رامَ دُنياهُ ناسِكٌ

رامَ دُنياهُ ناسِكٌ

فَاِدَّعى النُسكَ وَاِنتَحَل

فَاِدَّعى النُسكَ وَاِنتَحَل

An ascetic sought this world of his,

An ascetic sought his worldly gain,

then claimed renunciation, falsely assuming its guise.

so he professed asceticism and falsely claimed it.

أَصبَحَ المُفتَري عَلى اللَهِ

أَصبَحَ المُفتَري عَلى اللَهِ

قَد ذَلَّ وَاِضمَحَلّ

قَد ذَلَّ وَاِضمَحَلّ

He who fabricated lies against God

The fabricator of lies against God has become

ended in abasement and decline.

abased indeed, and has faded away.

بَينَما يَعمُرُ المَنا

بَينَما يَعمُرُ المَنا

زِلَ قالوا قَدِ اِرتَحَل

زِلَ قالوا قَدِ اِرتَحَل

While he was building his dwell—

While he was building the dwell-

ings, they said, “He has departed.”

ings, they said, "He has departed."

عَزَّ رَبُّ النُجومِ تَس

عَزَّ رَبُّ النُجومِ تَس

ري وَلا تَسأَمُ الرَحَل

ري وَلا تَسأَمُ الرَحَل

Mighty is the Lord of the stars; they

Exalted is the Lord of the stars; they jour-

journey by night, never weary of travel.

ney by night and never tire of travel.

أَيَنامُ السِماكُ أَم

أَيَنامُ السِماكُ أَم

هُوَ بِالغُمضِ ما اِكتَحَل

هُوَ بِالغُمضِ ما اِكتَحَل

Does al-Simāk sleep, or

Does al-Simak sleep, or

has it never lined its eyes with slumber?

has it never lined its eyes with slumber?

جَهِلَ المُشتَري وَإِن

جَهِلَ المُشتَري وَإِن

كانَ في الخَيرِ ذا مَحَل

كانَ في الخَيرِ ذا مَحَل

Jupiter did not know—though

Jupiter did not know, although

it occupied an auspicious station—

it held a station in goodness,

أَيُّ ذَنبٍ أَصابَهُ

أَيُّ ذَنبٍ أَصابَهُ

فَسَما فَوقَهُ زُحَل

فَسَما فَوقَهُ زُحَل

what sin had befallen it,

what sin it had committed,

so that Saturn rose above it.

that Saturn rose above it.