لاdo not تُكرِمواhonor جَسَديmy body إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle حَلَّbefalls بيupon me
لا تُكرِموا جَسَدي إِذا ما حَلَّ بي
رَيبُcalamity المَنونِdeath فَلاfor there is no فَضيلَةَmerit لِلجَسَدfor the body
رَيبُ المَنونِ فَلا فَضيلَةَ لِلجَسَد
Do not honor my body when I am overtaken by
the calamity of death, for the body has no merit.
كَالبُردِlike a cloak كانَwas عَلىupon اللَوابِسِthe wearers نافِقاًin demand
كَالبُردِ كانَ عَلى اللَوابِسِ نافِقاً
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen فَنِيَتfaded بَشاشَتُهُits freshness كَسَدbecame unsaleable
حَتّى إِذا فَنِيَت بَشاشَتُهُ كَسَد
Like a cloak, it was in demand among its wearers,
until its freshness faded and it went unsold.
أَرواحُناour souls ظُلِمَتhave been wronged فَتِلكَfor those بُيوتِهاtheir homes
أَرواحُنا ظُلِمَت فَتِلكَ بُيوتِها
دُرُسٌworn-out ruins خَوَينَhave become empty مِنَof الضَغائِنِgrudges وَالحَسَدand envy
دُرُسٌ خَوَينَ مِنَ الضَغائِنِ وَالحَسَد
Our souls have been wronged, for those are their homes:
worn-out ruins, emptied of grudges and envy.
واروهُbury it مِنfrom قَبلِbefore الفَسادِdecay فَإِنَّهُfor it is
واروهُ مِن قَبلِ الفَسادِ فَإِنَّهُ
جِسمٌa body إِذاwhen فُقِدَتis lost حَرارَتُهُits warmth فَسَدdecays
جِسمٌ إِذا فُقِدَت حَرارَتُهُ فَسَد
Bury it before decay, for it is
a body that rots when its warmth is lost.
لاdo not تَغبِطواenvy without malice رَجُلاًa man عَلىfor ماwhat نالَهُhe attained it
لا تَغبِطوا رَجُلاً عَلى ما نالَهُ
إِنeven if باتَhas come to be قَدalready سادَruled الرِجالَmen وَلَمand has not يُسَدbeen ruled
إِن باتَ قَد سادَ الرِجالَ وَلَم يُسَد
Do not envy a man for what he has attained,
even if he has come to rule men and is ruled by none.
فَحَوادِثُfor the calamities الأَيّامِthe days غَيرُnot تَوارِكٍsparing
فَحَوادِثُ الأَيّامِ غَيرُ تَوارِكٍ
نَسرَthe Eagle النُجومِthe stars وَلاnor السَمّاكَal-Simak وَلاnor الأَسَدthe Lion
نَسرَ النُجومِ وَلا السَمّاكَ وَلا الأَسَد
For the calamities of time spare neither
the Eagle of the stars, nor al-Simak, nor the Lion.
Sol 6.1