قَدindeed وَعَظَتنيhave admonished me بِكَthrough you اللَياليthe nights
قَد وَعَظَتني بِكَ اللَيالي
بِغَيرِهِthrough someone other than himself يوعِظُis admonished السَعيدُthe fortunate man
بِغَيرِهِ يوعِظُ السَعيدُ
The nights have indeed admonished me through you;
the fortunate man takes warning from another.
أُبدِئbegin قِلىًhatred أَوor أَعِدrenew جَفاءًestrangement
أُبدِئ قِلىً أَو أَعِد جَفاءً
فَرَبُّكَfor your Lord المُبدِئُthe Originator المُعيدُthe Restorer
فَرَبُّكَ المُبدِئُ المُعيدُ
Begin with hatred, or renew estrangement,
for your Lord is the Originator, the Restorer.
أَنتَyou أَميرٌa prince وَأَنتَand you قاضٍa judge
أَنتَ أَميرٌ وَأَنتَ قاضٍ
وَشَأنُكَand your business الوَعدُpromise وَالوَعيدُand threat
وَشَأنُكَ الوَعدُ وَالوَعيدُ
You are a prince, and you are a judge,
and your business is promise and threat—
كَاليَومُlike the day بانَتbecame evident فَضيلَتاهُits two distinctions
كَاليَومُ بانَت فَضيلَتاهُ
بِأَنَّهُin that it is جُمعَةٌFriday وَعيدُand a feast day
بِأَنَّهُ جُمعَةٌ وَعيدُ
like the day whose two distinctions shone forth
in being both Friday and a feast day.
ثُمَّthen اِنقَضىpassed away فَهُوَso it is غَيرُnot آتٍcoming
ثُمَّ اِنقَضى فَهُوَ غَيرُ آتٍ
مِنamong وَصفِهِits descriptions النازِحُfar-removed البَعيدُdistant
مِن وَصفِهِ النازِحُ البَعيدُ
Then it passed away, never to return;
among its epithets are “far-removed” and “distant.”
تُعاقِبُalternate with الأَنعُمُblessings الرَزاياcalamities
تُعاقِبُ الأَنعُمُ الرَزايا
وَيَخلُفُand succeeds الجابِهَthe head-on omen القَعيدُthe omen from behind
وَيَخلُفُ الجابِهَ القَعيدُ
Blessings alternate with calamities,
and the omen from behind succeeds the head-on omen.
أَحسِنhow fine! بِماthat which القَيلُthe king فيهِin it غادٍgoing forth at dawn
أَحسِن بِما القَيلُ فيهِ غادٍ
لَولَمif not يَكُنwere قَصرَهُhis palace الصَعيدُthe dust
لَولَم يَكُن قَصرَهُ الصَعيدُ
How fine is that in which the king goes forth at dawn,
were the dust not his palace!
Sol 6.1