أحبُّI love اسمهhis name منfor أجلهhis sake وسَميَّهُand his namesake
أحبُّ اسمه من أجله وسَميَّهُ
وَيَتبعُهُand follows him فيin كلِّall أَخلاقهhis character traits قَلبيmy heart
وَيَتبعُهُ في كلِّ أَخلاقه قَلبي
I love his name for his sake—and his namesake too;
I love his name for his sake, and his namesake too.
and my heart follows him in every trait of his.
And my heart follows him in all his ways.
ويَجتازُand he passes بالقومby the people العِداthe enemies فَأُحبُّهُمso I love them
ويَجتازُ بالقوم العِدا فَأُحبُّهُم
وكلهمand all of them طاوِيfolding الضَّميرِthe heart علىaround حربيwar against me
وكلهم طاوِي الضَّميرِ على حربي
He passes by hostile folk, and so I love them,
He passes by my enemies, and so I love them,
though every one of them secretly harbors war against me.
Though each harbors in his heart the will to war against me.
إلىto اللهGod أشكوI complain ماwhat أُلَاقِيI suffer لعلهَّperhaps He
إلى الله أشكو ما أُلَاقِي لعلهَّ
يَمُنُّHe graciously bestows بحالwith a circumstance يجمعُthat reunites الشَّملthe scattered company عنwithin قُربِa short time
يَمُنُّ بحال يجمعُ الشَّمل عن قُربِ
To God I complain of all I suffer, in hope that He
To God I complain of what I suffer; perhaps He
may graciously bring about a state that reunites us soon.
Will favor us with circumstances that reunite us soon.
إذاwhen قلتI say لمhas not تبلُغreached بيَwith me السِّنُّage مَبلَغاًan advanced stage
إذا قلت لم تبلُغ بيَ السِّنُّ مَبلَغاً
وُعِظتُI was admonished بطفلٍby a child صارwho went قبليbefore me إلىto التُّربِthe dust
وُعِظتُ بطفلٍ صار قبلي إلى التُّربِ
Whenever I say, “Age has not yet brought me so far,”
When I say, 'Age has not yet carried me far,'
I think again of a child who went before me into the dust.
I am admonished by a child who went before me to the dust.
Sol 6.1