دُنياكَyour world مَوموقَةٌbeloved
دُنياكَ مَوموقَةٌ
أَكثَرُmore مِنthan أُختِهاits sister
أَكثَرُ مِن أُختِها
Your world is beloved,
Your world is unsteady
more so than its sister.
More so than its sister
لَمdid not تُبقِleave; spare مِنof جَزلِهاits stout ones
لَم تُبقِ مِن جَزلِها
شَيئاًanything وَلاnor شَختِهاits slender ones
شَيئاً وَلا شَختِها
Of its stout ones it has left
It left nothing of its stoutness
nothing, nor of its slender ones.
Nor its nobility
أَتىcame عَلىupon ذَرِّهاits tiny ants الآthe com- (beginning of الآتي)
أَتى عَلى ذَرِّها الآ
تي-ing one (completing الآتي) عَلىupon بُختِهاits Bactrian camels
تي عَلى بُختِها
What destroyed its tiny ants
Time has passed on its atoms
destroyed its Bactrian camels.
And on its good fortune
فَاِنظُرso look إِلىat صُنعِهاits handiwork
فَاِنظُر إِلى صُنعِها
وَاِنظُرand look إِلىat بُختِهاits good fortune
وَاِنظُر إِلى بُختِها
So look at its handiwork,
So look upon its making
and look at its good fortune.
And look upon its fortune
Sol 6.1