاغٌa goldsmith ولصٌّand a thief طالماoften
الدهرُ صوّاغٌ ولصٌّ طالما
نظمَstrung العقودَthe necklaces وفرَّطand scattered الأقراطاthe earrings
نظمَ العقودَ وفرَّط الأقراطا
Time is a goldsmith and a thief; often it has
Fate is a jeweler and a thief for long
Strung necklaces and scattered earrings.
It has strung beads and scattered coins
Sol 6.1