وَيكَwoe to you! سَلِّمsubmit لِلواحِدِto the One الخَلّاقِthe Creator
وَيكَ سَلِّم لِلواحِدِ الخَلّاقِ
إِنَّindeed فيin الحَلقِthe throat قائِداًa guide لِلحُلاقِto death
إِنَّ في الحَلقِ قائِداً لِلحُلاقِ
Woe to you! Submit to the One, the Creator.
Pay homage to the One Creator
Indeed, in the throat is a guide to death.
For in the throat there is a leader of shaving
لَيسَdoes not يُغنيavail إِذاwhen تَتابَعَfollows in succession أَمرُthe decree of الGod (first part)
لَيسَ يُغني إِذا تَتابَعَ أَمرُ ال
لَهِGod (remaining part) نَتفٌplucking وَلاnor طِلاءُcoatings رَقاقِthin
لَهِ نَتفٌ وَلا طِلاءُ رَقاقِ
When God's decree unfolds, there is no use
It will not avail when the command of fate continues
in plucking or thin coatings.
For him are sideburns and no thin leaves
قَدindeed تَذَكَّرتُI have recalled مِنكَfrom you بُخلَكَyour stinginess عَنّيfrom me
قَد تَذَكَّرتُ مِنكَ بُخلَكَ عَنّي
بِكِتابٍthrough a book ياO أَموَلَfoolish الأَخلاقِcharacter
بِكِتابٍ يا أَموَلَ الأَخلاقِ
I have recalled your stinginess toward me
I remembered your stinginess towards me
through a book, O you of foolish character.
With a book, O richest of morals
ماnot كِتابُa book of المُقَطَّعاتِshort poems أُسَمّيI call
ما كِتابُ المُقَطَّعاتِ أُسَمّي
هِit وَلَكِنَّهُbut it is كِتابُa document of صَداقِdowry
هِ وَلَكِنَّهُ كِتابُ صَداقِ
A book of short poems is not what I call
The book of fragments I do not name it
it; rather, it is a dowry deed.
But it is the book of friendship
أَيُّماwhat حُرَّةٍfree woman مِنَamong الناسِpeople جادَتgave generously
أَيُّما حُرَّةٍ مِنَ الناسِ جادَت
لِخَليلٍto a lover بِالمَهرِwith the dowry بَعدَafter الطلاقِdivorce
لِخَليلٍ بِالمَهرِ بَعدَ الطلاقِ
What free woman among people ever bestowed
Which free woman of mankind was generous
the dowry on a lover after divorce?
To a friend with dowry after divorce
Sol 6.1