وَثِقتُI trusted بِسَعدٍin Saʿd فَماbut not أَفلَحَتproved fruitful
وَثِقتُ بِسَعدٍ فَما أَفلَحَت
أَمانَةُthe trustworthiness سَعدٍof Saʿd وَلاnor خَونُهُhis treachery
أَمانَةُ سَعدٍ وَلا خَونُهُ
I trusted Saʿd, but no good came of
I trusted in Sa'd, but neither
Saʿd’s honesty, nor of his treachery.
Sa'd's fidelity nor his perfidy succeeded.
وَقَدand indeed بَزَّsurpassed أَدهَمَهُhis black steed لَونُهُhis color
وَقَد بَزَّ أَدهَمَهُ لَونُهُ
فَراحَso he went off سَواءًalike وَبِرذَونُهُand his packhorse
فَراحَ سَواءً وَبِرذَونُهُ
And indeed his color outdid his black steed’s,
Yet now his dark complexion pales—
So he went off, he and his packhorse alike.
both are alike to him, tranquility or upheaval.
وَكَيفَand how سُكونيmy trust إِلىin غَيبِهِhis absence
وَكَيفَ سُكوني إِلى غَيبِهِ
وَلَونُand the color يَديof my hand (my favor) عِندَهُin his eyes لَونُهُhis color
وَلَونُ يَدي عِندَهُ لَونُهُ
And how can I trust him out of sight,
How can I be at peace in his absence
When, in his eyes, my hand has his own color?
when the color of my hand is the color of his?
Sol 6.1