إِنَّindeed الجَديدَينِthe two ever-new ones (night and day) قَدalready جَرَّبتُI have tested فَعلَهُماthe workings of them both
إِنَّ الجَديدَينِ قَد جَرَّبتُ فَعلَهُما
جِنسَينِtwo kinds ضِدَّيّنِopposed مِنof نِعَمٍblessings وَمِنand of بيسِmisery
جِنسَينِ ضِدَّيّنِ مِن نِعَمٍ وَمِن بيسِ
Indeed, I have tested the workings of night and day:
two opposite kinds—blessings and misery.
حَوادِثُcalamities الدَهرِtime ماتَنفَكُّnever cease غادِيَةًcoming in the morning
حَوادِثُ الدَهرِ ماتَنفَكُّ غادِيَةً
عَلىupon الأَنامِhumankind بِإِلباسٍwith confusion وَتَلبيسِand deception
عَلى الأَنامِ بِإِلباسٍ وَتَلبيسِ
Time's calamities never cease their morning visits
to humankind, with confusion and deception.
أَلوَتbrought ruin بِكِسريupon Kisra وَلمand did not تَترُكspare مَرازِبَهُhis satraps
أَلوَت بِكِسري وَلم تَترُك مَرازِبَهُ
وَبِالمَناذِرِand upon the Mundhirs أَودَتbrought destruction وَالقَوابيسِand the Qabuses
وَبِالمَناذِرِ أَودَت وَالقَوابيسِ
They swept Kisra away and did not spare his satraps,
and destroyed the Mundhirs and the Qabuses.
زارَتvisited حُسَيناًHusayn وَحَسَّتand cut down بِالرَدىwith death حَسَناًHasan
زارَت حُسَيناً وَحَسَّت بِالرَدى حَسَناً
وَواجَهَتand confronted آلَthe house of عَباسٍAbbas بِتَعبيسِwith a scowl
وَواجَهَت آلَ عَباسٍ بِتَعبيسِ
They visited Husayn and cut Hasan down with death,
and confronted the house of Abbas with a scowl—
الطاعِنينَthe spear-thrusters وَغَيثُwhile the rain الرَكبِthe pubic region مُنسَكِبٌpouring down
الطاعِنينَ وَغَيثُ الرَكبِ مُنسَكِبٌ
إِذاwhen اِزدَهىunsettles الجَريُgalloping أَشباحَthe bodies of الضَغابيسِweaklings
إِذا اِزدَهى الجَريُ أَشباحَ الضَغابيسِ
the spear-thrusters, while the rain of the loins streams down,
when galloping unsettles the bodies of weaklings;
فُرسانَhorsemen خَيلٍsteeds إِذاwhen خَلَّواthey let loose أَعِنَّتَهاtheir reins
فُرسانَ خَيلٍ إِذا خَلَّوا أَعِنَّتَها
لاdo not يُمسِكونَhold حِذاراًout of fear بِالقَرابيسِonto the saddle-pommels
لا يُمسِكونَ حِذاراً بِالقَرابيسِ
horsemen who, when they loose their steeds' reins,
do not clutch the saddle-pommels out of fear.
Sol 6.1