وَيَركَبُand ride أَقوامٌsome people مَطاياmounts نَفيسةًprecious
وَيَركَبُ أَقوامٌ مَطايا نَفيسةً
وَنَحنُand we مَطاياناour mounts أَخامِصُhollows of أَقدامِfeet
وَنَحنُ مَطايانا أَخامِصُ أَقدامِ
And some people ride fine mounts,
Some people ride precious steeds,
While our mounts are the hollows of our feet.
While our mounts are bare feet.
وَيلبسand wear أَقوامsome people حَريراًsilk لزينةٍfor adornment
وَيلبس أَقوام حَريراً لزينةٍ
وَمَلبوسُناand our clothing ماwhat شانَdisfigures مِنof وَبرِanimal hair أَنعامِlivestock
وَمَلبوسُنا ما شانَ مِن وَبرِ أَنعامِ
And some people wear silk for adornment,
Some don beautiful silk apparel,
While our clothing is unsightly livestock hair.
While our clothes are made of wool from livestock.
وَيَشرَبُand drink أَقوامٌsome people رَحيقاًpure wine بِأَكؤسٍfrom cups
وَيَشرَبُ أَقوامٌ رَحيقاً بِأَكؤسٍ
وَمَشروبُناand our drink ماءٌwater بإشفافِwith scant leavings (uncertain reading) خَتّامِa finisher (unclear here)
وَمَشروبُنا ماءٌ بإشفافِ خَتّامِ
And some people drink pure wine from cups,
Some drink exquisite wine from goblets,
And our drink is water, with a finisher's scant leavings [wording unclear].
While our drink is water, pure from seals.
وَيَأكُلُand eat أَقوامsome people شواءًroast meat وَجَردَقاًand round flatbread
وَيَأكُلُ أَقوام شواءً وَجَردَقاً
وَمَأكولُناand our food خُبزٌbread مَشوبٌmingled بآلامِwith pains
وَمَأكولُنا خُبزٌ مَشوبٌ بآلامِ
And some people eat roast meat and round flatbread,
Some eat grilled meat and chicken,
While our food is bread mingled with pain.
While our food is bread mixed with pain.
وَيَلتذُّand take pleasure أَقوامٌsome people بِأبناءِin the sons of يافِثٍJapheth
وَيَلتذُّ أَقوامٌ بِأبناءِ يافِثٍ
وسامٍand Shem وَموطوآتُناand the women we bed مِنamong بَنيdescendants of حامِHam
وسامٍ وَموطوآتُنا مِن بَني حامِ
And some people take pleasure in the sons of Japheth,
Some revel in the daughters of Japheth,
And Shem, while the women we bed are among Ham's descendants.
While our mates are from the progeny of Ham.
يَقضُونَthey satisfy مِنfrom دُنياهُمُtheir worldly life شَهواتِهِمtheir desires
يَقضُونَ مِن دُنياهُمُ شَهواتِهِم
وَنَحنُand we لَهُمto them فيthroughout الدَهرِall time أَطوَعُmost obedient خُدامِservants
وَنَحنُ لَهُم في الدَهرِ أَطوَعُ خُدامِ
From their world they satisfy their desires,
They fulfill their worldly desires,
While we are, throughout life, their most obedient servants.
While we are their most obedient servants.
إِذاwhen جاءَهُمcomes to them مِنّاfrom among us فَقيرٌa poor person لحاجَةٍfor a need
إِذا جاءَهُم مِنّا فَقيرٌ لحاجَةٍ
لَوَواthey turned away جيدَهمtheir necks زَهواًin vanity وَنَخوةَand pride in إِعظامِself-exaltation
لَوَوا جيدَهم زَهواً وَنَخوةَ إِعظامِ
When one of our poor comes to them with a need,
When one of us approaches them out of need,
They turn their necks away in vanity and self-exalting pride.
They turn their faces in arrogance and false pride.
وَماand not اللَهُGod عَمّاof what يَعملونthey do بِغافلٍat all heedless
وَما اللَهُ عَمّا يَعملون بِغافلٍ
وَلَكنماbut only يمليHe grants respite زِيادَةَan increase in آثامِsins
وَلَكنما يملي زِيادَةَ آثامِ
And God is not heedless of what they do;
God is not unaware of what they do,
But He only grants them respite for their sins to increase.
But allows their sins to increase.
كَذَلِكَthus تَأتيهمcome upon them بَلاياafflictions عَظيمَةٌgreat
كَذَلِكَ تَأتيهم بَلايا عَظيمَةٌ
مِنfrom الحَبسِimprisonment وَالتَعذيبِand torture وَالضَربِand beatings وِالسامِand death
مِن الحَبسِ وَالتَعذيبِ وَالضَربِ وِالسامِ
Thus great afflictions come upon them,
Thus mighty calamities befall them,
From imprisonment, torture, beatings, and death.
Of imprisonment, torture, beating, and poison.
غَدواthey became عِبرةًa warning يَرثيfeels pity لَهُمfor them كُلُّevery شامِتٍone who gloats
غَدوا عِبرةً يَرثي لَهُم كُلُّ شامِتٍ
بِهِمover them وَكَذاand thus الملتذthe pleasure-seeker يَشقىsuffers بإِجرامِbecause of wrongdoing
بِهِم وَكَذا الملتذ يَشقى بإِجرامِ
They became a warning, pitied by everyone who gloated
They become lessons to be mourned by every gloating enemy,
Over them; thus the pleasure-seeker suffers for wrongdoing.
Just as the reveler suffers for his sins.
Sol 6.1