طَلَبَhe sought الخَسائِسَbase things وَاِرتَقىand ascended فيin مِنبَرٍa pulpit
طَلَبَ الخَسائِسَ وَاِرتَقى في مِنبَرٍ
يَصِفُhe describes الحِسابَthe Reckoning لِأُمَّةٍto a people لِيَهولَهاto terrify them
يَصِفُ الحِسابَ لِأُمَّةٍ لِيَهولَها
He sought base things and mounted a pulpit,
Describing the Reckoning to a people to terrify them.
وَيَكونُand he is غَيرَnot مُصَدِّقٍbelieving بِقِيامَةٍin a resurrection
وَيَكونُ غَيرَ مُصَدِّقٍ بِقِيامَةٍ
أَمسىhe has come to يُمَثِّلُhe depicts فيin النُفوسِpeople's souls ذُهولَهاits bewilderment
أَمسى يُمَثِّلُ في النُفوسِ ذُهولَها
Yet he does not believe in a resurrection,
Whose bewilderment he now depicts in people's souls.
وَوَجَدتُand I found لَيلَthe night الغَيِّof error أَلبَسَhad cloaked مُردَهاtheir beardless youths
وَوَجَدتُ لَيلَ الغَيِّ أَلبَسَ مُردَها
وَشُيوخَهاand their old men وَشَبابَهاand their young men وَكُهولَهاand their middle-aged men
وَشُيوخَها وَشَبابَها وَكُهولَها
And I found the night of error had cloaked their beardless youths,
And their old men, their young men, and their middle-aged men.
لَوif قامَrose أَمواتُthe dead العَواصِمِof the capital cities وَحدَهاthose alone
لَو قامَ أَمواتُ العَواصِمِ وَحدَها
مَلَأواthey would fill البِلادَthe land حَزونَهاits rugged terrain وَسُهولَهاand its plains
مَلَأوا البِلادَ حَزونَها وَسُهولَها
If the dead of the capital cities alone were to rise,
They would fill the land, its rugged terrain and its plains.
فَخُذِso take الَّذيwhat قالَsaid اللَبيبُthe wise man وَعِشand live بِهِby it
فَخُذِ الَّذي قالَ اللَبيبُ وَعِش بِهِ
وَدَعِand leave الغُواةَthe misguided كَذوبَهاtheir habitual liar وَجَهولَهاand their ignoramus
وَدَعِ الغُواةَ كَذوبَها وَجَهولَها
So take what the wise man said, and live by it,
And leave the misguided—their liars and their fools.
Sol 6.1