لاno خيرَgood فيin مستقبلٍfuture أوor حاضرٍpresent
لا خيرَ في مستقبلٍ أو حاضرٍ
فاسمعْso listen أخىmy brother كلاًّall of it ولاnor فيin أولِthe past
فاسمعْ أخى كلاًّ ولا في أولِ
There is no good in the future or the present,
There is no good in the future or present
So hear it all, my brother—nor in the past.
So listen, my brother, to both and first
ذهبتْhas passed away لذاذةُpleasure أولاًfirst فانظرso look ترىyou will see
ذهبتْ لذاذةُ أولاً فانظر ترى
نالتكhas reached you لذةُpleasure مرتجىًsomething hoped for مستقبلِfuture
نالتك لذةُ مرتجىً مستقبلِ
First, pleasure has passed away; look, and you will see:
The sweetness of the first is gone, so look and see
The pleasure of a future hope has reached you.
Did you get the sweetness of the hoped for future
أمَّاas for الذيthat which حضرتْhas arrived لذاذتهits delight فقدthen indeed
أمَّا الذي حضرتْ لذاذته فقد
قنعتْhave been satisfied عُيونُكyour eyes منهwith it فاسمعْso listen واعملِand act
قنعتْ عُيونُك منه فاسمعْ واعملِ
As for that whose delight has arrived, indeed,
As for what was present in its sweetness, your eyes
Your eyes have had their fill of it; so listen and act.
Have had their fill of it, so listen and act
هذاthis محالٌabsurd منfrom مقالِكyour speech لمnot (past) يكنbe
هذا محالٌ من مقالِك لم يكن
هلْquestion marker أنتَyou ناشٍsprung منfrom حصىpebbles أوor جندلِboulders
هلْ أنتَ ناشٍ من حصى أو جندلِ
This claim of yours is absurd; it was not so.
This talk of yours was not so, it did not exist
Are you sprung from pebbles or boulders?
Are you forgetting stones or acacia pods?
أعطِgive القيادَthe reins فلاso do not تكنْbe متنكباًturning aside
أعطِ القيادَ فلا تكنْ متنكباً
لاno بدّescape فيin الدنياthe world لناfor us منfrom منزلِa dwelling
لا بدّ في الدنيا لنا من منزلِ
Yield the reins, and do not turn aside.
Give the lead, do not refuse to bear the load
In this world, we must have a dwelling.
We must have an abode in this world
إنif أنتyou نكَّبتyou diverted الهوىdesire عنfrom أولِthe past
إن أنت نكَّبت الهوى عن أولِ
أوor حاضرٍpresent لاno بدescape منfrom مستقبلِa future
أو حاضرٍ لا بد من مستقبلِ
If you turn desire away from the past
If you spurn love of the first
Or the present, there must be a future.
Or present, you still need the future
Sol 6.1