ذَهَبَhave gone الكِرامُthe noble فَلَيتَهُمso, if only they were ذَهَبٌgold يُرىis seen
ذَهَبَ الكِرامُ فَلَيتَهُم ذَهَبٌ يُرى
وَنُضارُand the pure essence أَحسابِof ancestral honor الرِجالِof men نُضارُpure gold
وَنُضارُ أَحسابِ الرِجالِ نُضارُ
The noble have gone—if only they were gold one could see!
The noble ones are gone - if only their leaving could be seen
And the pure essence of men's ancestral honor is pure gold.
Yet the fresh countenances of men remain ever fresh
إِنif يَبقَit remains لاnot يَهرَمit grows old وَإِنand if يُطرَحit is cast إِلىinto
إِن يَبقَ لا يَهرَم وَإِن يُطرَح إِلى
حَمراءَa red fire موقَدَةٍkindled فَلَيسَthen it is not يُضارُharmed
حَمراءَ موقَدَةٍ فَلَيسَ يُضارُ
If it endures, it does not age; and if cast into
If it remains it does not wither, and if cast into
a red, blazing fire, it suffers no harm.
A burning furnace it is not harmed
لاnot يُدرِكُovertakes اليَومَthe day الَّذيthat خَلَّفتَهُyou left it behind
لا يُدرِكُ اليَومَ الَّذي خَلَّفتَهُ
تَقريبُthe canter of سابِقَةٍa swift mare وَلاnor إِحضارُa full gallop
تَقريبُ سابِقَةٍ وَلا إِحضارُ
The day you left behind cannot be overtaken
You cannot regain today which you have left behind
by a swift mare's canter, nor by a full gallop.
Neither by hurrying ahead nor by delaying
Sol 6.1