وللأمورand for affairs تسابيبcauses وإنand even if كثرتthey are numerous
وللأمور تسابيب وإن كثرت
معلقlinked سببa cause منهاamong them إلىto سببa cause
معلق سبب منها إلى سبب
Every affair has its trials, however numerous they may be;
And affairs have causes, however numerous they may be;
one cause among them is contingent upon another.
one cause among them is linked to another.
منهاamong them التوانيindolence ومنهاand among them العجزincapacity قدindeed قرناboth have been linked
منها التواني ومنها العجز قد قرنا
بالفقرto poverty والفقرand poverty مقرونlinked إلىto العطبِruin
بالفقر والفقر مقرون إلى العطبِ
Among them are procrastination and incapacity, the two bound
Among them, indolence and incapacity have both been linked
to poverty—and poverty is bound to ruin.
to poverty, and poverty is linked to ruin.
شيئانtwo things ليسnot يصيعis lost (likely intended: يضيع) الحزمprudence بينهماbetween the two of them
شيئان ليس يصيع الحزم بينهما
حسنgoodness السياسةmanagement والتدقيقand meticulousness فيin الطلبpursuit
حسن السياسة والتدقيق في الطلب
Two things between which prudence never goes to waste:
Two things between which prudence is not lost:
sound management and painstaking care in pursuit.
good management and meticulousness in pursuit.
Sol 6.1