إِذاif ماever (emphatic) بيعَةٌa church زيرَتis visited لِغَيٍّfor wrongdoing
إِذا ما بيعَةٌ زيرَت لِغَيٍّ
فَأَعطِthen give لِهَجرِهاto forsake it أَيمانَoaths بَيعَهa pledge of allegiance
فَأَعطِ لِهَجرِها أَيمانَ بَيعَه
If ever a church is visited for wrongdoing,
Then give your sworn pledge to forsake it.
وَلاand do not تَجعَلكَmake you لِلأَيّامِfor the days كَلباًa dog
وَلا تَجعَلكَ لِلأَيّامِ كَلباً
ظِباءٌgazelles مِنfrom ذُؤَيبَةَDhuʾaybah أَوor سُبَيعَهSubayʿah
ظِباءٌ مِن ذُؤَيبَةَ أَو سُبَيعَه
And do not let yourself be made the days’ dog
By gazelles from Dhuʾaybah or Subayʿah.
فَإِنَّfor indeed الدَهرَtime يَنقُلُchanges كُلَّevery حالٍstate
فَإِنَّ الدَهرَ يَنقُلُ كُلَّ حالٍ
كَماjust as نَقَلَtransferred الحُكومَةَjudicial authority مِنfrom ضُبَيعَهḌubayʿah
كَما نَقَلَ الحُكومَةَ مِن ضُبَيعَه
For indeed time changes every state,
As it transferred judicial authority from Ḍubayʿah.
Sol 6.1