يُحاوِلُhe tries طيناًclay أَرمَنِيّاًArmenian لَعَلَّهُperhaps it
يُحاوِلُ طيناً أَرمَنِيّاً لَعَلَّهُ
يُدافِعُwards off عَنfrom حَوبائِهِhis soul قَدَراًa fate حُمّاinevitable
يُدافِعُ عَن حَوبائِهِ قَدَراً حُمّا
He tries Armenian clay, hoping that it
might ward an inevitable fate away from his soul.
لَهُfor him أَجلٌan appointed time إِنif حانَarrives لَمnot تَثنِهِturn it aside الرُقىincantations
لَهُ أَجلٌ إِن حانَ لَم تَثنِهِ الرُقى
وَإِنand if لَمnot يَحِنarrives لَمnot يَخشَhe fears مِنfrom شُربِهِhis drinking السُمّاthe poison
وَإِن لَم يَحِن لَم يَخشَ مِن شُربِهِ السُمّا
He has an appointed time; if it arrives, incantations cannot turn it aside.
And if it has not arrived, he need not fear drinking poison.
Sol 6