قَضاءٌfate يُوافيcomes مِنfrom جَميعِall جِهاتِهِits directions
قَضاءٌ يُوافي مِن جَميعِ جِهاتِهِ
كَماjust as هُوَit عَنfrom أَيمانِناour right sides وَالأَياسِرِand the left sides
كَما هُوَ عَن أَيمانِنا وَالأَياسِرِ
Fate comes from every direction,
Just as it comes from our right and left.
وَلَوand if لَمdid not يُرِدintend جَورَoppression البُزاةِthe hawks عَلىagainst القَطاthe sandgrouse
وَلَو لَم يُرِد جَورَ البُزاةِ عَلى القَطا
مُكَوِّنُهاtheir Maker ماnot صاغَهاfashioned them بِمَناسِرِwith hooked beaks
مُكَوِّنُها ما صاغَها بِمَناسِرِ
And had the hawks’ oppression of the sandgrouse not been willed
By their Maker, he would not have fashioned them with hooked beaks.
رَأَيتُI regarded سُكوتيmy silence مَتجَراًa trade فَلَزِمتُهُso I kept to it
رَأَيتُ سُكوتي مَتجَراً فَلَزِمتُهُ
إِذاif لَمdoes not يُفِدyield رِبحاًprofit فَلَستُthen I am not بِخاسِرِat a loss
إِذا لَم يُفِد رِبحاً فَلَستُ بِخاسِرِ
I regarded my silence as a trade, so I kept to it;
If it yields no profit, then I am not at a loss.
Sol 6.1