لِكُلfor every شَيءthing إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle تَمَّbecomes complete نُقصانُdecline
لِكُل شَيء إِذا ما تَمَّ نُقصانُ
وَكُلand every قَولsaying مِنfrom العذالthe reproachers بُهتانُslander
وَكُل قَول مِن العذال بُهتانُ
For everything, once complete, there is decline.
For all things, when complete, some flaw will show,
And every word from the reproachers is slander.
And every word from the ashamed is false.
فَالعَبدso the servant يَشكوcomplains إِذاwhen ضَنّis miserly الزَمانTime وَماand does not
فَالعَبد يَشكو إِذا ضَنّ الزَمان وَما
يَدريknow حَقيقاًtruly بِأَنthat اللَهGod رحمنthe All-Merciful
يَدري حَقيقاً بِأَن اللَه رحمن
So the servant complains when Time is miserly, and does not
The servant complains when time treats harshly, not
truly know that God is the All-Merciful.
Knowing truly that Allah is Beneficent.
فَالدَهرso Time طوراًat times تَراهyou see it بِالسُرورwith joy وَفىkept faith
فَالدَهر طوراً تَراه بِالسُرور وَفى
وَلَيسَand there are no فيهِin it إِلىto الإِنسانhumankind أَحزانsorrows
وَلَيسَ فيهِ إِلى الإِنسان أَحزان
So, at times, you see Time keeping faith by bringing joy,
Time seems happy for a while,
and in it there are no sorrows for humankind.
In it, no sorrows for man.
وَفيand on لَيالnights تَشيمyou behold الدَهرTime ذاpossessed of حزنgrief
وَفي لَيال تَشيم الدَهر ذا حزن
سُبحانglory be منto Him who ذاsuch لَهُto Him فيin خَلقهHis creation شانan affair
سُبحان من ذا لَهُ في خَلقه شان
And on some nights you behold Time full of grief.
Yet nights make time seem sad,
Glory be to Him who has such dealings with His creation!
Praise Him whose creation has glory.
وَربand many a خَيرgood man أَتاهit came to him فيin رِياضgardens هناbliss
وَرب خَير أَتاه في رِياض هنا
فَالرَوضso the garden بِالغَمwith gloom وَالأَحزانand sorrows مَلآنfilled
فَالرَوض بِالغَم وَالأَحزان مَلآن
And many a good man it has visited in gardens of bliss—
A lord's bounty came to him in meadows of bliss,
then the garden is filled with gloom and sorrows.
Yet the meadow filled with gloom and sorrows.
هُوَit الزَمانTime وَلَكنbut كَمhow much يَرىit sees ترحاًsorrow
هُوَ الزَمان وَلَكن كَم يَرى ترحاً
كَأَنَّهُas though it were لِجَميعof all السُوءevil وَزّانa weigher
كَأَنَّهُ لِجَميع السُوء وَزّان
It is Time, yet how much sorrow it sees,
It is time, but see how often it seems joyous,
as though it were the weigher of all evil.
As if for all evil it is the weigher.
هَوُit الزَمانTime إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle رمتyou wished تَسألهyou ask it
هَوُ الزَمان إِذا ما رمت تَسأله
عَنabout نسبةlineage قالit said جديmy grandfather اليَومtoday مُطرانa bishop
عَن نسبة قال جدي اليَوم مُطران
It is Time: whenever you wish to ask it
When you ask time for tidings,
about its lineage, it says, 'My grandfather today is a bishop.'
It says, “My grandfather today is made wet by rain.”
ياO صاحfriend بَعدhenceforth إِلىon الأَزمانthe ages لاdo not تركنrely
يا صاح بَعد إِلى الأَزمان لا تركن
قَدindeed صَحwas right مَنwhoever قالَsaid إِنthat الدَهرTime خوّانtreacherous
قَد صَح مَن قالَ إِن الدَهر خوّان
O friend, henceforth do not rely on the ages;
Oh you who calls out to time, do not trust it,
he who said that Time is treacherous was indeed right.
True is he who said time is treacherous.
يَجورacts unjustly دَوماًalways عَلىtoward أَهلthe people of الوَفاloyalty عَمداًdeliberately
يَجور دَوماً عَلى أَهل الوَفا عَمداً
وَفيهِand in it كَمhow often ذاemphatic particle لقيmet الأَرزاءcalamities إِنسانa person
وَفيهِ كَم ذا لقي الأَرزاء إِنسان
It always wrongs the loyal deliberately,
It wrongs the loyal intentionally,
and in it, how often has a person met calamities!
And in it many met calamities, people.
Sol 6.1