عَسىperhaps فَرَجٌrelief يَكونُwill come عَسىperhaps
عَسى فَرَجٌ يَكونُ عَسى
نُعَلِّلُwe console أَنفُساًsouls بِعَسىwith “perhaps”
نُعَلِّلُ أَنفُساً بِعَسى
Perhaps relief will come—perhaps.
Hope relief may come, hope
We console our souls with “perhaps.”
We console ourselves with hope
فَلاso do not تَقنَطdespair وَإِنeven if لاقَيencounter (verb continued)
فَلا تَقنَط وَإِن لاقَي
تَyou (suffix completing the verb) هَمّاًsorrow يَقبِضُgrips النَفساthe soul
تَ هَمّاً يَقبِضُ النَفسا
So do not despair, even if you encounter
So lose not heart, though you meet
a sorrow that grips the soul.
Sorrows that stifle breath's ease
فَأَقرَبُfor the nearest ماthat يَكونُis المَرthe person (word continued)
فَأَقرَبُ ما يَكونُ المَر
ءُ(completes “the person”) مِنto فَرَجٍrelief إِذاwhen أَيِساhe has despaired
ءُ مِن فَرَجٍ إِذا أَيِسا
For a person is nearest
For nearest joy comes to man
to relief when he has despaired.
When he despairs of relief
Sol 6.1