إذا كانَ فِعلُ المرءِ في الناس سالماً

إذا كانَ فِعلُ المرءِ في الناس سالماً

أَتى سالماً في كل ما يتصرَّفُ

أَتى سالماً في كل ما يتصرَّفُ

If a person’s deed among people is sound,

If a man's conduct among people is sound,

It comes forth sound in every turn it takes.

he comes through unharmed in all his dealings.

وإن كان معتلاً يجيءُ نظيرَهُ

وإن كان معتلاً يجيءُ نظيرَهُ

تصاريفُ فِعلٍ ما لهُ عنهُ مَصرِفُ

تصاريفُ فِعلٍ ما لهُ عنهُ مَصرِفُ

But if it is defective, there comes its counterpart:

And if it is unsound, there come, like it,

The turnings of a deed from which there is no escape.

forms of action from which he has no escape.

وتُحذَفُ واوٌ في المِثالِ مُضارِعاً

وتُحذَفُ واوٌ في المِثالِ مُضارِعاً

ولكن بماضي فعلهِ ليسَ تُحذَفُ

ولكن بماضي فعلهِ ليسَ تُحذَفُ

A wāw is dropped from an assimilated verb in the imperfect tense,

And a wāw is omitted from an initial-weak verb in the imperfect tense,

But in the past tense of one’s deed, it is never dropped.

but in that verb's past tense it is not omitted.