ياO مَنyou who يُلَقَّبُare dubbed ظُلماًundeservedly بِالشهابِas Shihab (the Meteor) وَإِنand although
يا مَن يُلَقَّبُ ظُلماً بِالشهابِ وَإِن
أَضحىhas become بِظُلمَتِهِthrough his darkness قَدalready أَظلَمَdarkened الشُهُباthe meteors
أَضحى بِظُلمَتِهِ قَد أَظلَمَ الشُهُبا
O you undeservedly dubbed Shihab (‘the Meteor’), though
through your darkness you have come to darken the meteors.
لاdo not let تَخدَعَنَّكَit deceive you مِنfrom مَودودَMawdud دَولَتُهُhis rule
لا تَخدَعَنَّكَ مِن مَودودَ دَولَتُهُ
وَإِنand even if تَعَلَّقتَyou have clung مِنamong أَسبابِهاits cords سَبَباa cord
وَإِن تَعَلَّقتَ مِن أَسبابِها سَبَبا
Do not let Mawdud’s rule deceive you,
even if you have clung to one of its cords.
فَلَيسَfor … not يَنبَحُhe barks فيهاin it غَيرَmore than واحِدَةٍone bark
فَلَيسَ يَنبَحُ فيها غَيرَ واحِدَةٍ
حَتّىuntil يلفَّhe wraps عَلىaround خَيشومِهِhis snout الذَنباthe tail
حَتّى يلفَّ عَلى خَيشومِهِ الذَنبا
For no one barks there more than once
before wrapping his tail around his snout.
Sol 6.1