الحَمدُpraise لِلَّهِto God الَّذيwho صاغَنيfashioned me
الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي صاغَني
أَطعَمَنيhe fed me رِزقيmy sustenance وَأَحيانيand gave me life
أَطعَمَني رِزقي وَأَحياني
Praise be to God, who fashioned me,
Praise be to Allah who shaped me
fed me my sustenance and gave me life.
Fed me my sustenance and revived me
شَخصِيَmy body هَذاthis عُرضَةٌexposed لِلرَدىto death
شَخصِيَ هَذا عُرضَةٌ لِلرَدى
وَلَمand not يَزَلceased مَعدِنَa mine of عِصيانِdisobedience
وَلَم يَزَل مَعدِنَ عِصيانِ
This body of mine is exposed to death,
My personality is prone to ruin
and has never ceased to be a mine of disobedience.
And has always been a mine of disobedience
مِنof كُلِّevery فَنٍّkind فيهِin it أُعجوبَةٌa marvel
مِن كُلِّ فَنٍّ فيهِ أُعجوبَةٌ
كَأَنَّهُas though it were جامِعُthe compendium of سُفيانِSufyan
كَأَنَّهُ جامِعُ سُفيانِ
It holds a marvel of every kind,
In every art there is a wonder in it
as though it were Sufyan's compendium.
As if it were a gathering of Sufyan
ياO آلَhouse of يَعقوبَJacob خُذواtake حَذرَكُمyour precautions
يا آلَ يَعقوبَ خُذوا حَذرَكُم
فيthroughout الدَهرِtime مِنagainst حَبرٍa rabbi وَدَيّانِand a religious judge
في الدَهرِ مِن حَبرٍ وَدَيّانِ
O house of Jacob, be on your guard
O descendants of Jacob take your precautions
throughout your days against rabbi and religious judge.
In the ages from an inkpot and judge
يَزعَمُhe claims نارٌa fire مِنfrom سَماءٍheaven هَوَتfell
يَزعَمُ نارٌ مِن سَماءٍ هَوَت
تَأكُلُdevours ذاone guilty of إِفكٍfalsehood وَطُغيانِand tyranny
تَأكُلُ ذا إِفكٍ وَطُغيانِ
He claims a fire that fell from heaven
A fire claims it fell from a sky
devours one guilty of falsehood and tyranny.
That eats those of slander and tyranny
لَوif كُنتَyou were فيماin what قُلتَهُyou said it صادِقاًtruthful
لَو كُنتَ فيما قُلتَهُ صادِقاً
لَمnot تَعدُyou rushed لِلشَرِّtoward evil بِهَيمانِin a frenzy
لَم تَعدُ لِلشَرِّ بِهَيمانِ
Had you been truthful in what you said,
If you were truthful in what you said
you would not have rushed madly toward evil,
You would not return to evil with delight
وَلَمand not تَكُنyou were تَرغَبُyou long فيfor زُيَّفٍcounterfeit coins
وَلَم تَكُن تَرغَبُ في زُيَّفٍ
تُؤخَذُare taken مِنfrom عُرجٍthe lame وَعُميانِand the blind
تُؤخَذُ مِن عُرجٍ وَعُميانِ
nor would you have coveted counterfeit coins
And you would not crave falsities
taken from the lame and the blind.
Taken from the lame and the blind
أَماwill you not تَوَقّىguard against كَذِباًa lie فاحِشاًoutrageous
أَما تَوَقّى كَذِباً فاحِشاً
أَذهَلَنيbewildered me مِنكَfrom you وَأَعيانيand exhausted me
أَذهَلَني مِنكَ وَأَعياني
Will you not avoid an outrageous lie
Do you not fear a manifest lie
that, coming from you, has bewildered and exhausted me?
That has confused me and distracted me
تَجعَلُyou make نَمِيَّكَyour base-metal coin تِبراًunminted gold وَماyet not
تَجعَلُ نَمِيَّكَ تِبراً وَما
تَخلُطُهُyou mix it with حَبَّةَa grain of عُقيانِpure gold
تَخلُطُهُ حَبَّةَ عُقيانِ
You pass your base coin off as raw gold, yet
You make your sleep devotion but
you mix into it not a single grain of pure gold.
You do not mix in it a grain of devotion
Sol 6.1