إنindeed المنيةِdeath أمهلتكhas granted you respite عتاهيO ʿAtāhī
إن المنيةِ أمهلتك عتاهي
والموتُand death لاnot يسهوis heedless وقلبكَand your heart ساهيheedless
والموتُ لا يسهو وقلبكَ ساهي
Death has indeed granted you respite, ʿAtāhī,
Death has delayed you, O heedless one,
yet death is never heedless, while your heart is heedless.
And death does not forget, while your heart is oblivious.
ياO ويحwoe to ذاthis البشرmortal الضعيفfrail أماis there not? لهfor him
يا ويح ذا البشر الضعيف أما له
عنfrom غيهhis waywardness قبلbefore المماتdeath تناهيdesisting
عن غيه قبل الممات تناهي
Alas for this frail mortal! Is there no
Woe to the weak human! Does he not have
turning from his waywardness before death?
Aversion to ignorance before death comes to him.
وكلتyou are absorbed بالدنياin this world تبكيهاyou weep for it وتنand you la— (word fragment)
وكلت بالدنيا تبكيها وتن
دبها—ment it (word continuation) وأنتwhile you are عنfrom القيامةِthe Resurrection لاهيdistracted
دبها وأنت عن القيامةِ لاهي
You are absorbed in this world, weeping for it and
You have busied yourself with the world, crying over it,
lamenting it, while heedless of the Resurrection.
Running after it, while heedless of the Day of Resurrection.
العيشُlife حلوٌsweet والمنونُand death مريرةٌbitter
العيشُ حلوٌ والمنونُ مريرةٌ
والدارُand the abode دارُan abode تفاخرٍboasting وتباهand vainglory
والدارُ دارُ تفاخرٍ وتباه
Life is sweet, and death is bitter;
Life is sweet and death is bitter.
and this abode is an abode of boasting and vainglory.
The abode is an abode of ostentation and vanity.
فاجعلso give لنفسكto yourself دونهاapart from it شغلاًan occupation ولاand do not
فاجعل لنفسك دونها شغلاً ولا
تتجاهلنَّever feign ignorance لهاfor its sake فإنكَfor you are داهيshrewd
تتجاهلنَّ لها فإنكَ داهي
So give yourself an occupation apart from it, and do not
So occupy yourself with something other than it
feign ignorance for its sake, for you are shrewd.
And do not be heedless of it, for you have gone astray.
لاdo not يعجبنكَlet it please you أنthat يقالَit be said مفوهٌan eloquent speaker
لا يعجبنكَ أن يقالَ مفوهٌ
حسنُfine البلاغةِeloquence أوor عريضُbroad الجاهِinfluence
حسنُ البلاغةِ أو عريضُ الجاهِ
Do not delight in being called an eloquent speaker,
It does not please you that it be said you are eloquent
fine in eloquence, or great in influence.
Or possess great status.
أصلحcorrect فساداًcorruption منfrom سريرتكyour inner self التيwhich
أصلح فساداً من سريرتك التي
تلهوyou amuse yourself بهاwith it وارهبand fear مقامَstanding before اللهِGod
تلهو بها وارهب مقامَ اللهِ
Correct the corruption in your inner self, which
Reform the corruption of your inner self,
you toy with, and fear standing before God.
With which you are preoccupied, and fear God's reckoning.
ماnot الزهدُasceticism منfrom رجلٍa man ألدَّcontentious مكذبٍdenying
ما الزهدُ من رجلٍ ألدَّ مكذبٍ
بالبعثِin the Resurrection غيرَother than ضلالةٍerror وسفاهِand folly
بالبعثِ غيرَ ضلالةٍ وسفاهِ
Asceticism in a contentious man who denies
Asceticism in a adamant liar,
the Resurrection is nothing but error and folly.
Who denies the resurrection, is but misguidance and folly.
وأرىand I judge المقالةَthe utterance غيرَnot صالحةٍsound وإنeven if
وأرى المقالةَ غيرَ صالحةٍ وإن
أظهرتَyou profess غيرَother than مقالةِthe words of الأواهِthe prayerful man
أظهرتَ غيرَ مقالةِ الأواهِ
And I judge the utterance unsound, even if
I see this speech as improper, even if
you profess something other than the prayerful man's words.
You outwardly demonstrate something other than these vain words.
إنيindeed I رأيتكَhave seen you مظهراًmaking a show لزهادةٍof asceticism
إني رأيتكَ مظهراً لزهادةٍ
نحتاجُwe need منكَfrom you لهاfor it إلىof أشباهmatching examples
نحتاجُ منكَ لها إلى أشباه
Indeed, I have seen you making a show of asceticism,
I saw you feigning asceticism,
for which we need matching examples from you.
While we need its likeness from you.
إنif كانis لبسُwearing الصوفِwool حجتكَyour proof التيwhich
إن كان لبسُ الصوفِ حجتكَ التي
تدعوyou invoke النجاةَsalvation فإننيthen I لكto you ناهيone who dissuades
تدعو النجاةَ فإنني لك ناهي
If wearing wool is your proof by which
If wearing wool is your proof by which
you invoke salvation, then I warn you against it.
You claim salvation, then I forbid you from it.
ماnot فيon بديكَyour body (uncertain reading) منof اللباسِclothing إذاif غوتhas strayed
ما في بديكَ من اللباسِ إذا غوت
منكof yours السريرةُthe inner self غيرَother than حبلٍa rope واهيflimsy
منك السريرةُ غيرَ حبلٍ واهي
The clothing you wear, if
There is nothing in your garb, if the inner self strays
your inner self has strayed, is nothing but a flimsy rope.
From you, other than a weak rope.
لاnot شيءَanything يقبلُis accepted منكfrom you إلاexcept ماthat which بهby it
لا شيءَ يقبلُ منك إلا ما به
حكمتhave passed judgment عليكَupon you نواطقُutterances الأفواهِof mouths
حكمت عليكَ نواطقُ الأفواهِ
Nothing is accepted from you except that by which
Nothing is accepted from you except that by which
the utterances of mouths have passed judgment upon you.
The voices of the mouths have judged you.
والأمرand the matter بعدُstill عليكَfor you ويحكَwoe to you واسعٌwide
والأمر بعدُ عليكَ ويحكَ واسعٌ
ماas long as لمnot تسوyou equate إلهناour God بآلهِwith other gods
ما لم تسو إلهنا بآلهِ
And you still have ample latitude—woe to you—
The matter, woe to you, is still up to you
so long as you do not equate our God with other gods.
As long as you have not equaled our God.
Sol 6.1