بِالغارِin the cave مِنamong هَضبَيthe two heights of عَمايَةَʿAmāyah نازِلٌa dweller
بِالغارِ مِن هَضبَي عَمايَةَ نازِلٌ
ماnot زالَceased توقَدُis kindled نارُهُhis fire بِالغارِwith laurel wood
ما زالَ توقَدُ نارُهُ بِالغارِ
In the cave among ʿAmāyah's two heights dwells a man;
Dwelling in the cave of Amaya's plateaus
his fire has never ceased to be kindled with laurel.
His fire continues blazing in the cave
وَكَبائِرُand the great ones among الأَشياءِthings تُحدِثُbring into being غَيرَهاothers besides them
وَكَبائِرُ الأَشياءِ تُحدِثُ غَيرَها
فَتُعيدُهاso they render them مَوصوفَةًdescribed بِصِغارِas small
فَتُعيدُها مَوصوفَةً بِصِغارِ
And great things bring forth others,
And the big things bring about others
which in turn reduce them to things called small.
Then bring them back described as small
وَمَغارُand the onslaught of هَذاthis الدَهرُTime تَقطَعُsever خَيلُهُits horses
وَمَغارُ هَذا الدَهرُ تَقطَعُ خَيلُهُ
أَسبابُthe strands of حَبلٍa rope لِلحَياةِof life مُغارِtightly twisted
أَسبابُ حَبلٍ لِلحَياةِ مُغارِ
And this Time's onslaught—its horses sever
And the caves of this life tear apart its horses
the strands of life's tightly twisted rope.
Reasons a rope for life in the cave
لاdo not تَبخَلِنَّbe stingy عَلىtoward خَليلِكِyour close friend إِنif بَغىhe seeks
لا تَبخَلِنَّ عَلى خَليلِكِ إِن بَغى
خِلّاًan intimate friend سِواكِother than you فَتُبخَليlest you be deemed stingy وَتُغاريand be made jealous
خِلّاً سِواكِ فَتُبخَلي وَتُغاري
Do not be stingy toward your close friend if he seeks
Do not be stingy to your friend if he desires
a friend other than you, lest you be deemed stingy and made jealous.
A friend other than you so you become stingy and jealous
لاdo not يَجعَلَنَّlet … make هِنداًHind هُنَيدَةًHunaydah (Hind's diminutive) فُوَكَyour mouth فَالتَfor the dimi-
لا يَجعَلَنَّ هِنداً هُنَيدَةً فُوَكَ فَالتَ
صغيرُ-nutive مَقرونٌcoupled إِلىwith الإِصغارِbelittlement
صغيرُ مَقرونٌ إِلى الإِصغارِ
Let not your mouth turn Hind into Hunaydah; for
Do not make one Indian despise another Indian
the diminutive goes hand in hand with belittlement.
The small connected to smallness
إِنَّindeed الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades حينَwhen صَغَّرَmade diminutive لَفظَهاits name
إِنَّ الثُرَيّا حينَ صَغَّرَ لَفظَها
أَهلُthe inhabitants of البَسيطَةِthe earth مادَنَتdid not draw near لِصَغارِto abasement
أَهلُ البَسيطَةِ مادَنَت لِصَغارِ
Indeed, the Pleiades, when their name was made diminutive
Verily al-Thuria, when she made small her words
by earth's inhabitants, did not stoop to abasement.
The people of simplicity drew near to smallness
Sol 6.1