فَهَلso is there بِلادٌa land يُعَرّيspares المَوتُdeath ساكِنَهاits inhabitant
فَهَل بِلادٌ يُعَرّي المَوتُ ساكِنَها
فَيُبتَغىso might be sought فيin الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades ذَلِكَthat البَلَدُland
فَيُبتَغى في الثُرَيّا ذَلِكَ البَلَدُ
Is there, then, a land whose inhabitant death spares,
Is there a country whose people death lays bare,
that this land might be sought among the Pleiades?
So that country may be sought in luxuriant wilds?
يَشقىsuffers الوَليدُthe newborn وَيَشقىand suffer والِداهُhis two parents بِهِbecause of him
يَشقى الوَليدُ وَيَشقى والِداهُ بِهِ
وَفازَand has triumphed مَنwhoever لَمdid not يُوَلِّهdrive to distraction عَقلَهُhis mind وَلَدُa child
وَفازَ مَن لَم يُوَلِّه عَقلَهُ وَلَدُ
The newborn suffers, and his parents suffer because of him;
The newborn is wretched, his parents wretched because of him,
fortunate is he whose mind no child has driven to distraction.
And he prospers who was not misled by his mind into having a child.
أَِذاwhen تَلَبَّسَattached itself بِالشُجعانِto the brave جَنبَهُمُtheir side (apparently intended: their cowardice)
أَِذا تَلَبَّسَ بِالشُجعانِ جَنبَهُمُ
وَبِالكِرامِand to the generous أَسَرُّthe most hidden الضَنِّavarice أَوor صَلَدواthey grew unyielding
وَبِالكِرامِ أَسَرُّ الضَنِّ أَو صَلَدوا
When their [cowardice] clings to the brave,
When he joins the brave, their neighbors,
and the most hidden avarice to the generous—or they grow unyielding—
Or the generous, whether miserly or destitute,
عَظمٌbone وَنَحضٌand flesh تَبَنّىwas built مِنهُماfrom the two طَلَلٌa bodily frame
عَظمٌ وَنَحضٌ تَبَنّى مِنهُما طَلَلٌ
كَأَنَّهاas though it were الأَرضُthe earth مِنهاof it السَهلُthe soft ground وَالجَلَدُand the hard ground
كَأَنَّها الأَرضُ مِنها السَهلُ وَالجَلَدُ
they are bone and flesh, a bodily frame built from the two,
Greatness and leanness have built from them ruins
as though it were the earth, with its soft ground and its hard.
As though the land, the plain, and the hill were made from it.
Sol 6.1