لَقَدindeed رَكَزواthey planted الأَرماحَthe spears غَيرَnot حَميدَةٍpraiseworthy
لَقَد رَكَزوا الأَرماحَ غَيرَ حَميدَةٍ
فَبُعداًso, banishment لِخَيلٍfor horses فيin الوَغىbattle لَمdid not تُطارِدِgive chase
فَبُعداً لِخَيلٍ في الوَغى لَم تُطارِدِ
Indeed, they planted the spears ingloriously;
Alas, they thrust their spears with no good intent,
so away with horses that did not give chase in battle.
So cursed are horses in battle that do not chase.
تَداعَواthey called to one another فَقالواthen they said ناسِكٌan ascetic وَاِبنُand the son of ناسِكٍan ascetic
تَداعَوا فَقالوا ناسِكٌ وَاِبنُ ناسِكٍ
وَماand not هُوَhe إِلّاexcept مارِدٌa rebel وَاِبنُand the son of مارِدِa rebel
وَما هُوَ إِلّا مارِدٌ وَاِبنُ مارِدِ
They called to one another and said, 'An ascetic, and an ascetic's son!'
They conspired saying, an ascetic and son of an ascetic,
Yet he is nothing but a rebel, and a rebel's son.
When he is but a rebel and son of a rebel.
وَمازالَand has continued عَرّافُthe diviner الكَواكِبِthe stars ذاكِراًspeaking of
وَمازالَ عَرّافُ الكَواكِبِ ذاكِراً
إِماماًan imam كَنَجمٍlike a star فيin الدُجُنَّةِthe darkness فارِدِsolitary
إِماماً كَنَجمٍ في الدُجُنَّةِ فارِدِ
And the diviner of the stars has kept speaking of
The interpreter of stars kept mentioning,
an imam, like a lone star in the darkness.
An imam like a star in the gloomy darkness.
وَماand not يَجمَعُunites الأَشتاتَthe scattered groups إِلّاexcept مُهَذَّبٌa refined man
وَما يَجمَعُ الأَشتاتَ إِلّا مُهَذَّبٌ
مِنَfrom among القَومِthe people يُحمىis protected بارِداًcold فَوقَabove بارِدِa cold one
مِنَ القَومِ يُحمى بارِداً فَوقَ بارِدِ
And none unites the scattered groups but a refined man
None can unite the dispersed except the refined one,
from among the people, protected—cold upon cold.
Among the people, kept aloof above the aloof.
إِذاif نالَhe attains ماwhat يَرجوهُhe hopes for it مِنfrom زُحَلَSaturn الَّذيwhich
إِذا نالَ ما يَرجوهُ مِن زُحَلَ الَّذي
بَداhas appeared شُرَّهُits evil لَمdid not يَبغِهِhe seeks it مِنfrom عُطارِدِMercury
بَدا شُرَّهُ لَم يَبغِهِ مِن عُطارِدِ
If he attains what he hopes for from Saturn, whose
When he attains what he hopes from Saturn, whose
evil has appeared, he does not seek it from Mercury.
Evil appeared, he wants not from Mercury.
وَإِنand if يَكُthere are فيin الدُنِّياthe world سَعودٌgood fortunes فَإِنَّماthen only
وَإِن يَكُ في الدُنِّيا سَعودٌ فَإِنَّما
تَكونُthey occur قَليلاًrarely كَالشَذوذِlike exceptions الشَوارِدِstray
تَكونُ قَليلاً كَالشَذوذِ الشَوارِدِ
And if good fortunes exist in this world, they only
If there is felicity in the world, it is only
occur rarely, like stray exceptions.
Little, like the rarity of scattered remnants.
أَرىI see كَدراًmurk عَمَّhas pervaded المَوارِدَthe watering places كُلَّهاall of them
أَرى كَدراً عَمَّ المَوارِدَ كُلَّها
فَمُتso die أَوor تَجَرَّعgulp down مِنfrom خَبيثِthe foul water of المَوارِدِthe watering places
فَمُت أَو تَجَرَّع مِن خَبيثِ المَوارِدِ
I see murk pervading all the watering places;
I see murkiness has covered all the springs,
so die, or gulp down the foul water of the watering places.
So die or drink from the foulest of springs.
Sol 6.1