إِذاwhen الحَيُّthe living man أُلبِسَis clothed أَكفانَهُhis shrouds
إِذا الحَيُّ أُلبِسَ أَكفانَهُ
فَقَدthen indeed فَنِيَhas perished اللُبسُthe clothing وَاللابِسُand the wearer
فَقَد فَنِيَ اللُبسُ وَاللابِسُ
When the living man is clothed in his shrouds,
then clothing and wearer alike have perished.
وَيَبلىand decays المُحَيّاthe face فَلاso no ضاحِكٌone smiling
وَيَبلى المُحَيّا فَلا ضاحِكٌ
إِذاwhen سَرَّgladdens دَهرٌtime وَلاnor عابِسُone frowning
إِذا سَرَّ دَهرٌ وَلا عابِسُ
And the face decays, neither smiling
when time brings joy, nor frowning.
وَيُحبَسُand he is confined فيin جَدَثٍa grave ضَيِّقٍnarrow
وَيُحبَسُ في جَدَثٍ ضَيِّقٍ
وَلَيسَand is not بِمُطلِقِهِone to release him الحابِسُthe jailer
وَلَيسَ بِمُطلِقِهِ الحابِسُ
And he is confined in a narrow grave,
and his jailer will not set him free.
فَماso not هُوَhe فيamong سَلَفٍthose gone before سائِرٌjourneying
فَما هُوَ في سَلَفٍ سائِرٌ
وَلاnor هُوَhe فيin حِندِسٍpitch darkness قابِسُseeking a flame
وَلا هُوَ في حِندِسٍ قابِسُ
So he does not journey among those gone before,
nor does he seek a flame in pitch darkness.
يُجاوِرُhe dwells beside قَوماًpeople أَجادواthey excelled in العِظاتَthe admonitions
يُجاوِرُ قَوماً أَجادوا العِظاتَ
وَماyet not فيهِمُamong them أَحَدٌanyone نابِسُuttering a word
وَما فيهِمُ أَحَدٌ نابِسُ
He dwells beside people who have excelled in admonition,
yet not one of them utters a word.
Sol 6.1