غَداhave become الناسُthe people كُلُّهُمُall of them فيin أَذىًdistress
غَدا الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ في أَذىً
فَزُجَّso thrust حَياتَكَyour life فيمَنamong those who يُزَجّare thrust
فَزُجَّ حَياتَكَ فيمَن يُزَجّ
All people have come to be in distress.
So thrust your life in among those being thrust.
وَلاand do not تَطلُبَنَّseek (emphatic) اللُبابَthe essence الصَريحَunalloyed
وَلا تَطلُبَنَّ اللُبابَ الصَريحَ
فَقَدfor indeed سيطَhas been stirred عالَمُناour world وَاِمتَزَجand become mixed
فَقَد سيطَ عالَمُنا وَاِمتَزَج
And never seek the unalloyed essence,
for our world has been stirred and blended.
أَلَمHave … not تَرَyou seen أَنَّthat طَويلَthe Ṭawīl meter of القَريverse (continued next line)
أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ طَويلَ القَري
ضِcompletion of 'verse' مِنfrom مُتَقارِبِهِits Mutaqārib meter وَالهَزَجand the Hazaj meter
ضِ مِن مُتَقارِبِهِ وَالهَزَج
Have you not seen that the Ṭawīl meter of verse
is made from its Mutaqārib and Hazaj?
Sol 6.1