ياO آلِفَone accustomed to الهَمِّsorrow لاdo not تَقْنَطْdespair فأَيْأَسُfor, most hopeless ماwhen
يا آلِفَ الهَمِّ لا تَقْنَطْ فأَيْأَسُ ما
تكونُyou are يأتيكَcomes to you لُطفُkindness اللهِof God بالفَرَجِwith relief
تكونُ يأتيكَ لُطفُ اللهِ بالفَرَجِ
O you accustomed to sorrow, do not despair; for at your most hopeless,
O companion of worries, do not despair
God's kindness comes to you with relief.
For whatever doesn't happen will come to you by God's grace
ثِقْTrust بالذيin Him who يَسمعُhears النَّجوىsecret whispers ويُنجيand delivers منfrom الthe
ثِقْ بالذي يَسمعُ النَّجوى ويُنجي من ال
بَلْوىaffliction ويَسْتَنْقذُand rescues الغَرقىthe drowning منfrom اللُّجَجِthe deep waters
بَلْوى ويَسْتَنْقذُ الغَرقى من اللُّجَجِ
Trust in Him who hears secret whispers and delivers from
Trust in He who hears the whispers and saves from
affliction, and rescues the drowning from the depths.
Afflictions and rescues the drowning from the depths
ثِقَلىmy deliberateness إذاwhen نادَيتِنيyou call me لمُلِمَّةٍin a calamity
ثِقَلى إذا نادَيتِني لمُلِمَّةٍ
أجْدىmore useful منthan المتسَرِّعِthe hasty one الهلبَاجِthe blundering fool
أجْدى من المتسَرِّعِ الهلبَاجِ
My deliberateness, when you call me in a crisis,
Trust me, when you call upon me urgently
is more useful than the rash, blundering fool.
I am more useful than one rushing heedlessly
إنّindeed الأناةَdeliberation منfrom الخبيرِthe experienced person بماabout what أَتىhe has undertaken
إنّ الأناةَ من الخبيرِ بما أَتى
تُغْنيكَspares you عنfrom سَيرٍtravel وعنand from إدلاجِnight travel
تُغْنيكَ عن سَيرٍ وعن إدلاجِ
Indeed, deliberation by one who knows what he undertakes
Patience from the Expert with what has come
spares you travel and journeying by night.
Suffices you instead of travel and packing
ماnot فيin شَرارِsparks النّارِthe fire نفعٌbenefit يُرتَجىhoped for
ما في شَرارِ النّارِ نفعٌ يُرتَجى
والجَمرُand the embers فيهِin them فضيلةُthe virtue الإنضاجِof thorough cooking
والجَمرُ فيهِ فضيلةُ الإنضاجِ
No benefit is to be hoped for in the sparks of fire,
In the embers of fire no benefit is hoped for
while embers have the virtue of cooking things through.
While in it is the virtue of ripening
Sol 6.1