ماwhat ليfor me أرىI see الدُّنياthe world تشوtaints (continued)
ما لي أرى الدُّنيا تشو
بُcompletes 'taints' لناfor us المسرَّةjoy بالفجايعwith calamities
بُ لنا المسرَّة بالفجايع
Why do I see the world tainting
Why do I see the world being adorned
our joy with calamities?
With joys derived from tragedies?
يَسعىstrives الفَتىthe young man فيهاin it وماand not
يَسعى الفَتى فيها وما
يَدريknows الفتىthe young man ماwhat الدهرُTime صانِعwill do
يَدري الفتى ما الدهرُ صانِع
The young man strives in it, yet
The youth strives in it, not knowing
the young man knows not what Time will do.
What fate has in store for him.
وَمغانمُand the gains الأيّامِof the days لمnot
وَمغانمُ الأيّامِ لم
تكُbeen عندَهاin their keeping إلَّاexcept ودائعdeposits
تكُ عندَها إلَّا ودائع
And the gains of the days have not
The spoils of days were not with it
been anything but deposits in their keeping.
Except as trusts placed with others.
هنَّthey اللياليthe nights المعطياthe givers (continued)
هنَّ الليالي المعطيا
تُcompletes 'the givers' لَناto us وهنَّand they موانِعwithholders
تُ لَنا وهنَّ موانِع
The nights are the givers
Those were nights that gave generously,
to us, and they are withholders.
And those were the withholders.
إيّاكَbeware بلnay إيّاكَbeware أنlest
إيّاكَ بل إيّاكَ أن
تزريbring discredit بشيمتِكon your character المطامِعgreedy desires
تزري بشيمتِك المطامِع
Beware—nay, beware—lest
Beware, beware of maligning
greedy desires bring discredit on your character.
Your noble traits out of greed.
واِحذرand beware تقاطعyou sever ties with منone who يواmaintains ties (continued)
واِحذر تقاطع من يوا
صلcompletes 'maintains ties' أَوor تواصلyou maintain ties with مَنone who يقاطِعsevers ties
صل أَو تواصل مَن يقاطِع
And beware of severing ties with one who keeps
And beware of severing ties with one
them, or keeping ties with one who severs them.
Who stays connected or connects with one severed.
وَمَتىand whenever زرعتَyou sow حصدتَyou reap أنyou (continued)
وَمَتى زرعتَ حصدتَ أن
تَcompletes 'you' مُسارعاًswiftly ماwhat أنتyou زارِعsowing
تَ مُسارعاً ما أنت زارِع
And whenever you sow, you yourself reap—
Whenever you plant, you reap that
swiftly—what you are sowing.
You hasten what you did not plant.
ماno فيamong الأنامhumankind تفاضلٌdifference in merit
ما في الأنام تفاضلٌ
لولاwere it not for التَّفاضلُdifferences in merit فيin الطَبايعnatural dispositions
لولا التَّفاضلُ في الطَبايع
There would be no difference in merit among humankind
Among people there is no superiority
were it not for differences in character.
Except for the superiority of natures.
Sol 6.1