إِذَاif مَاemphatic particle الْمَرْءُthe man أَعْقَبَleft offspring ثُمَّthen أَوْدَىdied
إِذَا مَا الْمَرْءُ أَعْقَبَ ثُمَّ أَوْدَى
تَعَادَلَcame into balance فَهْوَso he is مَوْجُودٌexisting وَفَانِيand perished
تَعَادَلَ فَهْوَ مَوْجُودٌ وَفَانِي
If a man leaves offspring and then dies,
He stands in balance: he is both present and gone.
وَمَاand not الدُّنْيَاthe world سِوَىexcept أَخْذٍtaking وَرَدٍّand returning
وَمَا الدُّنْيَا سِوَى أَخْذٍ وَرَدٍّ
وَهَدْمٍand demolition نَابَstood in place عَنْهُof it بِنَاءُconstruction بَانِيa builder
وَهَدْمٍ نَابَ عَنْهُ بِنَاءُ بَانِي
And the world is nothing but taking and returning,
And demolition replaced by a builder’s construction.
Sol 6.1