صديقa friend لناof ours كالبحرlike the sea أهلكhas destroyed الورىhumankind
صديق لنا كالبحر أهلك الورى
ولمyet did not تنههمdeter them أخطارهits dangers عنfrom ركوبهsailing upon it
ولم تنههم أخطاره عن ركوبه
A friend of ours is like the sea, which has destroyed humankind;
yet its dangers have not deterred them from sailing upon it.
موداتهhis affections تحكيهresemble it صفواًin clarity وخبرهاand testing them
موداته تحكيه صفواً وخبرها
كمشربهlike drinking from it منbecause of حوبهhis wrongdoing وذنوبهand his sins
كمشربه من حوبه وذنوبه
His affections mirror its clarity; yet testing them
is like drinking from it, because of his wrongdoing and sins.
Sol 6.1