إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle اِستَهَلَّcried at birth الطِفلُthe infant قالَsaid وُلاتُهُhis guardians
إِذا ما اِستَهَلَّ الطِفلُ قالَ وُلاتُهُ
وَإِنand even if صَمَتواthey remained silent عانِendure الخُطوبَcalamities وَرَشقَهاand their volleys
وَإِن صَمَتوا عانِ الخُطوبَ وَرَشقَها
When the infant first cries, his guardians say—
even if they remain silent—“Endure calamities and their volleys.
شَقيناwe suffered بِدُنياناin our world عَلىdespite طولِthe long duration of دُدِّهاits amusement
شَقينا بِدُنيانا عَلى طولِ دُدِّها
فَدونَكَso here it is for you مارِسهاgrapple with it حَياتَكَyour lifetime وَاِشقَهاand suffer through it
فَدونَكَ مارِسها حَياتَكَ وَاِشقَها
We have suffered in our world, despite its long diversions;
so take it on: grapple with it all your life, and suffer through it.
وَلاand do not تُظهِرَنَّever display الزُّهدَascetic detachment فيهاfrom it فَكُلُّناfor each of us
وَلا تُظهِرَنَّ الزُّهدَ فيها فَكُلُّنا
شَهيدٌa witness بِأَنَّto the fact that القَلبَthe heart يُضمِرُsecretly harbors عِشقَهاpassionate love for it
شَهيدٌ بِأَنَّ القَلبَ يُضمِرُ عِشقَها
And never display ascetic detachment from it, for each of us
bears witness that the heart harbors a secret passion for it.”
Sol 6.1