نَفسٌa soul قَدِalready اِستَودَعتُI have entrusted جِسماًa body إِلىuntil أَمَدٍan appointed time
نَفسٌ قَدِ اِستَودَعتُ جِسماً إِلى أَمَدٍ
فَإِنso if تُفارِقهُit leaves it بِالمِقدارِby fate's decree لاnot يَعُدِit returns
فَإِن تُفارِقهُ بِالمِقدارِ لا يَعُدِ
A soul—I have entrusted it to a body until an appointed time;
A soul that has lodged itself in a body for a time
So if it leaves the body by fate's decree, the body will not return.
If it leaves it by decree, it will not return
أَوعِدthreaten وَعِدand promise سَوفَwill يَأتيcome بَعدَناafter us زَمَنٌa time
أَوعِد وَعِد سَوفَ يَأتي بَعدَنا زَمَنٌ
كَأَنَّناas though we فيهِin it لَمdid not نوعِدwe threaten وَلَمand did not نَعِدِwe promise
كَأَنَّنا فيهِ لَم نوعِد وَلَم نَعِدِ
Threaten and promise: a time will come after us
We make promises that a time will come after us
As though, in it, we had neither threatened nor promised.
As if we didn't promise or make appointments in it
تَصعّدَclimbed upward الفِكرُthought ثُمَّthen اِرتَدَّturned back مُنحَدِراًdescending
تَصعّدَ الفِكرُ ثُمَّ اِرتَدَّ مُنحَدِراً
فَحارَso it was bewildered بَينَbetween هُبوطِthe descent of المَلِكِthe king وَالصَعَدِand ascent
فَحارَ بَينَ هُبوطِ المَلِكِ وَالصَعَدِ
Thought climbed upward, then turned back, descending;
Thought ascends then retreats downhill
So it was bewildered between the king's descent and ascent.
Confused between the angel's descent and ascent
لَوif تَسلَكُit enters الروحُthe spirit فيinto الأَجبالِthe mountains عالِمَةًknowing
لَو تَسلَكُ الروحُ في الأَجبالِ عالِمَةً
كَعِلمِناlike our knowledge هَدَمَتهاit demolished them كِثرَةُthe abundance of الرَعدِthunder
كَعِلمِنا هَدَمَتها كِثرَةُ الرَعدِ
If the spirit were to enter the mountains, knowing
If the soul traverses mountains knowingly
As we do, the abundance of thunder would demolish them.
Our knowledge would destroy it like frequent thunder
Sol 6.1