أَينَwhere أَهلُthe inhabitants الدِّيارِthe dwellings مِنfrom among قَومِthe people of نُوحٍNoah
أَينَ أَهلُ الدِّيارِ مِن قَومِ نُوحٍ
ثُمَّthen عادٌʿAd مِنfrom بَعدِهِمafter them وثَمُودُand Thamud
ثُمَّ عادٌ مِن بَعدِهِم وثَمُودُ
Where are the dwellers in the homes of Noah's people,
Then ʿAd after them, and Thamud?
أَينَwhere آباؤُناour fathers وأَينَand where بَنُوهُمtheir sons
أَينَ آباؤُنا وأَينَ بَنُوهُم
أَينwhere آباؤُهُمtheir fathers وأَينَand where الجُدُودُthe forefathers
أَين آباؤُهُم وأَينَ الجُدُودُ
Where are our fathers, and where are their sons?
Where are their fathers, and where are the forefathers?
سُلَكُواthey were led along مَنهَجَthe path of الَمناياdeath فباُدواso they perished
سُلَكُوا مَنهَجَ الَمنايا فباُدوا
وأَراناand I see us قَدalready كانَthere has been مِنَّاfrom among us وُرُودُarrival
وأَرانا قَد كانَ مِنَّا وُرُودُ
They were led along the path of death and perished;
And I see that some of us have already arrived there.
ثُمَّthen لَمhas not يَنقَضِcome to an end الَحديثُthe tale ولَكِنbut rather
ثُمَّ لَم يَنقَضِ الَحديثُ ولَكِن
بَعدَafter ذاthis الوَعدُthe promise كلُّهُall of it والوَعيدُand the threat
بَعدَ ذا الوَعدُ كلُّهُ والوَعيدُ
And still the tale has not ended; rather,
After this come the promise in full, and the threat.
والأَطِباءُand the physicians بَعدَهُمafter them لَحِقُوهُمthey followed them
والأَطِباءُ بَعدَهُم لَحِقُوهُم
ضَلَّproved useless عَنهُمto them سَعُوطُهُمtheir nasal medicine واللَّدودُand medicine poured into one side of the mouth
ضَلَّ عَنهُم سَعُوطُهُم واللَّدودُ
And the physicians followed them in turn;
Their nasal and oral remedies availed them nothing.
وصَحيحٍand many a healthy man أَضحَىcame to be يَعُودُhe visits مَريضاًa sick man
وصَحيحٍ أَضحَى يَعُودُ مَريضاً
وهَوَthough he أَدنَىnearer لِلمَوتِto death مِمَّنthan the one whom يَعُودُhe visits
وهَوَ أَدنَى لِلمَوتِ مِمَّن يَعُودُ
And many a healthy man has come to visit a sick man,
Though he is nearer death than the one he visits.
Sol 6.1