لَمdid not يَبقَremain فيamong العالَمينَmankind مِنany ذَهَبٍgold
لَم يَبقَ في العالَمينَ مِن ذَهَبٍ
وَإِنَّماand only جُلَّmost of مَنthose whom تَرىyou see شَبَهُbrass
وَإِنَّما جُلَّ مَن تَرى شَبَهُ
No gold remains among mankind;
No gold remains in the two worlds,
and most of those you see are merely brass.
and most of what you see is pretense.
دَعهُمleave them فَكَمfor how often قُطِّعَتwere severed رِقابُهُمُtheir necks
دَعهُم فَكَم قُطِّعَت رِقابُهُمُ
جَدَعاًby mutilation وَلَمand did not يَشعُرواthey feel وَلاnor أَبَهواthey cared
جَدَعاً وَلَم يَشعُروا وَلا أَبَهوا
Leave them—for how often their necks have been severed,
Leave them be—how many necks have been chopped
cut clean off, yet they neither felt it nor cared.
clean off while they were unaware and paid no heed.
قَدindeed مُزِجواthey were mixed بِالنِفاقِwith hypocrisy فَاِمتَزَجواso they blended
قَد مُزِجوا بِالنِفاقِ فَاِمتَزَجوا
وَاِلتَبسواand became indistinct فيin العِيانِplain sight وَاِشتَبَهواand became indistinguishable
وَاِلتَبسوا في العِيانِ وَاِشتَبَهوا
They have been mixed with hypocrisy, and so blended with it,
They are steeped in hypocrisy and have become muddled.
and became indistinct to the eye and hard to tell apart.
They are shrouded in appearances and have become confused.
وَماand not لِأَقوالِهِمfor their words إِذاwhen كُشِفَتare laid bare
وَما لِأَقوالِهِم إِذا كُشِفَت
حَقائِقٌtruths بَلrather جَميعُهاall of them شُبَهُspecious claims
حَقائِقٌ بَل جَميعُها شُبَهُ
And their words, when laid bare, contain no
When their words are exposed, they are not
truths; rather, all of them are specious claims.
truths, but all pretense.
قَدalready ذَهَبَتpassed away عادُهُمtheir ʿĀd وَجُرهُمُهاand its Jurhum
قَد ذَهَبَت عادُهُم وَجُرهُمُها
وَهُمand they عَلىupon ماwhat عَهِدتُI knew ماnot اِنتَبَهواthey awakened
وَهُم عَلى ما عَهِدتُ ما اِنتَبَهوا
Their ʿĀd has passed away, and its Jurhum too,
Their era and pulling them along have passed,
yet they remain as I knew them: they have not awakened.
yet they remain as I knew them, unaware.
Sol 6.1