مَنونَwho? رِجالٌmen خَبِّروناtold us عَنِabout البِلىdecay
مَنونَ رِجالٌ خَبِّرونا عَنِ البِلى
وَعادواand returned إِلَيناto us بَعدَafter رَيبِravages مَنونِdeath
وَعادوا إِلَينا بَعدَ رَيبِ مَنونِ
Who are the men who told us of decay
Men traveled and brought us tidings of those gone
and returned to us after death's ravages?
Only to return after delay and uncertainty
بَنونَsons كَآباءٍlike fathers وَكَمand how often بَرَّحَtormented الرَدىdeath
بَنونَ كَآباءٍ وَكَم بَرَّحَ الرَدى
بِضَبٍّupon a lizard عَلىfor all عِلّاتِهِits infirmities وَبِنونِand upon a fish
بِضَبٍّ عَلى عِلّاتِهِ وَبِنونِ
Sons are like fathers; how often has death tormented
They perished like forefathers, how many has time wasted away
a lizard, for all its infirmities, and a fish!
With staves on their shoulders and sons in tow
دَفَنّاهُمُwe buried them فيin الأَرضِthe earth دَفنَa burial تَيَقُّنٍcertainty
دَفَنّاهُمُ في الأَرضِ دَفنَ تَيَقُّنٍ
وَلاand no عَلِمَknowledge بِالأَرواحِof souls غَيرَother than ظُنونِconjectures
وَلا عَلِمَ بِالأَرواحِ غَيرَ ظُنونِ
We buried them in the earth with certainty,
We buried them in earth with certainty of their end
yet of souls there is no knowledge beyond conjecture.
Yet no soul knows what comes next except conjectures
وَرَومُand seeking الفَتىthe young man ماwhat قَدalready طَوىconcealed اللَهُGod عِلمَهُknowledge of it
وَرَومُ الفَتى ما قَد طَوى اللَهُ عِلمَهُ
يُعَدُّis reckoned جُنوناًmadness أَوor شَبيهَakin to جُنونِmadness
يُعَدُّ جُنوناً أَو شَبيهَ جُنونِ
And a man's quest to know what God has kept hidden
A young man's attempt to unravel what Allah has concealed
is reckoned madness, or something akin to madness.
Would be deemed insanity or near insanity
Sol 6.1