الحَظُّgood fortune ليfor me وَلِأَهلِand for the people of الأَرضِthe earth كُلِّهِمُall of them
الحَظُّ لي وَلِأَهلِ الأَرضِ كُلِّهِمُ
أَلّاthat … not يَرانِيَsee me أُخرىfor the rest of الدَهرِtime أَصحابيmy companions
أَلّا يَرانِيَ أُخرى الدَهرِ أَصحابي
Good fortune for me and for all the people of the earth
is that my companions should never see me again.
وَشِقوَةٌand hardship غَشِيَتovertook وَجهيmy face بِنَضرَتِهِin its freshness
وَشِقوَةٌ غَشِيَت وَجهي بِنَضرَتِهِ
أَبَرُّkinder بيto me مِنthan نَعيمٍease جَرَّbrought about إِشحابيmy pallor
أَبَرُّ بي مِن نَعيمٍ جَرَّ إِشحابي
And hardship that overtook my face in its bloom
is kinder to me than ease that brought me pallor.
حابيmy sin كَثيرٌgreat وَماand not نَبليmy arrows بِصائِبَةٍhitting the mark
حابي كَثيرٌ وَما نَبلي بِصائِبَةٍ
وَكَيفَand how ليfor me فيat مَراميهِنَّtheir targets باِلحابيfor a ground-skimming shot
وَكَيفَ لي في مَراميهِنَّ باِلحابي
My sin is great, and my arrows do not strike true;
and how could I hope even for a ground-skimming shot at their targets?
قَدindeed كُنتُI was صَعباًunyielding وَلَكِنand yet أَرهَفَتwore down غِيَرٌvicissitudes
قَد كُنتُ صَعباً وَلَكِن أَرهَفَت غِيَرٌ
حَتّىuntil تَبَيَّنَdiscerned كُلُّall الناسِpeople أَصحابيmy docility
حَتّى تَبَيَّنَ كُلُّ الناسِ أَصحابي
I was once unyielding, but reversals wore me down,
until everyone could see my docility.
فَاِحذَرso beware مِنَof الإِنسِhumankind أَدناهُمthe nearest of them وَأَبعَدَهُمand the farthest of them
فَاِحذَر مِنَ الإِنسِ أَدناهُم وَأَبعَدَهُم
وَإِنand even if لَقوكَthey meet you بِتَبجيلٍwith reverence وَتَرحابِand warm welcome
وَإِن لَقوكَ بِتَبجيلٍ وَتَرحابِ
So beware of people, the nearest and the farthest,
even if they meet you with reverence and warm welcome.
Sol 6.1