وكيفand how يأمنُfeel safe from ريبَvicissitudes of الدَّهرِTime مُرتَهَنٌone held in pawn
وكيف يأمنُ ريبَ الدَّهرِ مُرتَهَنٌ
بِعَدوِهِon his outrunning الدَّهرَTime إنَّindeed الدَّهرَTime عَدَّاءُa swift runner
بِعَدوِهِ الدَّهرَ إنَّ الدَّهرَ عَدَّاءُ
And how can one feel safe from Time’s vicissitudes, his fate staked
How can one feel secure from the vicissitudes of Time
on outrunning Time? Indeed, Time is a swift runner.
When Time itself is your enemy? For Time is ever fickle.
ألقىit cast علىupon الجِيلِthe generation مِنof عادٍ‘Ad كَلاكِلَهُits breasts (crushing weight)
ألقى على الجِيلِ مِن عادٍ كَلاكِلَهُ
وَقَومِand the people of هُودٍHud فهمso they are هامٌskulls وأَصدَاءُand corpses
وَقَومِ هُودٍ فهم هامٌ وأَصدَاءُ
It brought its crushing breast down upon the generation of ‘Ad,
It overturned 'Aad like so many palm-trees that it uprooted,
and the people of Hud; now they are skulls and corpses.
And the people of Hood; they were annihilated, destroyed.
Sol 6.1