ياO منyou who يرجحprefer وجهاa face كالظلامlike darkness علىover
يا من يرجح وجها كالظلام على
وجهٍa face كصبحlike dawn تبدىappeared فيin بشائرهits first signs
وجهٍ كصبح تبدى في بشائره
O you who prefer a face like darkness over
O you who prefer a face like darkness over
a face like dawn appearing in its first glimmers,
A face like the dawn revealed in its glad tidings,
إنif كانis مملوكthe slave of هذاthis one مثلlike خادمthe servant of ذاthat one
إن كان مملوك هذا مثل خادم ذا
فماthen what انتفاعbenefit أخيa man of الدنياthis world بناظرهfrom his eye
فما انتفاع أخي الدنيا بناظره
If this one's slave is like that one's servant,
If this one is a slave like a servant in status,
then what does a man of this world gain from his eye?
Then of what use, my friend, are the eyes that behold him?
Sol 6.1