إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle اِبنُa man aged سِتّينَsixty ضَمَّembraced الكِعابَthe young maiden
إِذا ما اِبنُ سِتّينَ ضَمَّ الكِعابَ
إِلَيهِto himself فَقَدthen indeed حَلَّتِhas descended البَهَلَهthe curse
إِلَيهِ فَقَد حَلَّتِ البَهَلَه
When a man of sixty clasps a young maiden
to himself, the curse has surely descended.
هُوَhe الشَيخُthe old man لَمdid not يَرضَهُapprove of him أَهلُهُhis family
هُوَ الشَيخُ لَم يَرضَهُ أَهلُهُ
وَلَمand did not يُرضِplease فيin فِعلِهِhis deed أَهلَهhis family
وَلَم يُرضِ في فِعلِهِ أَهلَه
He is an old man his family has not approved of,
nor has he pleased his family by his deed.
فَلاso let not يَتَزَوَّجmarry أَخوa man of الأَربَعيforty (continued)
فَلا يَتَزَوَّج أَخو الأَربَعي
نَending of 'forty' إِلّاexcept مُجَرَّبَةًan experienced woman كَهلَهmiddle-aged
نَ إِلّا مُجَرَّبَةً كَهلَه
So let no man of forty marry
any but an experienced, middle-aged woman.
رَأىsaw الشَيبَgrey hair فيin عارِضِهِhis side-whiskers المُسِنُّthe aged man
رَأى الشَيبَ في عارِضِهِ المُسِنُّ
فَنِعمَso excellent is القَرينُthe companion لَهُfor him الشَّلَهthe old woman
فَنِعمَ القَرينُ لَهُ الشَّلَه
The aged man has seen grey in his side-whiskers:
an old woman is a fine companion for him.
وَجَدَناwe have found الفَتىthe young man صَعُبَتgrew difficult عَيشَةٌa life
وَجَدَنا الفَتى صَعُبَت عَيشَةٌ
عَلَيهِfor him وَإِنeven if ظَنَّهاhe thought it سَهلَهeasy
عَلَيهِ وَإِن ظَنَّها سَهلَه
We have found a young man's life to be hard
for him, even if he thinks it easy.
أَرىI see الشَرَّevil يَأتيcomes along سَبيلَthe path of الحَياةِlife
أَرى الشَرَّ يَأتي سَبيلَ الحَياةِ
وَلَمand not تُلفَwas found بَينَهُماbetween the two مُهلَهan interval
وَلَم تُلفَ بَينَهُما مُهلَه
I see evil coming along life's path,
and no interval has been found between the two.
Sol 6.1