أَتَدريdo ... know? النُجومُthe stars بِماof what عِندَناis with us
أَتَدري النُجومُ بِما عِندَنا
وَتَشكوand complain مِنَfrom الأَينِweariness أَسفارَهاtheir journeys
وَتَشكو مِنَ الأَينِ أَسفارَها
Do the stars know what we have here,
And, from weariness, complain of their journeys,
وَتَغبِطُand envy غانِيَةًa beautiful woman فيamong النِساthe women (word continues)
وَتَغبِطُ غانِيَةً في النِسا
ءِcompletes 'women' تَعبِطُkills without cause فيin بَيتِهاher house فارَهاher mouse
ءِ تَعبِطُ في بَيتِها فارَها
And envy a beautiful woman among women,
Who kills her mouse without cause in her house?
بَنيchildren of آدَمٍAdam كُلُّكُمall of you ظالِمٌunjust
بَني آدَمٍ كُلُّكُم ظالِمٌ
فَماfor ... not تُنصِفُtreats justly العَينُthe eye أَشفارَهاits eyelid rims
فَما تُنصِفُ العَينُ أَشفارَها
Children of Adam, each of you is unjust;
For even the eye is unfair to its eyelids.
وَقَدand already أَهِلَتhas become peopled بِالخَنىwith obscenity دارُكُمyour abode
وَقَد أَهِلَت بِالخَنى دارُكُم
فَلاso may ... not أَبعَدَput far off اللَهُGod إِقفارَهاits desolation
فَلا أَبعَدَ اللَهُ إِقفارَها
And your abode is already peopled with obscenity;
So may God not keep its desolation far away.
وَيَلهَمُand devours نُسّاكَهاits ascetics تُربُهاits soil
وَيَلهَمُ نُسّاكَها تُربُها
كَماjust as ظَلَّhas continued يَلهَمُdevouring كُفّارَهاits unbelievers
كَما ظَلَّ يَلهَمُ كُفّارَها
And its soil devours its ascetics,
Just as it has kept devouring its unbelievers.
فَهَلthen, has ...? قامَrisen مِنfrom لَحدِهِhis grave مَيِّتٌa dead man
فَهَل قامَ مِن لَحدِهِ مَيِّتٌ
يَعيبُfinds fault عَلىwith النَفسِthe soul إِخفارَهاits breach of covenant
يَعيبُ عَلى النَفسِ إِخفارَها
Has any dead man, then, risen from his grave,
Finding fault with the soul for breaking its covenant,
يَقولُsays جَنَيناwe committed ذُنوباًsins لَناfor us
يَقولُ جَنَينا ذُنوباً لَنا
وَجَدناwe found المُهَيمِنَthe Guardian غَفّارَهاever-forgiving of them
وَجَدنا المُهَيمِنَ غَفّارَها
Saying, 'We committed sins of our own;
We found the Guardian ever forgiving of them'?
كَأَنَّas though حَياةَthe life of الفَتىthe young man لَيلَةٌa night
كَأَنَّ حَياةَ الفَتى لَيلَةٌ
يُرَجّيhopes for أَخوone endowed with اللُبِّreason إِسفارَهاits dawn
يُرَجّي أَخو اللُبِّ إِسفارَها
A man's life is like a night
Whose dawn the man of reason hopes for.
مَضىpassed away المَرءُthe man موسىMoses وَأَضحَتand came to be يَهوthe Jews (word continues)
مَضى المَرءُ موسى وَأَضحَت يَهو
دُcompletes 'Jews' تَتلوreciting عَلىthroughout الدَهرِthe ages أَسفارَهاtheir books
دُ تَتلو عَلى الدَهرِ أَسفارَها
The man Moses passed away, and the Jews have been
Reciting their books through the ages.
نُقَلِّمُwe trim لِلنُسكِfor religious observance أَظفارَناour nails
نُقَلِّمُ لِلنُسكِ أَظفارَنا
وَطَوَّلَتِand has lengthened الهِندُIndia أَظفارَهاher nails
وَطَوَّلَتِ الهِندُ أَظفارَها
We trim our nails for religious observance,
And India has let her nails grow long.
Sol 6.1