الصَبرُpatience أَروَحُmore restful مِنthan حاجٍa need تَكَلُّفُهُundertaking it
الصَبرُ أَروَحُ مِن حاجٍ تَكَلُّفُهُ
تُرجيyou keep waiting لَهُfor it الخَيلَthe horses وَالمَهرِيَّةَand the Mahri camels القوداthe long-necked ones
تُرجي لَهُ الخَيلَ وَالمَهرِيَّةَ القودا
Patience is more restful than a need you take upon yourself,
Patience is more refreshing than a pilgrim whose ostentation
For which you keep horses and long-necked Mahri camels waiting.
burdens him, who hopes for horses and a well-trained camel,
وَالهَمُّand worry لِلحَيِّto the living person إِلفٌa companion لاnot يُفارِقُهُleaves him
وَالهَمُّ لِلحَيِّ إِلفٌ لا يُفارِقُهُ
حَتّىuntil يَعودَhe becomes مَعَwith الأَمواتِthe dead مَفقوداgone
حَتّى يَعودَ مَعَ الأَمواتِ مَفقودا
And worry is the living person's companion, never leaving him,
and anxiety is a lifelong friend of the living, never leaving them
Until he is gone, together with the dead.
until they return to the dead, lost.
تِلكَthose النَوابِحُthe barking dogs خالَتmistook بَدرَthe full moon لَيلَتِهاof their night
تِلكَ النَوابِحُ خالَت بَدرَ لَيلَتِها
قُرصاًa round loaf وَظَنَّتand thought ثُرَيّاthe Pleiades اللَيلِof the night عُنقوداa bunch of grapes
قُرصاً وَظَنَّت ثُرَيّا اللَيلِ عُنقودا
Those barking dogs mistook their night's full moon
Those stars spent the night of the full moon deprived of it,
For a round loaf, and thought the night's Pleiades a bunch of grapes.
believing its crescent clusters were grapes.
Sol 6.1