هُوَit السَّبيلُthe way فَمنso from يَومٍa day إِلىto يَومٍa day
هُوَ السَّبيلُ فَمن يَومٍ إِلى يَومٍ
كَأَنَّهُas though it were ماwhat تُريكَshows you العَينthe eye فيin النَّومِsleep
كَأَنَّهُ ما تُريكَ العَين في النَّومِ
Such is the way, from one day to the next,
As though it were what the eye shows you in sleep.
لاdo not تَعجَلَنَّbe hasty رُوَيداًtake it slowly إِنَّهاindeed it is دُوَلٌturns of fortune
لا تَعجَلَنَّ رُوَيداً إِنَّها دُوَلٌ
دُنياworldly life تَنَقَّلُpasses مِنfrom قَومٍa people إِلىto قَومِa people
دُنيا تَنَقَّلُ مِن قَومٍ إِلى قَومِ
Do not be hasty; take it slowly—it is shifting fortune:
A world that passes from one people to another.
Sol 6.1