تَرومونَyou seek بِالناموسِthrough religious law كَسَباًgain فَسَعيُكُمthus your striving
تَرومونَ بِالناموسِ كَسَباً فَسَعيُكُم
إِذاwhen لاحَتappeared الأَطماعُtempting gains سَعيُstriving نُموسِmongooses
إِذا لاحَت الأَطماعُ سَعيُ نُموسِ
You seek gain through religious law; thus your striving,
when tempting gains appear, is the striving of mongooses.
وَماand not وَعظَتَكُمadmonished you لَيلَةٌa night بَعدَafter لَيلَةٍa night
وَما وَعظَتَكُم لَيلَةٌ بَعدَ لَيلَةٍ
وَلاnor ضَوءُlight أَقمارٍmoons بَدَتappeared وَشُموسُand suns
وَلا ضَوءُ أَقمارٍ بَدَت وَشُموسُ
And night after night has not admonished you,
nor the light of moons that appeared, nor suns.
نُوَقِّرُwe load up دُنياناour world لِناسٍfor people وَبَعضُناand some of us
نُوَقِّرُ دُنيانا لِناسٍ وَبَعضُنا
تَبَوَّأَsettled مِنهاin it فَوقَabove ظَهرِthe back شَموسِa restive mount
تَبَوَّأَ مِنها فَوقَ ظَهرِ شَموسِ
We load up our world for others, while some of us
have settled in it upon a restive mount’s back.
فَواهاًso, how wondrous! لِأَشباحٍfor bodies لَكُمof yours غَيرَexcept أَنَّهاthat they
فَواهاً لِأَشباحٍ لَكُم غَيرَ أَنَّها
تُبَدَّلُare transferred مِنfrom أَوطانِهاtheir homes بَرموسِfor graves
تُبَدَّلُ مِن أَوطانِها بَرموسِ
So, how wondrous are these bodies of yours! Yet they
are transferred from their homes into graves.
وَأَعظَمُand the greatest آثارِtraces الأَنامِhumankind بَقيَّةًin endurance
وَأَعظَمُ آثارِ الأَنامِ بَقيَّةً
تُغَيّرُهُalter it أَيّامُهُits days بِطُموسِthrough effacement
تُغَيّرُهُ أَيّامُهُ بِطُموسِ
And the most enduring of humankind’s monuments
is altered by its days through effacement.
Sol 6.1