يَعدوbypasses الرِياضَthe gardens الحَياthe rain وَالأَرضُand the earth مُجدِبَةٌbarren
يَعدو الرِياضَ الحَيا وَالأَرضُ مُجدِبَةٌ
رِزقاًsustenance وَفيand in البَحرِthe sea ذَيلُthe train السُحبِof the clouds مَسحوبُdragged along
رِزقاً وَفي البَحرِ ذَيلُ السُحبِ مَسحوبُ
Rain bypasses the gardens, though the earth is barren
Of sustenance, while the clouds’ train trails across the sea.
فَلاso not لِعَجزٍbecause of helplessness تَعَدّىbypassed تِلكَthose نائِلُهُits bounty
فَلا لِعَجزٍ تَعَدّى تِلكَ نائِلُهُ
وَلاnor لِحِرصٍbecause of eagerness سَقَتwatered تِلكَthose الشَآبيبُdownpours
وَلا لِحِرصٍ سَقَت تِلكَ الشَآبيبُ
So it was not for helplessness that its bounty passed those gardens by,
Nor for eagerness that those downpours watered the sea.
وَالرِزقُand sustenance يَأتيcomes وَإِنand even if لَمnot يَسعَstrive صاحِبُهُits recipient
وَالرِزقُ يَأتي وَإِن لَم يَسعَ صاحِبُهُ
حَتماًinevitably وَلكِنand yet شَقاءُsuffering المَرءِof a person مَكتوبُdecreed
حَتماً وَلكِن شَقاءُ المَرءِ مَكتوبُ
And sustenance comes, even if its recipient does not strive,
Inevitably—yet a person’s suffering is decreed.
Sol 6.1