بُيوتٌhouses فَمَهدومٌthen a demolished one يُرىis seen وَمُقَوَّضٌand a dismantled one
بُيوتٌ فَمَهدومٌ يُرى وَمُقَوَّضٌ
بِكَسرٍthrough breakage وَبَيتٌand a verse مِنof قَريضٍpoetry لَهُit has كَسرُa metrical break
بِكَسرٍ وَبَيتٌ مِن قَريضٍ لَهُ كَسرُ
Houses: one is seen demolished, another pulled down
through breakage; and a line of poetry has its metrical break.
حَوادِثُevents فيهاamong them رَإِئحاتٌevening-goers وَمُغتَدٍand a dawn-goer
حَوادِثُ فيها رَإِئحاتٌ وَمُغتَدٍ
وَأَمرانِand two conditions عُسرٌhardship فيamong البَرِيَّةِhumankind أَوor يُسرُease
وَأَمرانِ عُسرٌ في البَرِيَّةِ أَو يُسرُ
Events—some go forth at evening, another at dawn;
and two conditions among mortals: hardship or ease.
وَإِنَّand indeed رِجالاًmen كانَwas نَسرٌNasr لَدَيهِمُin their eyes
وَإِنَّ رِجالاً كانَ نَسرٌ لَدَيهِمُ
إِلهاًa god عَلَيهُمabove them قَبلَناbefore us طَلَعَrose النَسرُthe Eagle
إِلهاً عَلَيهُم قَبلَنا طَلَعَ النَسرُ
And indeed, there were men for whom Nasr was
a god; before us, the Eagle rose above them.
وَعاشواand they lived يَرَونَregarding اليُسرَgambling إِفضالَthe bounty of مُكثِرٍa wealthy man
وَعاشوا يَرَونَ اليُسرَ إِفضالَ مُكثِرٍ
عَلىtoward مُقتِرٍa poor man ثُمَّthen اِنقَضىpassed away الناسُthe people وَاليُسرُand gambling
عَلى مُقتِرٍ ثُمَّ اِنقَضى الناسُ وَاليُسرُ
And they lived, regarding gambling as a wealthy man's bounty
toward a poor man; then the people and their gambling passed away.
لَهُمthey had سُنَّةٌa custom أَنthat لاnot يُضَيَّعَbe neglected مُعدِمٌa destitute person
لَهُم سُنَّةٌ أَن لا يُضَيَّعَ مُعدِمٌ
إِذاwhen سُنَةٌa year أَزرىbrought disgrace بِأَنجُمِهاupon its stars الأُسرُretention of rain
إِذا سُنَةٌ أَزرى بِأَنجُمِها الأُسرُ
Their custom was that no destitute person be neglected
when a year's stars were shamed by their blocked flow of rain.
وَماand not رَبَحُprofit الدُنياof this world بِمَمكِنِattainable by تاجِرٍa trader
وَما رَبَحُ الدُنيا بِمَمكِنِ تاجِرٍ
عَلىin حالَةٍany condition بَلrather كُلُّall أَعمالِهاits dealings خُسرُloss
عَلى حالَةٍ بَل كُلُّ أَعمالِها خُسرُ
And no trader can attain this world's profit
under any circumstances; rather, all its dealings are loss.
حَياةٌlife كَجِسرٍlike a bridge بَينَbetween مَوتَينِtwo deaths أَوَّلٍa first
حَياةٌ كَجِسرٍ بَينَ مَوتَينِ أَوَّلٍ
وَثانٍand a second وَفَقدُand the loss of الشَخصِthe person أَنthat يُعبَرَbe crossed الجِسرُthe bridge
وَثانٍ وَفَقدُ الشَخصِ أَن يُعبَرَ الجِسرُ
Life is like a bridge between two deaths, a first
and a second; a person's passing is the crossing of the bridge.
Sol 6.1