وأَرَىand I see ذاone possessed of العَيشِlife لاnot تُحرِزُهُkeeps him safe
وأَرَى ذا العَيشِ لا تُحرِزُهُ
لَمعَةٌa patch of pasture تَعمُرُflourishes أوor غَيبُthe hidden recesses of وَطَنa homeland
لَمعَةٌ تَعمُرُ أو غَيبُ وَطَن
And I see that one who enjoys life is not kept safe
by a flourishing pasture or a homeland's hidden recesses.
هَلdoes ...? لَهُfor him إنif لَمnot يَمُتhe dies فيin قَعَصٍsudden death
هَل لَهُ إن لَم يَمُت في قَعَصٍ
مِنof غِنَاهُhis wealth غَيرُother than قَبرٍa grave وكَفَنand a shroud
مِن غِنَاهُ غَيرُ قَبرٍ وكَفَن
Does he, if he does not die suddenly,
have anything of his wealth but a grave and a shroud?
بَينمَاwhile يَغبِطُهُenvy him أَشياعُهُhis followers
بَينمَا يَغبِطُهُ أَشياعُهُ
قَلَبَturned الدَّهرُTime لَهُtoward him ظَهرَthe back of المِجَنthe shield
قَلَبَ الدَّهرُ لَهُ ظَهرَ المِجَن
While his followers envied him,
Time turned the back of its shield toward him.
Sol 6.1