بالوَردwith roses مَتىwhen تتَوَّجُare crowned الأَغصانُthe branches
بالوَرد مَتى تتَوَّجُ الأَغصانُ
قالَit said اِتعظواtake heed كَشأنكمlike your lot ليfor me شانُa lot
قالَ اِتعظوا كَشأنكم لي شانُ
When the branches are crowned with roses,
When will blossoms crown the boughs?
it says, "Take heed: my lot is like yours.
Take heed, for what befalls you could befall me too.
ماnot زادَincreased بقايmy lifespan نَفَساًa breath ذاتُthe possessions of يَديmy hand
ما زادَ بقاي نَفَساً ذاتُ يَدي
لاneither الحِلَّةُthe robe لاnor الشَوكَةُthe thorn لاnor العيدانُthe stems
لا الحِلَّةُ لا الشَوكَةُ لا العيدانُ
My possessions have not prolonged my life by a single breath—
My hands cannot make any soul's life last longer.
neither the robe, nor the thorn, nor the stems."
Not my necklace, nor my thorns, nor this staff of mine.
Sol 6.1