وَأَسوَدَand a black one عارٍnaked أَنحَلَmade thin البَردُfiling جِسمَهُits body
وَأَسوَدَ عارٍ أَنحَلَ البَردُ جِسمَهُ
وَماand not زالَceased مِنamong أَوصافِهِits traits الحِرصُgreed وَالمَنعُand withholding
وَما زالَ مِن أَوصافِهِ الحِرصُ وَالمَنعُ
And a black, naked thing whose body filing has thinned;
And greed and withholding have always been among its traits.
وَأَعجَبُand the most astonishing شَيءٍthing أَنَّهُthat it is الدَهرَforever حارِسٌa guardian
وَأَعجَبُ شَيءٍ أَنَّهُ الدَهرَ حارِسٌ
وَليسَand there is not لَهُfor it عَينٌan eye وَليسَand there is not لَهُfor it سَمعُhearing
وَليسَ لَهُ عَينٌ وَليسَ لَهُ سَمعُ
And the most astonishing thing is that it is forever a guardian,
And it has no eye, and it has no hearing.
Sol 6.1