سَعيُstriving الفَتىthe young man لِسَوىfor more than كَفsufficiency (first part)
سَعيُ الفَتى لِسَوى كَف
افِsufficiency (continuation) العَيشِof living غايَةُthe height of جَهلِهِhis ignorance
افِ العَيشِ غايَةُ جَهلِهِ
A young man's striving for more than enough
to live on is the height of his ignorance,
إِذاwhen فيهِin it يَخسَرُhe loses ماwhat يُؤَمِّلُhe hopes for
إِذا فيهِ يَخسَرُ ما يُؤَمِّلُ
رِبحَهُgaining it مِنfor أَجلِهِits sake
رِبحَهُ مِن أَجلِهِ
when, in that pursuit, he loses what he hopes
to gain by it.
وَالفَقرُand poverty لاdoes not يُؤذيharm الفَقيthe poor man (first part)
وَالفَقرُ لا يُؤذي الفَقي
رَthe poor man (continuation) أَذىthe harm suffered by الغَنِيِّthe rich man بِبُخلِهِthrough his miserliness
رَ أَذى الغَنِيِّ بِبُخلِهِ
And poverty does not harm the poor
as the rich man is harmed by his miserliness;
إِذfor ذاthis one يُعانُis helped وَذاand that one يُرادُis wished
إِذ ذا يُعانُ وَذا يُرادُ
بِهِfor him الرَدىdeath مِنby نَجلِهِhis offspring
بِهِ الرَدى مِن نَجلِهِ
for the one is helped, while the other is wished
dead by his offspring.
Sol 6.1