الدَهرُTime لاnot تَبقىremains alive عَلَيهِthrough it نَعامَةٌan ostrich
الدَهرُ لا تَبقى عَلَيهِ نَعامَةٌ
سَهلاًlevel ground تَحُلُّshe dwells وَتَتَّقيand she avoids أَجرالَهاits rocky tracts
سَهلاً تَحُلُّ وَتَتَّقي أَجرالَها
No ostrich outlasts Time,
Dwelling on level ground and avoiding its rocky tracts.
وَوَرىand flashed لَهاfor her بَرقٌlightning فَهاجَso it spurred زَفيفَهاher swift, wing-flapping run
وَوَرى لَها بَرقٌ فَهاجَ زَفيفَها
أُدَحِيَّهاher nesting hollow تَبغيshe seeks بِذاكَby that وَرالَهاand her chick
أُدَحِيَّها تَبغي بِذاكَ وَرالَها
And lightning flashed before her, spurring her swift, wing-flapping run;
With that rush she seeks her nesting hollow and her chick.
تُلفيyou find بِهاover her رَيبَthe calamity الزَمانِof Time مُوَكَّلاًappointed
تُلفي بِها رَيبَ الزَمانِ مُوَكَّلاً
إِنif لَمdoes not يَزُرهاvisit her بِالنَهارِby day سَرىit journeys by night لَهاto her
إِن لَم يَزُرها بِالنَهارِ سَرى لَها
You find Time's calamity set over her:
If it does not visit her by day, it journeys to her by night.
Sol 6.1