قَدindeed سائَهاdistressed her العُقمُbarrenness لاnot ضَمَّتshe embraced وَلاand not وَلَدَتshe gave birth
قَد سائَها العُقمُ لا ضَمَّت وَلا وَلَدَت
وَذاكَand that خَيرٌbetter لَهاfor her لَوif أُعطِيَتshe were granted رَشَداsound judgment
وَذاكَ خَيرٌ لَها لَو أُعطِيَت رَشَدا
Barrenness has grieved her: she has neither embraced nor borne a child.
And that is better for her, if only she were granted sound judgment.
ماnot يَأخُذُtakes المَوتُdeath مِنfrom نَفسٍa soul لِمُنفَرِدٍbelonging to a solitary person
ما يَأخُذُ المَوتُ مِن نَفسٍ لِمُنفَرِدٍ
شَيئاًanything سِواهاother than it إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle اِغتالَslays by stealth وَاِحتَشَداand musters its forces
شَيئاً سِواها إِذا ما اِغتالَ وَاِحتَشَدا
Death takes from a solitary soul
Nothing but that soul itself, when it slays by stealth and musters its forces.
وَمُنشِدُand the proclaimer الخَيرِgoodness لاnot تُصغيlistens attentively لَهُto him أُذُنٌan ear
وَمُنشِدُ الخَيرِ لا تُصغي لَهُ أُذُنٌ
قَدindeed ضَلَّhas been lost مُذsince كانَتِcame into being الدُنِّياthe world فَماand was not نُشِداsought
قَد ضَلَّ مُذ كانَتِ الدُنِّيا فَما نُشِدا
And no ear listens to the proclaimer of goodness;
It has been lost since the world began, and has never been sought.
Sol 6.1