لاdo not تَبدَأَونيbe the first to confront me بِالعَداوَةِwith hostility مِنكُمُfrom you
لا تَبدَأَوني بِالعَداوَةِ مِنكُمُ
فَمَسيحُكُمfor your Christ عِنديin my view نَظيرُthe equal of مُحَمَّدِMuhammad
فَمَسيحُكُم عِندي نَظيرُ مُحَمَّدِ
Do not be the first to show me hostility,
Do not begin with enmity towards me
For your Christ, to me, is the equal of Muhammad.
For your Christ to me is like my Muhammad
أَيَعيثُdoes it harm? ضَوءُthe light of الصُبحِdawn ناظِرَthe eye of مُدلِجٍa night traveler
أَيَعيثُ ضَوءُ الصُبحِ ناظِرَ مُدلِجٍ
أَمor نَحنُwe أَجمَعُall فيin ظَلامٍdarkness سَرمَدِeverlasting
أَم نَحنُ أَجمَعُ في ظَلامٍ سَرمَدِ
Does dawn's light harm a night traveler's eye,
Does the morning light squint at a late riser
Or are we all in everlasting darkness—
Or are we altogether in eternal darkness
كُمهُblind from birth البَصائِرِfaculties of insight لاnot يَبينُbecomes clear لَهاto them الهُدىguidance
كُمهُ البَصائِرِ لا يَبينُ لَها الهُدى
أَوor مُبصِرٌone who sees أَبَداًalways بِعَينَيthrough the two eyes of أَرمَدِsomeone with inflamed eyes
أَو مُبصِرٌ أَبَداً بِعَينَي أَرمَدِ
Blind in inner vision, to which guidance is not clear,
The blind whose insights cannot find guidance
Or always seeing through a pair of sore eyes?
Or a seer forever with bleary eyes
جَسَدٌa body يُعَذَّبُis tormented فيin الحَياةِlife حَسِبتُهُI thought it
جَسَدٌ يُعَذَّبُ في الحَياةِ حَسِبتُهُ
مُستَشعِراًinwardly feeling حَسَدَenvy of العِظَامِthe bones الهُمَّدِlifeless
مُستَشعِراً حَسَدَ العِظَامِ الهُمَّدِ
A body tormented in life—I thought it
A body tortured in life I thought
Harbored envy of the lifeless bones.
Feeling the envy of moldering bones
إِنَّindeed السُيوفَswords تُراحُare given rest فيin أَغمادِهاtheir sheaths
إِنَّ السُيوفَ تُراحُ في أَغمادِها
وَتَظَلُّand they remain فيin تَعَبٍweariness إِذاwhen لَمnot تُغمَدِare sheathed
وَتَظَلُّ في تَعَبٍ إِذا لَم تُغمَدِ
Indeed, swords are given rest in their sheaths,
Swords may rest in their sheaths
And remain weary when they are not sheathed.
And remain weary when undrawn
مَنwho ليfor me بِجِسمٍwith a body لاnot يُحِسُّfeels رَزِيَّةًa calamity
مَن لي بِجِسمٍ لا يُحِسُّ رَزِيَّةً
لَكِنbut يُعَدُّis reckoned كَتُربَةٍlike soil أَوor جَلمَدِsolid rock
لَكِن يُعَدُّ كَتُربَةٍ أَو جَلمَدِ
Who will give me a body that feels no affliction,
Who will lend me a body that feels no misery
But is reckoned as earth or solid rock?
But rather counts as dust or permafrost
رَوحٌa soul إِذاwhen اِتَّصَلَتit becomes joined بِشَخصٍto a person لَمnot يَزَلceases
رَوحٌ إِذا اِتَّصَلَت بِشَخصٍ لَم يَزَل
هُوَhe وَهيَand it فيin مَرَضِthe sickness of العَناءِtoil المُكمِدِgrief-inducing
هُوَ وَهيَ في مَرَضِ العَناءِ المُكمِدِ
When a soul is joined to a person, forever
A spirit once joined to a person remained
He and it remain in the sickness of grief-inducing toil.
Both it and he in the grip of lingering illness
إِنif كُنتِyou are مِنof ريحٍwind فَياthen O ريحُwind اِسكُنيbe still
إِن كُنتِ مِن ريحٍ فَيا ريحُ اِسكُني
أَوor كُنتِyou are مِنof لَهَبٍflame فَياthen O لَهّبُflame اخمُدِgo out
أَو كُنتِ مِن لَهَبٍ فَيا لَهّبُ اخمُدِ
If you are of wind, then, O wind, be still;
If you are a wind, o wind, lay still
Or if you are of flame, then, O flame, go out.
Or if you are a flame, o flame, die down
Sol 6.1