ليتنيwould that I كنتwere شجرهa tree
ليتني كنت شجره
بسفحon the slope of أرضa land مقفرهdesolate
بسفح أرض مقفره
Would that I were a tree
on the slope of a desolate land,
لاno ظلةshade فيهاin it ولاnor
لا ظلة فيها ولا
فيهاin it غصونbranches مثمرهfruit-bearing
فيها غصون مثمره
with no shade in it, nor
any fruit-bearing branches there,
حتىso that بهاat it لاno ناظرonlooker
حتى بها لا ناظر
يعيدrepeats فيهاat it نظرهhis gaze
يعيد فيها نظره
so that no one looking at it
would cast another glance its way.
فهوso it is لهfor him متروكةٌleft alone
فهو له متروكةٌ
فيin الحالthe present state لاnot مغيرهaltered
في الحال لا مغيره
Thus, for him, it is left alone,
in its present state, unchanged.
تشربit drinks منfrom ماءthe water of السماthe sky
تشرب من ماء السما
عروقهاits roots منتشرهoutspread
عروقها منتشره
It drinks from the water of the sky,
its roots spread wide.
لعلperhaps إنif هبتblew بهاagainst it
لعل إن هبت بها
ريحa wind غدتit became مدعثرهtoppled
ريح غدت مدعثره
Perhaps, should there blow against it
a wind, it would be toppled,
آمنةًsafe منfrom أنthat تكوit should be (continued)
آمنةً من أن تكو
نcompletion of 'it should be' فيamong العصاةthe disobedient الفجرهthe wicked
ن في العصاة الفجره
safe from being
among the disobedient, the wicked,
قدalready فارقواthey have left دنياهمtheir world
قد فارقوا دنياهم
وهمwhile they لعمريby my life كفرهunbelievers
وهم لعمري كفره
who have already left their world,
while, by my life, they are unbelievers.
فأنزلواthen they were brought down منfrom القصوthe palaces (continued)
فأنزلوا من القصو
رcompletion of 'palaces' العالياتthe lofty ones المقصرهlimited (reading uncertain)
ر العاليات المقصره
Then they were brought down from palaces,
lofty, yet limited,
إلىto بيتوتdwellings الوحشwild beasts والدand the (continues into 'worms')
إلى بيتوت الوحش والد
ديدانworms وهيand it is المقبرهthe grave
ديدان وهي المقبره
to the dwellings of wild beasts and
worms—and that is the grave.
وبعدهاand after it فيحشروthen they will be gathered (continued)
وبعدها فيحشرو
نcompletion of 'they will be gathered' زمرةa throng فيamid زمرهa throng
ن زمرة في زمره
And afterward they will be gathered,
throng amid throng,
لمحضرto an assembly وياand oh لهwhat a
لمحضر ويا له
منa محشرgathering ماhow أوعرهforbidding it is
من محشر ما أوعره
to an assembly—and oh, what
a gathering! How forbidding it is!
وبعدهand after it يدهدهوthey will be rolled headlong (continued)
وبعده يدهدهو
نcompletion of 'they will be rolled headlong' للجحيمinto Hell المسعرهblazing
ن للجحيم المسعره
And after it they will be rolled headlong
into the blazing Hell.
Sol 6.1