لَيسَ لِلمَرءِ عُصرَةٌ مِن وَقَاعِ الدَّ
هرِ تُغني عَنهُ سَنَامُ عَنَاقِ
A man has no refuge from the blows of Fate—
A man has no refuge from the assaults of
no mountain summit can save him from them.
time; the summit of ʿAnāq cannot save him.
قَد تَبَيَّنتُ في الخُطُوبِ الَّتي
قَبلي فما بَعدها إلَى اليَومِ باقي
I have discerned, through the calamities that came
I have examined the calamities that came
before me—nothing after them has endured to this day.
before me: nothing after them remains to this day.
وأَرَى الشَّاهِقَ المُدِلَّ بهِ الأَر
وَى دُوَينَ السَّحابِ وَعرَ الَمراقي
I behold the soaring peak where mountain goats strut proudly,
And I see the lofty peak in which the mountain
just beneath the clouds, its ascents forbidding;
goats take pride, just beneath the clouds, with rugged ascents;
وَدِلاَلُ العَزيزِ بالَجمعِ ذي الأَر
كانِ كُلاٍّ مَعاذُهُ غَيرُ واقي
and the mighty man’s proud reliance on his host, firm-pillared—
and the mighty man's pride in his host, with its
each such refuge proves no protection.
pillars—each one's refuge offers no protection.
لا يُعرِّي رَيبُ الَمنُونِ ذَوي العَي
شِ ولا مِن حَياتهِ بِرِمَاق
The vicissitudes of death exempt neither those blessed with life,
Death's vicissitudes spare neither those who enjoy
nor one whose life is but a dying flicker.
life nor one whose life has only a last breath left.
كُلُّ حَيٍّ تَقُودُهُ كَفُ هَادٍ
جِنَّ عَينٍ يُغشيهِ ما هُوَ لاقي
Every living being is led by a guiding hand,
Every living being is led by the hand of a guide,
hidden from sight; what he is destined to meet overtakes him.
hidden from sight, who brings upon him what he must face.
Sol 6.1