فَتاةٌa young woman بَغَتsought أَمراًsomething مِنَfrom الدَهرِTime مُعجَزاًimpossible
فَتاةٌ بَغَت أَمراً مِنَ الدَهرِ مُعجَزاً
وَماand not رَأيُهاher judgment لَوif مُكِّنَتshe were enabled بِسَفيهِfoolish
وَما رَأيُها لَو مُكِّنَت بِسَفيهِ
A young woman sought from Time something impossible,
And her judgment, were she given the means, would not be foolish:
لِتَفدِيَto ransom عُمراًa lifetime جَمَّةًnumerous شُرَكائُهُits sharers
لِتَفدِيَ عُمراً جَمَّةً شُرَكائُهُ
بِخَمسينَwith fifty عَمراًlifetimes لاnot تُشارَكُothers share with her فيهِin it
بِخَمسينَ عَمراً لا تُشارَكُ فيهِ
To ransom a lifetime shared by many
With fifty lifetimes she would share with no one.
Sol 6.1