وإِنَّand indeed حَياةًa life والْمَماتُand death خِتامُهاits end
وإِنَّ حَياةً والْمَماتُ خِتامُها
لأَحْقَرُsurely more paltry عِنْدَin the eyes of الْعَقْلِreason مِنْthan أَنْto تُؤَثَّراbe preferred
لأَحْقَرُ عِنْدَ الْعَقْلِ مِنْ أَنْ تُؤَثَّرا
And indeed, a life whose end is death
Is too paltry in reason’s eyes to be preferred.
وإنَّand indeed نَعيماًbliss أيْقَنَknew for certain المرْءُthe person أَنُّهُthat it
وإنَّ نَعيماً أيْقَنَ المرْءُ أَنُّهُ
يَزولُwill vanish نَعيمٌbliss صَفْوُهُits purity قَدْalready تَكَدَّراhas become clouded
يَزولُ نَعيمٌ صَفْوُهُ قَدْ تَكَدَّرا
And indeed, bliss that a person knows for certain
Will vanish is bliss whose purity has already been clouded.
Sol 6.1