تعلمناwe learned عنfrom السنواتthe years علماknowledge
تعلمنا عن السنوات علما
We learned a lesson from the years:
The years have taught us well
That evil spins the most
بأنthat الشرevil أكثرmost ماwhat يدورcomes around
بأن الشر أكثر ما يدور
That evil is what most often comes around.
While good is rare and sparse
And evil proliferates
فأمfor the mother of الخيرgood يندرُit is rare أنthat تثنىshe bears twins
فأم الخير يندرُ أن تثنى
For the mother of good seldom bears twins,
وأمand the mother of الشرevil مئناثoften bearing daughters نثورُprolific in offspring
وأم الشر مئناث نثورُ
And the mother of evil is a prolific bearer of daughters.
Partial English translation: 2 of 4 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1