رأيتكْمI saw you all فيin أمورٍaffairs غيرnot مسفرةٍclear
رأيتكْم في أمورٍ غير مسفرةٍ
ماnot يَنقَضيcomes to an end شُغُلٌan occupation إلّاexcept إلىto شُغِلِanother occupation
ما يَنقَضي شُغُلٌ إلّا إلى شُغِلِ
I have seen you amid affairs that are unclear;
I saw you occupied with undisclosed affairs,
No occupation ends except to lead to another.
One preoccupation leads only to another preoccupation.
فإِنْso if تكنْare تلكمُthose (addressing you all) الأشغالُthe occupations قاطعةًcutting off
فإِنْ تكنْ تلكمُ الأشغالُ قاطعةً
عَنfrom غَيركمْothers besides you فَشفاهاthen may He cure them اللَّهGod منof عللِailments
عَن غَيركمْ فَشفاها اللَّه من عللِ
So if those occupations cut you off
If those matters preoccupy you from others,
From others, then may God cure them of their ailments.
May Allah cure them of their harms.
وإنْand if يكنis ذاكَthat تعويقاًa hindrance لشرّكمُto your evil
وإنْ يكن ذاكَ تعويقاً لشرّكمُ
فيناagainst us فياthen, oh حبّذاhow welcome الأشغالُthe occupations منas عُقَلِfetters
فينا فيا حبّذا الأشغالُ من عُقَلِ
And if that is a hindrance to your evil
But if they hinder your evil,
Against us, then how welcome those occupations are as fetters!
Blessed are those wise preoccupations!
لاno خيرgood فيمنin one whom تناساهhas deliberately forgotten him الرّجاءُhope فماso no
لا خير فيمن تناساه الرّجاءُ فما
تسريtravel by night إليهto him بنيّاتٌlittle daughters منof الأملِhope
تسري إليه بنيّاتٌ من الأملِ
No good lies in one whom hope has chosen to forget, so no
No good in one forgotten by hope, no
Little daughters of hope travel to him by night.
Intentions of hope approach him.
ولمand did not يَبِتْspend the night أحدٌanyone منهbecause of him وإنand even if بعدتْwas far away
ولم يَبِتْ أحدٌ منه وإن بعدتْ
عنهfrom him محلّتهhis dwelling إلّاexcept علىin وَجَلِfear
عنه محلّته إلّا على وَجَلِ
And no one spent the night, because of him—even if far
And none of them spent a night, even if
From him his dwelling lay—except in fear.
His abode were far removed, except anxious and distressed.
Sol 6.1