أَوقَدتَyou kindled ناراًa fire بِإِفتِكارَكَthrough your thought أَظهَرَتit revealed
أَوقَدتَ ناراً بِإِفتِكارَكَ أَظهَرَت
نَهجاًa path وَأَنتَand you عَلىin سَناهاits radiance عاشِdim-sighted
نَهجاً وَأَنتَ عَلى سَناها عاشِ
You kindled a fire through your thought that revealed
a path, yet you are dim-sighted in its radiance.
مُتَكَهِّنٌa soothsayer وَمُنَجِّمٌand an astrologer وَمُعَزِّمٌand a reciter of spells
مُتَكَهِّنٌ وَمُنَجِّمٌ وَمُعَزِّمٌ
وَجَميعُand all ذاكَof that تَحَيُّلٌartifice لِمَعاشِfor a livelihood
وَجَميعُ ذاكَ تَحَيُّلٌ لِمَعاشِ
A soothsayer, an astrologer, and a reciter of spells—
and all of that is artifice to earn a living.
قَدindeed أُرعِشَتwas made to tremble يَدُthe hand سائِلٍof a beggar مِنfrom كَبرَةٍold age
قَد أُرعِشَت يَدُ سائِلٍ مِن كَبرَةٍ
وَلِنائِلٍand for a gift بُسِطَتit was stretched out عَلىdespite الإِرعاشِthe trembling
وَلِنائِلٍ بُسِطَت عَلى الإِرعاشِ
A beggar's hand has been made to tremble by old age,
and held out for a gift, despite its trembling.
Sol 6.1