اللَهُGod يَشهَدُbears witness أَنّيthat I جاهِلٌignorant وَرَعٌpious
اللَهُ يَشهَدُ أَنّي جاهِلٌ وَرَعٌ
فَليَحضُرِso let them attend الناسُthe people إِقراريmy confession وَإِشهاديand my call for witnesses
فَليَحضُرِ الناسُ إِقراري وَإِشهادي
God bears witness that I am ignorant and pious.
So let the people attend my confession and my call for witnesses.
هَذاthis وَرُبَّand many a صَديقٍfriend ليof mine أَفادَacquired غِنىًwealth
هَذا وَرُبَّ صَديقٍ لي أَفادَ غِنىً
زَهِدتُI took no interest فيهِin it عَلىdespite عُدميmy poverty وَإِزهاديand my scant means
زَهِدتُ فيهِ عَلى عُدمي وَإِزهادي
This—and many a friend of mine has acquired wealth;
I have shunned it, despite my poverty and scant means.
أَعمىblind البَصيرَةِin insight لاnot يَهديهِguides him ناظِرُهُhis eye
أَعمى البَصيرَةِ لا يَهديهِ ناظِرُهُ
إِذاwhile كُلُّevery أَعمىblind man لَدَيهِwith him مِنfrom عَصاًa staff هادِa guide
إِذا كُلُّ أَعمى لَدَيهِ مِن عَصاً هادِ
One blind in insight is not guided by his eye,
while every blind man has a staff for a guide.
وَقدَand indeed عَلِمتُI have learned إِذاwhen سُهِّدتُI am kept awake مِنfrom حَذَرٍfear
وَقدَ عَلِمتُ إِذا سُهِّدتُ مِن حَذَرٍ
أَنthat لَيسَdoes not يَنفيward off خُطوبَcalamities الدَهرِof time تَسهاديmy sleeplessness
أَن لَيسَ يَنفي خُطوبَ الدَهرِ تَسهادي
And I have learned, when I am kept awake by fear,
that my sleeplessness does not ward off the calamities of time.
Sol 6.1