رَوِّحgive respite ذَبيحَكَyour slaughtered beast لاdo not تُعجِلهُhurry it ميتَتَهُits death
رَوِّح ذَبيحَكَ لا تُعجِلهُ ميتَتَهُ
فَتَأخُذَlest you take النَحضَthe flesh مِنهُfrom it وَهوَwhile it يَختَلِجُtwitches
فَتَأخُذَ النَحضَ مِنهُ وَهوَ يَختَلِجُ
Give your slaughtered beast respite; do not rush its death,
lest you take its flesh while it still twitches.
هَذاthis قَبيحٌvile وَعِلمِيَand my knowledge غَيرُnot مُتَّسِقٍcomplete
هَذا قَبيحٌ وَعِلمِيَ غَيرُ مُتَّسِقٍ
بِماabout what يَكونُshall be وَلَكِنbut فيinto الثَرىthe dust أَلِجُI enter
بِما يَكونُ وَلَكِن في الثَرى أَلِجُ
This is vile, and my knowledge is incomplete
about what shall be; yet into the dust I go.
وَالناسُand people مِنbecause أَجلِof هَذاthis الأَمرِmatter فيin ظُلمٍdarkness
وَالناسُ مِن أَجلِ هَذا الأَمرِ في ظُلمٍ
وَماand not أُؤَمِّلُI hope أَنَّthat الفجرَthe dawn يَنبَلِجُbreaks
وَما أُؤَمِّلُ أَنَّ الفجرَ يَنبَلِجُ
And people, because of this matter, are in darkness,
and I have no hope that dawn will break.
مَضىpassed on أُناسٌpeople وَأَصبَحناand we have become عَلىin ثِقَةٍcertainty
مَضى أُناسٌ وَأَصبَحنا عَلى ثِقَةٍ
أَنّاthat we سَنَتبَعُwe shall follow فَالأَشجانُso the sorrows تَعتَلِجُseethe
أَنّا سَنَتبَعُ فَالأَشجانُ تَعتَلِجُ
People have passed on, and we are now certain
that we shall follow; so sorrows seethe.
إِنif أَدلَجواthey set out early at night وَتَخَلَّفناand we lagged behind وَراءَهُمُbehind them
إِن أَدلَجوا وَتَخَلَّفنا وَراءَهُمُ
شَيئاًan amount يَسيراًsmall فَإِنّاthen indeed we سَوفَshall نَدَّلِجُwe set out late at night
شَيئاً يَسيراً فَإِنّا سَوفَ نَدَّلِجُ
If they set out early in the night and we have lagged behind them
a little while, then we shall set out late in the night.
Sol 6.1