إِذاwhen أُلِفَbecomes familiar الشَيءُa thing اِستَهانَmade light بِهِof it الفَتىthe young man
إِذا أُلِفَ الشَيءُ اِستَهانَ بِهِ الفَتى
فَلَمso did not يَرَهُregard it بُؤسىhardship يُعَدُّis counted وَلاnor نُعمىblessing
فَلَم يَرَهُ بُؤسى يُعَدُّ وَلا نُعمى
When a thing grows familiar, a young man makes light of it,
When something becomes familiar, the youth takes it lightly,
so he counts it neither a hardship nor a blessing,
He sees in it no misery to count, nor blessing.
كَإِنفاقِهِlike his spending مِنfrom عُمرِهِhis lifespan وَمَساغِهِand his swallowing
كَإِنفاقِهِ مِن عُمرِهِ وَمَساغِهِ
مِنَfrom الريقِsaliva عَذباًsweet لايُحِسُّdoes not sense لَهُin it طَعماa taste
مِنَ الريقِ عَذباً لايُحِسُّ لَهُ طَعما
as with his spending of his lifespan and his swallowing
Like spending his lifetime, and swallowing
sweet saliva, in which he senses no taste.
Sweet saliva - its taste he cannot sense.
وَماand not اِرتابَdoubt فيabout لُقياmeeting الرَدىdeath وَكَأَنَّهُand as though it were
وَما اِرتابَ في لُقيا الرَدى وَكَأَنَّهُ
حَديثٌa tale أَتىcame مِنfrom كاذِبٍa liar يُبطِلُmakes false الزَعماthe assertion
حَديثٌ أَتى مِن كاذِبٍ يُبطِلُ الزَعما
And he has no doubt he will meet death, yet it is as though it were
He has no doubt meeting death, as though
a tale that came from a liar making a false assertion.
It was a story from a liar, negating the claim.
Sol 6.1