تَبارَكتَBlessed are You إِنَّindeed المَوتَdeath فَرضٌan obligation عَلىupon الفَتىthe young man
تَبارَكتَ إِنَّ المَوتَ فَرضٌ عَلى الفَتى
وَلَوand even if أَنَّهُthat he بَعضُone of النُجومِthe stars الَّتيthat تَسريtravel by night
وَلَو أَنَّهُ بَعضُ النُجومِ الَّتي تَسري
Blessed are You: death is ordained for every man,
even if he were one of the stars that journey by night.
وَرُبَّand many a اِمرِئٍman كَالنَسرِlike an eagle فيin العِزِّglory وَالعُلاand loftiness
وَرُبَّ اِمرِئٍ كَالنَسرِ في العِزِّ وَالعُلا
هَوىfell بِسِنانٍby a spear-point مِثلِlike قادِمَةِa primary flight feather النَسرِof the eagle
هَوى بِسِنانٍ مِثلِ قادِمَةِ النَسرِ
And many a man, like an eagle in glory and loftiness,
has fallen to a spear-point like an eagle's primary feather.
وَهَوَّنَand has eased مانَلقىwhat we endure مِنَof البُؤسِmisery أَنَّناthat we
وَهَوَّنَ مانَلقى مِنَ البُؤسِ أَنَّنا
بَنوsons of سَفَرٍtravel أَوor عابِرونَthose crossing عَلىover جِسرِa bridge
بَنو سَفَرٍ أَو عابِرونَ عَلى جِسرِ
And what has eased the misery we endure is that we are
sons of travel, or travelers crossing a bridge.
وَماand not يَترُكُleaves الإِنسانُthe human being دُنياهُhis world راضِياًcontent
وَما يَترُكُ الإِنسانُ دُنياهُ راضِياً
بِعِزٍّwith honor وَلَكِنand yet مُستَضاماًoppressed عَلىunder قَسرِcompulsion
بِعِزٍّ وَلَكِن مُستَضاماً عَلى قَسرِ
And no man leaves his world content,
with honor, but oppressed and under compulsion.
وَماand not تَمنَعُprotects الآدابُlearning وَالمُلكُand kingship سَيِّداًa lord
وَما تَمنَعُ الآدابُ وَالمُلكُ سَيِّداً
كَقابوسَlike Qabus فيin أَيّامِهِhis days وَفَناand Fanna خُسَرِKhusraw
كَقابوسَ في أَيّامِهِ وَفَنا خُسَرِ
And neither learning nor kingship protects a lord
like Qabus in his day, and Fanna Khusraw.
مَتّىwhen أَلقَI meet مِنfrom بَعدِafter المَنيَّةِdeath أُسرَتيmy family
مَتّى أَلقَ مِن بَعدِ المَنيَّةِ أُسرَتي
أُخَبِّرهُمُI tell them أَنّيthat I خَلصتُI have escaped مِنَfrom الأَسرِcaptivity
أُخَبِّرهُمُ أَنّي خَلصتُ مِنَ الأَسرِ
When I meet my family after death,
I shall tell them that I have escaped captivity.
سَماrose high نَفَرٌa few people ضَربَthe multiplication of المِئَتَينِthe two hundreds وَلَمand have not أَزَلI ceased to be
سَما نَفَرٌ ضَربَ المِئَتَينِ وَلَم أَزَل
بِحَمدِكَwith praise to You مِثلَlike الكَسرِa fraction يُضرَبُis multiplied فيby الكَسرِa fraction
بِحَمدِكَ مِثلَ الكَسرِ يُضرَبُ في الكَسرِ
Some have soared like a hundred multiplied by a hundred; yet I remain,
with praise to You, like a fraction multiplied by a fraction.
Sol 6.1