إِذاif زادَكَincreases your المالُwealth اِفتِقاراًpoverty وَحاجَةًand need
إِذا زادَكَ المالُ اِفتِقاراً وَحاجَةً
إِلىto جامِعيهِthose who amass it فَالثَراءُthen riches هُوَit الفَقرُpoverty
إِلى جامِعيهِ فَالثَراءُ هُوَ الفَقرُ
If wealth makes you poorer and more in need
of those who amass it, then riches are poverty.
أَلَمhave you not تَرَsee أَنَّthat المَلكَthe king لَيسَis not بِدائِمٍlasting
أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ المَلكَ لَيسَ بِدائِمٍ
عَلىover مُلكِهِhis kingdom إِلّاexcept وَعَسكَرُهُand his army وِقرُa burden
عَلى مُلكِهِ إِلّا وَعَسكَرُهُ وِقرُ
Have you not seen that a king cannot remain
ruling his kingdom without his army weighing upon him?
تَتَبُّعُfollows آثارَtraces الرِياضِthe meadows حَمامَةٌa dove
تَتَبُّعُ آثارَ الرِياضِ حَمامَةٌ
وَيُعجِبُهاand delights her فيماin what تُزاوِلُهُshe engages in it النَقرُpecking
وَيُعجِبُها فيما تُزاوِلُهُ النَقرُ
A dove follows the traces of the meadows,
and, in her pursuits, pecking delights her.
تَهُمُّshe intends بِنَهضٍto rise ثُمَّthen تَثنيshe turns back بِرَغبَةٍout of desire
تَهُمُّ بِنَهضٍ ثُمَّ تَثني بِرَغبَةٍ
فَماso not شَعَرَتshe noticed حَتّىuntil أُتيحَwas brought لَهاfor her صَقرُa falcon
فَما شَعَرَت حَتّى أُتيحَ لَها صَقرُ
She means to take flight, then turns back out of desire,
and she noticed nothing until a falcon came upon her.
وَقدَand already عَرَّفَتهاhad informed her أُمُّهاher mother أَمسِyesterday شَرَّهُits evil
وَقدَ عَرَّفَتها أُمُّها أَمسِ شَرَّهُ
وَأَنَّand that الرَدىdeath يَقروroams المَكانَthe place الَّذيwhich تَقروshe roams
وَأَنَّ الرَدى يَقرو المَكانَ الَّذي تَقرو
Yet her mother had told her yesterday of its evil,
and that death roams the place she roams.
وَمَنand whoever حانَmet his doom يوماًone day جارَoppressed فيin عَينيهِhis eyes عَمىًblindness
وَمَن حانَ يوماً جارَ في عَينيهِ عَمىً
وَفيand in لُبِهِhis mind ضَعفٌweakness وَفيand in سَمِعهِhis hearing وَقرُdeafness
وَفي لُبِهِ ضَعفٌ وَفي سَمِعهِ وَقرُ
And whoever meets his doom one day—blindness oppresses his eyes,
with weakness in his mind and deafness in his hearing.
Sol 6.1