ألفتُI grew accustomed to الكجاوَةَthe camel litter بعدafter النُّفورaversion
ألفتُ الكجاوَةَ بعد النُّفور
وطابَتْand it became pleasant وماand not خلتهاI thought it ليto me تطيبُwould be pleasant
وطابَتْ وما خلتها لي تطيبُ
I have grown used to the camel litter after shunning it;
And it has grown pleasant, though I never thought it would please me.
وصرفُand the vicissitudes of الزَّمانِtime كماas قَدalready علمْknown (continued)
وصرفُ الزَّمانِ كما قَد علمْ
تَyou (verb ending) أمَّنَكmay He protect you اللهُGod منهُfrom it عجيبُstrange
تَ أمَّنَك اللهُ منهُ عجيبُ
And time's vicissitudes, as you already know—
may God protect you from them—are strange indeed.
يُعيدُbrings back صديقَكَyour friend وَهْوwhile he is العَدُوُّthe enemy
يُعيدُ صديقَكَ وَهْو العَدُوُّ
ويَثنيand turns بغيضَكَthe one you hate وهْوwhile he is الحبيبُthe beloved
ويَثني بغيضَكَ وهْو الحبيبُ
They bring your friend back as an enemy,
And turn the one you hate into one you love.
أماdo ... not ترىyou see الماجدَthe noble man المِفضالَthe bountiful ترفَعُهraises him
أما ترى الماجدَ المِفضالَ ترفَعُه
أيّامُهhis days وهْوwhile he is بالإِحسانِthrough kindness مقتَرِبُdrawing near
أيّامُه وهْو بالإِحسانِ مقتَرِبُ
Do you not see the noble, bountiful man, raised high
By his days, yet drawing near through kindness,
طوعَpliant to القيادِthe rein كغُصنِlike a branch of البانِthe moringa tree يَجذبُهdraws it
طوعَ القيادِ كغُصنِ البانِ يَجذبُه
مَرُّthe passing of النَّسيمِthe breeze علىdespite ضَعفٍweakness فينجذِبُso it yields to the pull
مَرُّ النَّسيمِ على ضَعفٍ فينجذِبُ
Pliant to the rein, like a moringa bough drawn
By the passing breeze, however faint, and yielding to its pull?
Sol 6.1