ألاَbehold إِنَّindeed عَبدَservant of الحَيّthe Ever-Living فيin العِلمِknowledge فَائِقُpreeminent
ألاَ إِنَّ عَبدَ الحَيّ في العِلمِ فَائِقُ
وَماand what ذَاقَهُhe tasted it مَاnot ذَاقَهُtasted it قَطُّever ذَائِقُa taster
وَما ذَاقَهُ مَا ذَاقَهُ قَطُّ ذَائِقُ
Behold, Abd al-Hayy is indeed preeminent in knowledge.
And what he has tasted, no taster has ever tasted.
فَتىa youth كَسرتshattered شَمسُthe sun of المَعَارِفِknowledge لُبَّهhis intellect
فَتى كَسرت شَمسُ المَعَارِفِ لُبَّه
وذَلِكَand that فيin بَعضِsome بالخَلاَئِقِfor created beings لاَئِقُfitting
وذَلِكَ في بَعضِ بالخَلاَئِقِ لاَئِقُ
A youth whose intellect the sun of knowledge has shattered;
And that is fitting for some among creation.
فَلاَso do not تَحسِبَنَّهever think him قَدalready أُصِيبَhas been afflicted بِجُنَّةٍwith madness
فَلاَ تَحسِبَنَّه قَد أُصِيبَ بِجُنَّةٍ
فَذِلكَfor that فِيهِin it الدَّاهِمَاتُoverwhelming calamities البَوَائِقُruinous disasters
فَذِلكَ فِيهِ الدَّاهِمَاتُ البَوَائِقُ
So never think that he has been afflicted with madness;
For in that lie overwhelming, ruinous calamities.
Sol 6.1