اِسلَمbe safe سَلِمتَmay you be spared وَلاand no سَليمَone safe عَلىagainst البِلىdecay
اِسلَم سَلِمتَ وَلا سَليمَ عَلى البِلى
فَنِيَperished الرِجالُthe men ذَوُوpossessed of القُوىstrength فَفَنيتُso I perished
فَنِيَ الرِجالُ ذَوُو القُوى فَفَنيتُ
Be safe—may you be spared! Yet none is safe from decay.
Men endowed with strength perished, and I too perished.
كَيفَhow السَلامَةُsafety إِنif أَرَدتُI desired سَلامَةًsafety
كَيفَ السَلامَةُ إِن أَرَدتُ سَلامَةً
وَالمَوتُand death يَطلُبُنيpursues me وَلَستُand I am not أَفوتُescaping
وَالمَوتُ يَطلُبُني وَلَستُ أَفوتُ
How can there be safety, if I desire safety,
when death pursues me and I cannot escape?
وَأُقيلُand I rest at midday حَيثُwhere أَرىI see fit فَلاso not أَخفىam I hidden لَهُfrom it
وَأُقيلُ حَيثُ أَرى فَلا أَخفى لَهُ
وَيَرىand it sees فَلاso not يَعياis it at a loss بِحَيثُas to where أَبيتُI spend the night
وَيَرى فَلا يَعيا بِحَيثُ أَبيتُ
And I rest at midday where I see fit, yet I am not hidden from it;
and it sees, and has no trouble knowing where I spend the night.
مَيتاًdead خُلِقتُI was created وَلَمand not أَكُنI was مِنfrom قَبلِهاbefore that
مَيتاً خُلِقتُ وَلَم أَكُن مِن قَبلِها
شَيئاًa thing يَموتُdies فَمُتُّso I died حَيثُwhen حَيِيتُI came to life
شَيئاً يَموتُ فَمُتُّ حَيثُ حَيِيتُ
Dead I was created, and before that I had not been
a thing that dies; so I died when I came to life.
وَأَموتُand I shall die أُخرىonce more بَعدَهاafter that وَلَأَعلَمَنand I shall surely know
وَأَموتُ أُخرى بَعدَها وَلَأَعلَمَن
إِنif كانَit is يَنفَعُof use أَنَّنيthat I سَأَموتُshall die
إِن كانَ يَنفَعُ أَنَّني سَأَموتُ
And I shall die once more thereafter, and I shall surely know—
if it is any use—that I shall die.
Sol 6.1