فيin اليومthe day ألفa thousand مصيبهcalamity
في اليوم ألف مصيبه
فيin أثرthe wake of ألفa thousand عجيبهwonder
في أثر ألف عجيبه
A thousand calamities each day,
A thousand afflictions every day
in the wake of a thousand wonders.
In the wake of a thousand wonders
هذيthis one منfrom الناسthe people تبدوappears
هذي من الناس تبدو
وهذهand this one كعقوبهlike a punishment
وهذه كعقوبه
This one appears to come from people,
Some appear from people
and this one is like a punishment.
And some like punishment
فكلfor every يومday جبالٌmountains
فكل يوم جبالٌ
ترميhurl بنارwith fire مذيبهmelting
ترمي بنار مذيبه
For every day, mountains
So each day mountains
hurl a fire that melts;
Hurl melting fire
وكلand every يومday سيولٌfloods
وكل يوم سيولٌ
تجتاحsweep through أرضاland خصيبهfertile
تجتاح أرضا خصيبه
and every day, floods
And each day floods
sweep through fertile land;
Sweep fertile land
وكلand every يومday بحارseas
وكل يوم بحار
تطغىoverflow بحالin a state رهيبهterrifying
تطغى بحال رهيبه
and every day, seas
And each day seas
overflow terrifyingly.
Rage in a horrendous state
وألفand a thousand نفسsouls قتيلهslain
وألف نفس قتيله
وألفand a thousand نفسsouls حريبهdispossessed
وألف نفس حريبه
And a thousand souls are slain,
A thousand slain souls
and a thousand souls are dispossessed.
A thousand war-bent souls
كمhow often راحwent away زلزالan earthquake أرضearth
كم راح زلزال أرض
بمنwith those who عليهاare upon it رحيبهvast
بمن عليها رحيبه
How often an earthquake has carried off
How many earthquakes took
those upon the vast earth!
Those who lived so comfortably
أوor انفجارan explosion مريعdreadful
أو انفجار مريع
يغالبونthey struggle against لهيبهits blaze
يغالبون لهيبه
Or a dreadful explosion—
Or a deafening explosion
they struggle against its blaze.
Fighting its flames
وكلand every قطرland يلاقيreceives
وكل قطر يلاقي
منof الخرابthe devastation نصيبهits share
من الخراب نصيبه
And every land receives
And every drop faces
its share of devastation.
Its share of destruction
تموتdies فيon كلevery يومday
تموت في كل يوم
بالانتحارby suicide كتيبهa battalion
بالانتحار كتيبه
Every day there dies
Battalions kill themselves
a battalion by suicide.
With suicide each day
وليسand there is no فيin النفسthe soul باكa mourner
وليس في النفس باك
علىfor النفوسthe souls الكئيبهsorrowful
على النفوس الكئيبه
And there is no mourner in the soul
And no soul grieves
for the sorrowful souls.
For the gloomy souls
وكلand every فردindividual وشعبand a nation
وكل فرد وشعب
صارواthey have become بحالin a state عجيبهstrange
صاروا بحال عجيبه
And every individual and nation
Each person and nation
has come to a strange state.
Is in a wondrous state
لاnot الشيبthe gray-haired للحقto truth دانواsubmitted
لا الشيب للحق دانوا
ولاnor استقامتremained upright شبيبهyouth
ولا استقامت شبيبه
The gray-haired have not submitted to truth,
Neither the old revere the truth
nor has youth remained upright.
Nor the young stand straight
ماnot فيamong الرجالthe men أديبa refined man
ما في الرجال أديب
أفيis there among النساءthe women أديبهa refined woman
أفي النساء أديبه
There is no refined man among men;
No refined men
is there a refined woman among women?
Or refined women
لاno مسلمMuslim صانsafeguarded شرعاreligious law
لا مسلم صان شرعا
ولاnor مسيحيa Christian صليبهhis cross
ولا مسيحي صليبه
No Muslim has safeguarded religious law,
No Muslim honors law
nor any Christian his cross.
Nor Christian, the cross
هوit اختلالdisorder رأيناwe have seen
هو اختلال رأينا
فيin كلevery شيءthing دبيبهits creeping
في كل شيء دبيبه
It is disorder; we have seen
It’s the corruption of our minds
its creeping in everything.
In everything creeping
ماnot الأمرthe state of affairs فوضىchaos ولكنbut
ما الأمر فوضى ولكن
للهto God belongs عينan eye رقيبهwatchful
لله عين رقيبه
This is not chaos; rather,
Though it’s chaos, God has
God has a watchful eye.
A watchful eye
أرىI see أشرthe worst مصيبهcalamity
أرى أشر مصيبه
قدalready علقتhas been suspended بسبيبهby a thread
قد علقت بسبيبه
I see the worst calamity
I see the worst affliction
already hanging by a thread;
Clinging to its cause
ودكةand the crushing الأرضthe earth صارتhas become
ودكة الأرض صارت
بمنwith those who عليهاare upon it قريبهnear
بمن عليها قريبه
and the earth's crushing has drawn
And the earth's orbit is
near—with all who are upon it.
To those on it, close
Sol 6.1