لاdo not تسهَرنَّstay awake (emphatic) إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle الرزقُsustenance ضاقَgrew scarce ونَمْand sleep
لا تسهَرنَّ إِذا ما الرزقُ ضاقَ ونَمْ
فيin ظِلِّthe shade of عيشٍa life رقيقٍgentle ناعمِat ease البالِin mind
في ظِلِّ عيشٍ رقيقٍ ناعمِ البالِ
Do not stay awake when sustenance grows scarce; sleep
Stay not awake when livelihood grows scant, and sleep
In the shade of a gentle life, your mind at ease.
Beneath the gentle shade of easy life;
فبينَfor between غفوةِthe dozing of عينٍan eye وانتباهتِهاand its awakening
فبينَ غفوةِ عينٍ وانتباهتِها
يُقلَّبُis turned الدهرُtime منfrom حالٍa state إِلىto حالِa state
يُقلَّبُ الدهرُ من حالٍ إِلى حالِ
For between an eye's dozing and its awakening,
For 'twixt the closing of an eye, and its
Time is turned from one state to another.
Unclosing, shifts the world from state to state.
Sol 6.1