أراكI see you ركبتَyou embarked فيamid الأهوالthe terrors بحراًa sea
أراك ركبتَ في الأهوال بحراً
عظيماًvast ليسis not يُؤمنsafety is assured منfrom خطوبهْits calamities
عظيماً ليس يُؤمن من خطوبهْ
I see you have embarked amid terrors upon a sea,
I see you have embarked on treacherous seas
vast, with no safety from its calamities.
A mighty ocean with perilous tribulations
تُسَيّرُyou steer فلْكهُits ship شرْقاًeastward وغَرْباًand westward
تُسَيّرُ فلْكهُ شرْقاً وغَرْباً
وتُدْفَعُand you are driven منfrom صَبَاهُits east wind إلىto جنوبهits south wind
وتُدْفَعُ من صَبَاهُ إلى جنوبه
You steer its ship eastward and westward,
You steer your ship eastward and westward
and are driven from its east wind to its south wind.
Pushed by its gusts from north to south
وأصعبُand harder منthan ركوبِsailing البحرthe sea عنديin my view
وأصعبُ من ركوبِ البحر عندي
أُمُورٌcircumstances ألجأتكَcompelled you إلىto ركوبهsailing it
أُمُورٌ ألجأتكَ إلى ركوبه
And harder than sailing the sea, in my view,
Yet harder for me than traversing the seas
are the circumstances that compelled you to sail it.
Are matters that forced you into this voyage
Sol 6.1