فاتَكَeluded you الحَظُّfortune وَلَكِنbut
فاتَكَ الحَظُّ وَلَكِن
لَمdid not يَفُتelude إِلّاexcept لِيُدرَكso that it may be attained
لَم يَفُت إِلّا لِيُدرَك
Fortune has passed you by—but
Fortune has eluded you, but
it passed you only to catch up with you.
it eluded you only to be attained.
خُذهُtake it فَاِترُكهُthen leave it فَقِدماًfor long ago
خُذهُ فَاِترُكهُ فَقِدماً
يُؤخَذُis taken الشَيءُthe thing لِيُترَكso that it may be left
يُؤخَذُ الشَيءُ لِيُترَك
Take it, then leave it—for, since time immemorial,
Take it, then leave it, for since ancient times
a thing is taken only to be left.
a thing has been taken to be left.
Sol 6.1