تُؤَمِّلُyou hope لِلنَّفسِfor the soul الشَجِيَّةِsorrowful فَرحَةًa joy
تُؤَمِّلُ لِلنَّفسِ الشَجِيَّةِ فَرحَةً
وَتأبىand refuse الخُطوبُthe calamities السودُblack إِلّاexcept تَمادياpersistence
وَتأبى الخُطوبُ السودُ إِلّا تَماديا
You hope for joy for the sorrowful soul,
You give hope of joy to the anguished soul
yet black calamities insist on persisting.
Yet misfortunes insist on growing worse
لَياليكَyour nights فيin زاهيكَyour Zahi أَصفىmore serene صَحِبتُهاI kept them company
لَياليكَ في زاهيكَ أَصفى صَحِبتُها
كَماas صَحبَتkept company with قَبليbefore me المُلوكُthe kings اللَيالياthe nights
كَما صَحبَت قَبلي المُلوكُ اللَياليا
Your nights in your Zahi were more serene; I kept them company,
Your nights in your prime were the most loyal companions
as kings before me kept company with the nights.
Just as nights in the past accompanied kings
نَعيمٌbliss وَبؤسٌand misery ذاthis لِذَلِكَof that ناسِخٌan effacer
نَعيمٌ وَبؤسٌ ذا لِذَلِكَ ناسِخٌ
وَبعدَهُماand after them both نَسخُerasure المَناياdeaths الأَمانياhopes
وَبعدَهُما نَسخُ المَنايا الأَمانيا
Bliss and misery—the latter effaces the former,
Bliss and misery - for that is their nature
and after both comes death’s erasure of hopes.
And after them the erasure of dreams by mortality
Sol 6.1