يقولونthey say تاجُTaj (crown) المُلْكِal-Mulk (of the realm) بعدafter خمولِهhis obscurity
يقولون تاجُ المُلْكِ بعد خمولِه
تَفَرْعَنَbecame a Pharaoh واستولَىand seized control علىover النهيprohibition والأمرِand command
تَفَرْعَنَ واستولَى على النهي والأمرِ
They say: Taj al-Mulk, after his obscurity,
They say the crown of kingship after his lethargy
has become a Pharaoh and seized the power to forbid and command.
Has become arrogant and taken over command and prohibition
فقلتُso I said لهمto them لاdo not تحسُدوهُenvy him وأبْصِرُواand consider
فقلتُ لهم لا تحسُدوهُ وأبْصِرُوا
عواقبَthe consequences ماwhat يأتيcomes بهwith it نُوَبُthe vicissitudes الدَّهرِof time
عواقبَ ما يأتي به نُوَبُ الدَّهرِ
So I said to them: Do not envy him; consider
So I said to them, do not envy him and see
the consequences of what time’s vicissitudes bring.
The consequences of what the turns of fate will bring
كأنيas though I بهِwith him والنصلُand the blade يأخذُtakes رأسَهُhis head
كأني بهِ والنصلُ يأخذُ رأسَهُ
وأطرافُهُand his limbs يُسلكْنَare threaded فيthrough الحَلَقِthe rings السُّمْرِthe dark ones
وأطرافُهُ يُسلكْنَ في الحَلَقِ السُّمْرِ
It is as though I see him, the blade taking his head,
It is as if I see him, and the sword takes his head
and his limbs being threaded through the dark rings.
And his limbs are threaded in the necklace of death
سَلواask اللّهَGod إبقاءَkeeping alive الوزيرِthe vizier فإنَّهُfor he
سَلوا اللّهَ إبقاءَ الوزيرِ فإنَّهُ
سيحمِلُهُhe will carry him يوماًone day علىupon مركَبٍa mount وَعْرِrough
سيحمِلُهُ يوماً على مركَبٍ وَعْرِ
Ask God to keep the vizier alive, for he
Ask Allah to keep the minister, for he
will one day carry him upon a rough mount—
Will one day carry him on a bier
علىupon مركبٍa mount لاdoes not يلقحُimpregnate الفحلُthe stallion أمَّهُits mother
على مركبٍ لا يلقحُ الفحلُ أمَّهُ
يعافىhe is spared علىupon متنيهِits two flanks منfrom ضَغْطةِthe squeeze القبرِof the grave
يعافى على متنيهِ من ضَغْطةِ القبرِ
upon a mount whose mother no stallion impregnates;
On a bier no stallion mounts its mother
upon its two flanks, he is spared the grave’s squeeze.
Relieved on its planks from the pressure of the grave
فإنْbut if فاتَهُhe escapes him واللّهُand God بالغُfulfills أمرِهHis purpose
فإنْ فاتَهُ واللّهُ بالغُ أمرِه
فأعمَىthen a blind man يُكَدِّيbegs فيin المساجدِthe mosques أوor يُقْرِيteaches recitation
فأعمَى يُكَدِّي في المساجدِ أو يُقْرِي
But if he escapes him—and God fulfills His purpose—
If he escapes him, and Allah fulfills His command
then he will be a blind man, begging in mosques or teaching recitation.
Then blind he wanders the mosques or recites the Quran
Sol 6.1