تَوَحَّدlive alone فَإِنَّfor indeed اللَهَGod رَبَّكَyour Lord واحِدٌone
تَوَحَّد فَإِنَّ اللَهَ رَبَّكَ واحِدٌ
وَلاand do not تَرغَبَنever desire فيin عِشرَةِcompanionship الرُؤَساءِthe rulers
وَلا تَرغَبَن في عِشرَةِ الرُؤَساءِ
Live alone, for God, your Lord, is One.
And never seek the company of rulers.
يُقِلُّlessens الأَذىharm وَالعَيبَand reproach فيin ساحَةِthe courtyard of الفَتىthe young man
يُقِلُّ الأَذى وَالعَيبَ في ساحَةِ الفَتى
وَإِنand even if هُوَhe أَكدىis destitute قِلَّةُthe fewness of الجُلَساءِcompanions
وَإِن هُوَ أَكدى قِلَّةُ الجُلَساءِ
Harm and reproach in a young man's courtyard are lessened—
even if he is destitute—by having few companions.
فَأُفٍّso fie! لِعَصرَيهِمon their two times نَهارٍday وَحِندِسٍand pitch-dark night
فَأُفٍّ لِعَصرَيهِم نَهارٍ وَحِندِسٍ
وَجِنسَيand both kinds رِجالٍmen مِنهُمُamong them وَنِساءِand women
وَجِنسَي رِجالٍ مِنهُمُ وَنِساءِ
So fie on both their times: day and pitch-dark night,
and on both kinds among them: men and women.
وَلَيتَand would that وَليداًan infant ماتَhad died ساعَةَat the moment of وَضعِهِhis birth
وَلَيتَ وَليداً ماتَ ساعَةَ وَضعِهِ
وَلَمand had not يَرتَضِعsuckled مِنfrom أُمِّهِhis mother النُفَساءِin childbed
وَلَم يَرتَضِع مِن أُمِّهِ النُفَساءِ
Would that an infant had died the moment he was born,
and had not suckled from his mother in childbed.
يَقولُhe says لَهاto her مِنfrom قَبلِbefore نُطقِthe speaking of لِسانِهِhis tongue
يَقولُ لَها مِن قَبلِ نُطقِ لِسانِهِ
تُفيدينَyou gain بيthrough me أَنthat تُنكَبيyou are afflicted وَتُسائيand you are grieved
تُفيدينَ بي أَن تُنكَبي وَتُسائي
He says to her before his tongue can speak:
"Through me you gain affliction and grief."
Sol 6.1