جُعِلتُmay I be made فِداكَyour ransom الدَهرُtime لَيسَis not بِمُنفَكِّfree
جُعِلتُ فِداكَ الدَهرُ لَيسَ بِمُنفَكِّ
مِنَfrom الحادِثِthe misfortune المَشكُوِّcomplained of وَالنازِلِand the calamity المُشكيprovoking complaint
مِنَ الحادِثِ المَشكُوِّ وَالنازِلِ المُشكي
May I be your ransom! Time is never free
I sacrifice myself for you, time does not relent
of misfortune lamented and calamity that prompts complaint.
From the trying events and continuous misfortunes,
وَماand not هَذهِthese الأَيّامُdays إِلّاexcept مَنازِلٌwaystations
وَما هَذهِ الأَيّامُ إِلّا مَنازِلٌ
فَمِنso among them is مَنزِلٍa lodging رَحبٍspacious وَمِنand among them is مَنزِلٍa lodging ضَنكِcramped
فَمِن مَنزِلٍ رَحبٍ وَمِن مَنزِلٍ ضَنكِ
And these days are nothing but waystations:
And these days are but stages,
some spacious lodgings, others cramped.
Some spacious and some narrow.
وَقَدand indeed هَذَّبَتكَhave refined you النائِباتُadversities وَرِنَّماand only (probable reading)
وَقَد هَذَّبَتكَ النائِباتُ وَرِنَّما
صَفاbecame pure الذَهَبُgold الإِبريزُpure قَبلَكَbefore you بِالسَبكِthrough smelting
صَفا الذَهَبُ الإِبريزُ قَبلَكَ بِالسَبكِ
Adversities have indeed refined you; and only
Difficulties have refined you and made you supple,
through smelting was fine gold purified before you.
Pure gold is assayed before being cast.
وَماand not أَنتَyou بِالمَهزوزِshaken جَأشاًat heart عَلىby الأَذىharm
وَما أَنتَ بِالمَهزوزِ جَأشاً عَلى الأَذى
وَلاnor المُتَفَرّيsplitting apart الجِلدَتَينِboth skins عَلىunder الدَعكِchafing
وَلا المُتَفَرّي الجِلدَتَينِ عَلى الدَعكِ
And you are not one whose heart is shaken by harm,
You are not one to panic in the face of harm,
nor one whose two skins split under chafing.
Nor flee from the arena in the face of confrontation.
عَلىdespite أَنَّهُthe fact that قَدindeed ضيمَhas been wronged فيin حَبسِكَyour imprisonment الهُدىguidance
عَلى أَنَّهُ قَد ضيمَ في حَبسِكَ الهُدى
وَأَضحىand has become بِكَwith you الإِسلامُIslam فيin قَبضَةِthe grip of الشِركِpolytheism
وَأَضحى بِكَ الإِسلامُ في قَبضَةِ الشِركِ
Yet guidance has indeed been wronged in your imprisonment,
Though wisdom has been straitened by your imprisonment,
and with you, Islam is now in the grip of polytheism.
And Islam made captive in the clutch of polytheism,
أَمَis there not (probable reading) فيin نَبِيِّthe prophet of اللَهِGod يوسُفَJoseph أَسوَةًan example
أَمَ في نَبِيِّ اللَهِ يوسُفَ أَسوَةً
لِمِثلِكَfor one like you مَحبوساًimprisoned عَلىthrough الظُلمِinjustice وَالرِفكِand falsehood (probable reading)
لِمِثلِكَ مَحبوساً عَلى الظُلمِ وَالرِفكِ
Is there not in God's prophet Joseph an example
Is there not a model in Allah's Prophet Joseph
for one like you, imprisoned through injustice and falsehood?
When one like you is imprisoned by injustice and savagery?
أَقامَhe maintained جَميلَbeautiful الصَبرِpatience فيin السِجنِprison بُرهَةًfor a time
أَقامَ جَميلَ الصَبرِ في السِجنِ بُرهَةً
فَآلَso led بِهِhim الصَبرُpatience الجَميلُbeautiful إِلىto المُلكِkingship
فَآلَ بِهِ الصَبرُ الجَميلُ إِلى المُلكِ
He maintained beautiful patience in prison for a time,
He endured handsomely in jail for a time,
and so beautiful patience led him to kingship.
And by his fine endurance this led in the end to the royal throne.
Sol 6.1