أَتَهزَأُDo you mock بِالدُعاءِat supplication وَتَزدَريهِand scorn it
أَتَهزَأُ بِالدُعاءِ وَتَزدَريهِ
وَماand not تَدريyou know بِماof what صَنَعَhas accomplished الدُّعاءُsupplication
وَما تَدري بِما صَنَعَ الدُّعاءُ
Do you mock supplication and scorn it?
You mock prayer and spurn it
And you do not know what supplication has accomplished.
Yet you know not what prayer can do
سِهامُarrows اللَيلِthe night لاdo not تُخطِيmiss وَلَكِنbut
سِهامُ اللَيلِ لا تُخطِي وَلَكِن
لَهاfor them أَمَدٌan appointed time وَلِلأَمَدِand for that time اِنقِضاءُan end
لَها أَمَدٌ وَلِلأَمَدِ اِنقِضاءُ
The arrows of the night do not miss, but
The arrows of night miss their mark
They have an appointed time, and that time has an end.
But time will run its course and end their flight
Sol 6.1