أنعمdo thoroughly إذابةmelting ماwhat سكبتyou poured فإنهfor indeed it
أنعم إذابة ما سكبت فإنه
للصبغto dye أقبلmore receptive وهوand it فيهinto it أغوصmore deeply penetrating
للصبغ أقبل وهو فيه أغوص
Melt thoroughly what you have poured, for it
Gracefully melt what you have poured, for it
is more receptive to dye, and the dye penetrates it more deeply.
Is receptive to dye and plunges deep within
زرنيخناour arsenic يطفوfloats ذرواًas scattered dust ميتاًdead
زرنيخنا يطفو ذرواً ميتاً
ويغوصand it sinks حينwhen يذابis melted وهوwhile it is مرصّصُcombined with lead
ويغوص حين يذاب وهو مرصّصُ
Our arsenic floats as dead, scattered dust,
Our verdigris surfaces as lifeless fragments
and sinks when melted, while combined with lead.
Yet melts and immerses when dissolved and refined
والسمّand the poison والترياقand the antidote فيin تركيبناour compound
والسمّ والترياق في تركيبنا
متجاذبانpulling against one another فمهلكthus a destroyer ومخلّصُand a deliverer
متجاذبان فمهلك ومخلّصُ
And the poison and antidote in our compound
In our composition, poison and remedy
pull against each other: one destroys, the other saves.
Wrestle, destroying and preserving in turn
وإذاand if تشخّصbecame distinct غيرهsomething other than it بغرائبby peculiarities
وإذا تشخّص غيره بغرائب
فيهwithin it فذاكthen that one بذاتهby its own essence يتشخّصُbecomes distinct
فيه فذاك بذاته يتشخّصُ
And if something else is distinguished by peculiarities
When others reveal their strange eccentricities
within it, that one is distinguished by its own essence.
That in itself characterizes them uniquely
فعليكso you must cleave بالكتبto the books القديمةancient إنهاindeed they
فعليك بالكتب القديمة إنها
منهاfrom them نهذّبwe refine سرناour secret ونلخّصُand we condense
منها نهذّب سرنا ونلخّصُ
So hold fast to the ancient books, for indeed
So study the ancient books, for from them
from them we refine our secret and condense it.
We refine our inner selves and summarize
لاdo not تقدمنyou venture علىupon إزالةremoving لفظةa word
لا تقدمن على إزالة لفظة
فيهنin them عنaway from معنىa meaning بهby it يتخصّصُis distinguished
فيهن عن معنى به يتخصّصُ
Do not venture to detach a word
Do not presume to remove any wording
in them from a meaning by which it is distinguished.
That gives unique meaning and specializes
Sol 6.1