اللَهُGod لاno رَيبَdoubt فيهِabout Him وَهوَand He مُحتَجِبٌveiled
اللَهُ لا رَيبَ فيهِ وَهوَ مُحتَجِبٌ
بادٍmanifest وَكُلٌّand each person إِلىtoward طَبعٍa nature لَهُof his own جَذَباhas drawn [Him]
بادٍ وَكُلٌّ إِلى طَبعٍ لَهُ جَذَبا
God is beyond doubt, and He is veiled,
God, no doubt of Him, though He is hidden
Yet manifest; and each has drawn Him toward his own nature.
The winds blow and all lean towards their innate dispositions
أَهلُthe people الحَياةِof life كَإِخوانِlike the brethren المَماتِof death فَأَهso think little— (word continues)
أَهلُ الحَياةِ كَإِخوانِ المَماتِ فَأَه
وِن(completes 'think little') بِالكُماةِof the armored warriors أَطالواthey lengthened السُمرَthe dusky spears وَالعَذَباand the streamers
وِن بِالكُماةِ أَطالوا السُمرَ وَالعَذَبا
The living are like their brothers among the dead; so think
The people of life are like brothers of death, so watch out
Little of armored warriors, though they lengthen their dusky spears and streamers.
For those bent on stillness have lingered over wine and sweetness
لايَعلَمُdoes not know الشَريُthe colocynth ماwhat أَلقىimparted مَرارَتَهُits bitterness
لايَعلَمُ الشَريُ ما أَلقى مَرارَتَهُ
إِلَيهِto it وَالأَريُand the honey لَمhas not يَشعُرperceived وَقَدthough it has عَذُباgrown sweet
إِلَيهِ وَالأَريُ لَم يَشعُر وَقَد عَذُبا
The colocynth knows not what imparted its bitterness
The evil know not what bitterness they have inflicted
To it; nor is honey aware, though it has grown sweet.
Upon it, nor the naked how they have been made to suffer
سَأَلتُمونيyou asked me فَأَعيَتنيbut it baffled me إِجابَتُكُمanswering you
سَأَلتُموني فَأَعيَتني إِجابَتُكُم
مَنwhoever اِدَّعىclaimed أَنَّهُthat he دارٍone who knows فَقَدthen indeed كَذِباhas lied
مَن اِدَّعى أَنَّهُ دارٍ فَقَد كَذِبا
You asked me, but answering you baffled me;
You asked me, so your asking wearied me -
Whoever claims that he knows has indeed lied.
Whoever claims he is lasting, he has lied
Sol 6.1