كلواEat واشربواand drink فيon عيدكمyour feast day وتمتّعواand enjoy yourselves
كلوا واشربوا في عيدكم وتمتّعوا
فهاso here أناI عارٍnaked ماnot عليّupon me لباسclothing
فها أنا عارٍ ما عليّ لباس
Eat and drink on your feast day, and enjoy yourselves.
Eat and drink on your feast day and enjoy yourselves
Yet here I am naked, with no clothing upon me.
For here am I bare, with no clothes upon me
أبيmy father وأبوكمand your father آدمAdam غيرexcept أنكمthat you
أبي وأبوكم آدم غير أنكم
حظيتمyou were favored بهthrough him دونيto my exclusion فليسso there is no مساسcontact
حظيتم به دوني فليس مساس
Adam is my father and yours, except that you
My father and yours is Adam, but you
have been favored through him, unlike me—so there is no contact.
Were privileged over me, so there is no comparison
يسرّare gladdened أناسٌsome people بالغنىby wealth يومday عيدهمtheir feast
يسرّ أناسٌ بالغنى يوم عيدهم
وتحزنُand are saddened بالفقرby poverty المبرّحcrushing ناسُpeople
وتحزنُ بالفقر المبرّح ناسُ
Some people are gladdened by wealth on their feast day,
Some people rejoice in riches on their feast day
and others are saddened by crushing poverty.
While the openly destitute grieve
كذاكsuch is زمانthe lifetime المرءof a person خصبabundance وخيبةand disappointment
كذاك زمان المرء خصب وخيبة
وليسand there is no علىfor صرفthe vicissitudes الزمانof time قياسrule
وليس على صرف الزمان قياس
Such is a person's life: abundance and disappointment,
Such is the time of a person, fertile and failure
and there is no rule for time's vicissitudes.
And the turning of time cannot be gauged
كلواEat واطعموناand feed us قبلbefore تغييرchanging حالناour condition
كلوا واطعمونا قبل تغيير حالنا
بكرّwith the recurrence of اللياليthe nights والنوازلand calamities كاسa cup
بكرّ الليالي والنوازل كاس
Eat and feed us before our condition is changed
Eat and feed us before our state changes
by a cup, as nights and calamities return.
With the early nights and afflictions a cup
Sol 6.1