ذَهَبَhave gone الرِجالُthe men المُقتَدىemulated بِفِعالِهِمin their deeds
ذَهَبَ الرِجالُ المُقتَدى بِفِعالِهِم
وَالمُنكِرونَand those who denounce لِكُلِّof every أَمرِact مُنكَرِreprehensible
وَالمُنكِرونَ لِكُلِّ أَمرِ مُنكَرِ
Gone are the men whose deeds were examples to follow,
The men whose deeds were models to be followed have passed away,
and those who denounced every reprehensible act.
As have those who denounced every reprehensible act.
وَبَقيتُand I am left فيamong خَلَفٍsuccessors يَزَيِّنُembellishes بَعضُهُمsome of them
وَبَقيتُ في خَلَفٍ يَزَيِّنُ بَعضُهُم
بَعضاًothers لِيَدفَعَto fend off مُعوِراًa flawed man عَنfrom مُعوِرِa flawed man
بَعضاً لِيَدفَعَ مُعوِراً عَن مُعوِرِ
And I am left among successors, some of whom embellish
I remain among a successor generation who embellish one another with praise,
others, to fend off one flawed man from another.
Shielding one man of vice from another of vice.
سَلَكواthey followed بِنِيّاتِbyways الطَريقِthe road فَأَصبَحواand so they became
سَلَكوا بِنِيّاتِ الطَريقِ فَأَصبَحوا
مُتَنَكِّبينَturning aside عَنِfrom الطَريقِthe road الأَكبَرِthe greater
مُتَنَكِّبينَ عَنِ الطَريقِ الأَكبَرِ
They followed the road’s byways and ended up
They pursued the obscure byways, and thus became
turning aside from the main road.
Wanderers veering far from the Great Road.
Sol 6.1