يَكونُis أَخوcompanion of الدُنياthis world ذَليلاًabased مُوَطَّأًtrodden underfoot
يَكونُ أَخو الدُنيا ذَليلاً مُوَطَّأً
وَإِنand even if قيلَit is said فيin الدَهرِtime الأَميرُthe prince المُؤَيَّدُthe supported one
وَإِن قيلَ في الدَهرِ الأَميرُ المُؤَيَّدُ
The world's companion is abased and trodden underfoot,
Even if, in his day, he is called "the well-supported prince."
وَلاand no بُدَّescape مِنfrom خَطبٍa calamity يُصيبُstrikes فُؤادَهُhis heart
وَلا بُدَّ مِن خَطبٍ يُصيبُ فُؤادَهُ
بِسَهمٍwith an arrow فَيُضحيso becomes الصائِدَthe hunter المُتَصَيِّدُthe hunted one
بِسَهمٍ فَيُضحي الصائِدَ المُتَصَيِّدُ
And some calamity is bound to strike his heart
With an arrow, so the hunter becomes the hunted.
بَقيتُI lived on وَإِنand although كانَwas البَقاءُliving on مُحَبَّباًbeloved
بَقيتُ وَإِن كانَ البَقاءُ مُحَبَّباً
إِلاyet أَنthat وَدَدتُI wished العَيشَlife لاnot يَتَزَيَّدُgrows longer
إِلا أَن وَدَدتُ العَيشَ لا يَتَزَيَّدُ
I have lived on, and though living on is dear,
Yet I wished that life would grow no longer.
وَسِرتُand I journeyed وَقَيديwhile my fetter بِالحَوادِثِby vicissitudes مُحكَمٌfirmly fastened
وَسِرتُ وَقَيدي بِالحَوادِثِ مُحكَمٌ
كَماjust as سارَtraveled بَيتُa line الشِعرِof poetry وَهُوَwhile it is مُقَيَّدِbound
كَما سارَ بَيتُ الشِعرِ وَهُوَ مُقَيَّدِ
And I journeyed, my fetter firmly fastened by life's vicissitudes,
Just as a line of poetry travels, though it is bound.
وَماand not العُمرُthe lifespan إِلّاexcept كَالبِناءِlike a building فَإِنso if يَزِدit grows
وَما العُمرُ إِلّا كَالبِناءِ فَإِن يَزِد
عَلىbeyond حَدِّهِits limit فَهُوَthen it is الرَفيعُthe lofty المُشَيَّدُthe towering
عَلى حَدِّهِ فَهُوَ الرَفيعُ المُشَيَّدُ
And life is but like a building: if it grows
Beyond its limit, it is a lofty, towering structure.
Sol 6.1