أماBehold إنّهاindeed, they الأيامُthe days تأسوheal وتَجرحُand wound
أما إنّها الأيامُ تأسو وتَجرحُ
وتَملأand fill بالدرِّwith milk الإناءَthe vessel وتَرمحُand kick
وتَملأ بالدرِّ الإناءَ وتَرمحُ
Behold, the days heal and wound,
The days inflict pain and wound us,
And fill the vessel with milk, then kick it.
Filling the cup with tears, piercing with sorrows.
وماand ... is not الدهرُtime إلاexcept محنةٌan ordeal إثْرَafter محنةٍan ordeal
وما الدهرُ إلا محنةٌ إثْرَ محنةٍ
ونحنُand we علىin الحالَيْنِboth conditions نَأسىwe grieve ونَفرحُand we rejoice
ونحنُ على الحالَيْنِ نَأسى ونَفرحُ
And time is nothing but ordeal after ordeal,
Fortune is but sorrow after sorrow,
And in both conditions we grieve and rejoice.
In both we grieve and rejoice.
وماand ... are not الناسُpeople إلاexcept رفقةٌa band of travelers ومطيُّهمand their mounts
وما الناسُ إلا رفقةٌ ومطيُّهم
إلىtoward الأمدِthe end المَقْصودِintended تُمسيenter evening وتُصبحُand enter morning
إلى الأمدِ المَقْصودِ تُمسي وتُصبحُ
And people are but a band of travelers, and their mounts
People are but fellow travelers,
Pass through evening and morning toward the appointed end.
Going towards their final abode, evening and morning.
وحكمُand the decree of الرَّدىdeath حكمُa decree of العمومِuniversality ولمand did not يزلْcease
وحكمُ الرَّدى حكمُ العمومِ ولم يزلْ
بِروقيهِwith its two horns فيin وجهِthe face of البريّةِhumankind يَنطحُit butts
بِروقيهِ في وجهِ البريّةِ يَنطحُ
And death's decree is universal, and it has never ceased
The law of fate rules all, ever thrusting
Butting humankind in the face with its two horns.
Its piercing horns in the face of humankind.
Sol 6.1