تَقَنَّعbe content مِنَfrom الدُنياthe world بِلَمحٍwith a glimpse فَإِنَّهاfor she
تَقَنَّع مِنَ الدُنيا بِلَمحٍ فَإِنَّها
لَدىwith كُلِّevery زَوجٍhusband حائِضٌmenstruating ماnot لَهاfor her طُهرُpurity
لَدى كُلِّ زَوجٍ حائِضٌ ما لَها طُهرُ
Be content with a glimpse of the world, for she
Be content with a glimpse of this world, for with each spouse,
is menstruating with every husband, with no state of purity.
It is menstruating, it has no period of purity.
مَتىwhenever ماemphatic particle تُطَلِّقyou divorce تُعطِyou give مَهراًa dowry وَإِنand if تَزِدyou add more
مَتى ما تُطَلِّق تُعطِ مَهراً وَإِن تَزِد
فَنَفسُكَthen your soul بَعدَafter الدَينِdebt وَالراحَةِand repose المَهرُthe dowry
فَنَفسُكَ بَعدَ الدَينِ وَالراحَةِ المَهرُ
Whenever you divorce her, you give a dowry; and if you add more,
Whenever you divorce, you must pay a dowry, and if you marry,
then your soul, after debt and repose, is the dowry.
Yourself after the debt and comfort is the dowry.
وَلمand did not تَرَyou see بَطنَthe belly of الأَرضِthe earth يُلقيcasts لِظَهرِهاonto its back
وَلم تَرَ بَطنَ الأَرضِ يُلقي لِظَهرِها
رِجالاًmen كَماjust as يُلقىis cast إِلىinto بَطنِهاits belly الظَهرُthe back (surface)
رِجالاً كَما يُلقى إِلى بَطنِها الظَهرُ
And you have never seen the earth's belly cast onto its back
You have not seen the belly of the earth throw on its back
men, as those on its back are cast into its belly.
Men as its back is thrown into its belly.
بَنوsons of الشَرخِyouth زادواthey surpassed عَنbeyond بَنيsons of الشَيخِthe old man قوَّةٌstrength
بَنو الشَرخِ زادوا عَن بَني الشَيخِ قوَّةٌ
وَيَضعُفُand grows weak عَنbecause of ضُعفٍweakness بِقارِحِهِin its mature sire المُهرُthe colt
وَيَضعُفُ عَن ضُعفٍ بِقارِحِهِ المُهرُ
The young man's sons surpassed the old man's sons in strength,
The sons of vitality exceeded the sons of the Sheikh in strength,
and the colt grows weak from weakness in its mature sire.
And the experienced becomes weak after weakness with his opponent.
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle جَرَيناwe run وَالَّذينَand those who تَقَدَّمواwent before
إِذا ما جَرَينا وَالَّذينَ تَقَدَّموا
مَضواthey go on وَتَرامىand spreads فيwithin جَوانِحِناour chests البُهرُbreathlessness
مَضوا وَتَرامى في جَوانِحِنا البُهرُ
When we race with those who went before,
When we and those who preceded us raced,
they go on, while breathlessness spreads through our chests.
They passed away while perplexity crept into our consciences.
تَمَتَّعَenjoyed أَبكارُthe firstborn of الزَمانِtime بِأَيدِهِwith its might
تَمَتَّعَ أَبكارُ الزَمانِ بِأَيدِهِ
وَجِئناand we came بِوَهنٍin frailty بَعدَماafter خَرِفَgrew senile الدَهرُtime
وَجِئنا بِوَهنٍ بَعدَما خَرِفَ الدَهرُ
Time's firstborn enjoyed its might,
The virgins of time enjoyed its hands,
and we came in frailty after Time had grown senile.
And we came in decline after the epoch grew old.
فَلَيتَso, if only الفَتىthe young man كَالبَدرِlike the full moon جُدِّدَwas renewed عُمرُهُhis life
فَلَيتَ الفَتى كَالبَدرِ جُدِّدَ عُمرُهُ
يَعودُhe returns هِلالاًas a crescent كُلَّماwhenever فَنِيَcame to an end الشَهرُthe month
يَعودُ هِلالاً كُلَّما فَنِيَ الشَهرُ
If only a young man, like the full moon, had his life renewed,
If only the youth were renewed like the moon in his life,
returning as a crescent whenever the month is spent.
Returning crescent after the month passes away.
Sol 6.1