أَفطِرbreak your fast وَصُمand fast وَأَفطِرand break your fast خائِفاًfearfully
أَفطِر وَصُم وَأَفطِر خائِفاً
صَومُfast المَنِيَّةِdeath لَهُfor it إِفطارُbreaking the fast
صَومُ المَنِيَّةِ لَهُ إِفطارُ
Break your fast and fast, and break your fast in fear;
Fast and fast while in fear
death’s fast has its breaking.
The fast from death has a breakfast
وَأُراعُand I am frightened مِنby تِربيmy peer وَلاand not أَرتاعُI am afraid مِنof
وَأُراعُ مِن تِربي وَلا أَرتاعُ مِن
تُربيmy dust وَفيand in قُربِnearness الأَنيسِthe companion خِطارُperil
تُربي وَفي قُربِ الأَنيسِ خِطارُ
And I am frightened by my peer, but am not afraid of
I'm wary of my soil yet not wary
my dust; and in a companion’s nearness lies peril.
Of my soil, though near a loved one there is danger
مَنwho كَالصَعيدِlike the earth الحُرِّpure مِنamong أَبنائِهِits children
مَن كَالصَعيدِ الحُرِّ مِن أَبنائِهِ
زَهرُflowers الرَبيعِspring وَرَوضُهُand its meadow المِعطارُfragrant
زَهرُ الرَبيعِ وَرَوضُهُ المِعطارُ
Who is like the pure earth, among whose children
One who is like free soil among its sons
are spring’s flowers and its fragrant meadow?
Is the flower of spring and its fragrant meadow
وَكَأَنَّand as though فيin كَفِّthe palm الزَمانِtime بِنَورِهِwith its blossoms
وَكَأَنَّ في كَفِّ الزَمانِ بِنَورِهِ
قُطُراًaloeswood تُعَمُّare pervaded بِنَشرِهِby its fragrance الأَقطارُthe lands
قُطُراً تُعَمُّ بِنَشرِهِ الأَقطارُ
And it is as though, with its blossoms, time’s palm held
As if in the hand of time, with its light
aloeswood whose fragrance pervades the lands.
Were drops that spread with their scattering the horizons
مُتَمَطِّرينَhastening إِلىtoward الخِيانَةِtreachery وَالأَذىand harm
مُتَمَطِّرينَ إِلى الخِيانَةِ وَالأَذى
وَهُمُand they السَحائِبُthe clouds مالَهاthey have no إِمطارُrainfall
وَهُمُ السَحائِبُ مالَها إِمطارُ
They hasten toward treachery and harm,
Inclined toward treachery and harm
yet they are clouds that shed no rain.
While they are the clouds, not prone to rain
وَمِنَand among الفَضيلَةِvirtue لِلجَوامِدِfor inanimate things أَنَّهاthat they
وَمِنَ الفَضيلَةِ لِلجَوامِدِ أَنَّها
لاno حِسَّsensation يَتبَعُهاattends them وَلاand no أَوطارُdesires
لا حِسَّ يَتبَعُها وَلا أَوطارُ
And one virtue of inanimate things is that
Of virtues for solids, that they
no sensation attends them, nor any desires.
Have no feelings to follow them or habits
تَخِذَhas taken الغُرابُthe raven عَلىupon المَفارِقِthe hair-partings مَوقِعاًa perch
تَخِذَ الغُرابُ عَلى المَفارِقِ مَوقِعاً
وَلَقَدand indeed عَلِمتُI knew بِأَنَّهُthat it سَيُطارُwill be made to fly away
وَلَقَد عَلِمتُ بِأَنَّهُ سَيُطارُ
The raven has taken a perch upon the hair-partings,
The crow takes as its place the separations
and I know full well that it will be made to fly away.
And I knew that it would soon fly away
Sol 6.1