لاnot يُدرِكُattains الحِكمَةَwisdom مَنone whose عُمرُهُhis lifetime
لا يُدرِكُ الحِكمَةَ مَن عُمرُهُ
يَكدَحُhe toils فيfor مَصلَحَةِwelfare الأَهلِthe family
يَكدَحُ في مَصلَحَةِ الأَهلِ
Wisdom is beyond the grasp of one whose life
Wisdom is not attained by one whose life
is spent toiling for his family's welfare.
is spent toiling for his family's welfare.
وَلاand not يَنالُattains العِلمَknowledge إِلّاexcept فَتىًa young man
وَلا يَنالُ العِلمَ إِلّا فَتىً
خالٍfree مِنَfrom الأَفكارِworries وَالشُغلِand work
خالٍ مِنَ الأَفكارِ وَالشُغلِ
Nor is knowledge attained except by a youth
And none attains knowledge but a young man
free from preoccupations and toil.
free from worries and work.
لَوif أَنَّthat لُقمانَLuqman الحَكيمَthe wise الَّذيwho
لَو أَنَّ لُقمانَ الحَكيمَ الَّذي
سارَتtraveled بِهِwith word of him الرُكبانُthe riders بِالفَضلِin praise of excellence
سارَت بِهِ الرُكبانُ بِالفَضلِ
Had Luqman the Wise—whose
If Luqman the wise, whose
virtue the caravans carried far and wide—
fame for excellence was carried by riders,
بُليwas afflicted بِفَقرٍwith poverty وَعِيالٍand dependents لَماwould not
بُلي بِفَقرٍ وَعِيالٍ لَما
فَرَّقَhe distinguished بَينَbetween التِبنِthe straw وَالبَقلِand the greens
فَرَّقَ بَينَ التِبنِ وَالبَقلِ
been tried by poverty and mouths to feed, he would never
had been afflicted with poverty and dependents, he would not
have told straw from greens.
have distinguished straw from greens.
Sol 6.1