لكلِّfor every امرئٍperson أجلٌan appointed end منتظرُawaited
لكلِّ امرئٍ أجلٌ منتظرُ
ويبقىand remains منof الذاهبينَthe departed الأثرْthe trace
ويبقى من الذاهبينَ الأثرْ
An appointed end awaits every person.
Every person has a waiting fate,
And a trace of the departed remains.
And a trace remains of those departed.
يردِّدُهُrepeat it الناسُpeople جيلاًa generation فجيلاًthen a generation
يردِّدُهُ الناسُ جيلاً فجيلاً
ويروونهُand they recount it زمراًin groups عنfrom زمرْgroups
ويروونهُ زمراً عن زمرْ
People repeat it, generation after generation,
People repeat it generation after generation,
And they recount it, one group from another.
And groups recount it to groups.
ترىis seen فيهِin it نفسُthe soul الفتىof the young man مثلماjust as
ترى فيهِ نفسُ الفتى مثلما
ترىyou see فيin المرآةِthe mirror وجوهَthe faces البشرْof humankind
ترى في المرآةِ وجوهَ البشرْ
In it the young man's soul is seen, just as
In it the young man's soul sees itself
You see human faces in the mirror.
As it sees the faces of men in a mirror.
فذلكَso that مرآتهُhis mirror للنفوسِfor souls
فذلكَ مرآتهُ للنفوسِ
وهاتيكَand that other مرآتهاits mirror للصدرْfor the chest
وهاتيكَ مرآتها للصدرْ
So that is his mirror for souls,
So it is a mirror for souls,
And that other is its mirror for the chest.
While these are a mirror for hearts.
وماand not الناسُpeople إلاbut حديثٌa tale يدومُendures
وما الناسُ إلا حديثٌ يدومُ
فالخيرُso good خيرٌgood والشرُّand evil شرْevil
فالخيرُ خيرٌ والشرُّ شرْ
And people are but a tale that endures:
For people are but a tale that endures.
So good is good, and evil is evil.
So good is good, and evil is evil.
Sol 6.1