ماwhat ليails me رَأَيتُI have seen صُنوفَthe kinds of الباطِلِfalsehood اِشتَبَهَتbecame alike
ما لي رَأَيتُ صُنوفَ الباطِلِ اِشتَبَهَت
فَلَمyet did not تَزَلyou displace بِقِرانِby the conjunction of المُشتَريJupiter زُحَلاSaturn
فَلَم تَزَل بِقِرانِ المُشتَري زُحَلا
Why do I find the kinds of falsehood so alike?
Yet conjunction with Jupiter has not displaced Saturn.
عَبدانِtwo servants لِلَّهِof God سَيّارانِtwo wanderers ماnever سَئِماboth grew weary
عَبدانِ لِلَّهِ سَيّارانِ ما سَئِما
طولَthe length of المَسيرِthe journey إِذاwhen مَلَّgrew weary of الفَتىthe young man الرَحَلاtravel
طولَ المَسيرِ إِذا مَلَّ الفَتى الرَحَلا
Two servants of God, ever wandering, who have never tired
of the long journey, even when a young man wearies of travel.
وَماand not اِستَفَزَّهُماemboldened them both الاِمهالُthe granting of respite فَاِدَّعَياso that both claimed
وَما اِستَفَزَّهُما الاِمهالُ فَاِدَّعَيا
بِالجَهلِin ignorance ماwhat قالَهُhe said it المَغرورُthe deluded one وَاِنتَحَلاand falsely claimed
بِالجَهلِ ما قالَهُ المَغرورُ وَاِنتَحَلا
Nor has respite emboldened them to claim
in ignorance what the deluded one declared and falsely claimed.
إِنif يَنظُراthey both behold أَعيُناًeyes رُمداًsore فَماthen not رَمِداboth became sore-eyed
إِن يَنظُرا أَعيُناً رُمداً فَما رَمِدا
وَلاnor بِغَيرِwith anything other than سَوادِthe blackness of الحِندِسِdeepest night اِكتَحَلاboth applied kohl to their eyes
وَلا بِغَيرِ سَوادِ الحِندِسِ اِكتَحَلا
If they behold sore eyes, they do not become sore-eyed,
nor have they used any kohl but the blackness of deepest night.
Sol 6.1