علىunder الطائرthe omen الميمونauspicious والسعدِand good fortune فاركبِso ride forth
على الطائر الميمون والسعدِ فاركبِ
نجوتَyou escaped بإذنby the leave of اللَّهGod منfrom كلevery مَعْطَبِperil
نجوتَ بإذن اللَّه من كل مَعْطَبِ
Ride forth, then, under an auspicious omen and good fortune.
Ride the auspicious bird of good fortune,
You have escaped every peril by God's leave.
By God's will you escaped every hardship,
وتابand repented إليكto you الدهرُTime منof كلevery سيِّئٍwrong
وتاب إليك الدهرُ من كل سيِّئٍ
وأعتَبَكand made amends to you المقدارُFate ياخيرَO best مُعتَبِone appeased
وأعتَبَك المقدارُ ياخيرَ مُعتَبِ
And Time has turned to you in repentance for every wrong,
Time has turned in your favor against all evil,
And Fate has made amends to you, O best of those appeased.
Fate reprimanded you, best of the reprimanded.
رأىsaw الدهرTime أنْthat لمnot يهتضمit had wronged غيرother than نفسهِitself
رأى الدهر أنْ لم يهتضم غير نفسهِ
فأقصرَso it desisted عمَّاfrom what كانit had been doing غيرَnot مؤنَّبِrebuked
فأقصرَ عمَّا كان غيرَ مؤنَّبِ
Time saw that it had wronged none but itself,
Time saw that none complained but itself,
So it desisted from what it had been doing, without rebuke.
So it shortened what had pained the pained.
بلىon the contrary قدindeed رماهpelted it الناسُthe people منfrom كلّevery جانبٍside
بلى قد رماه الناسُ من كلّ جانبٍ
بتأنيبهمwith their rebukes إيَّاهit رميَthe pelting of المُحَصَّبِone pelted with pebbles
بتأنيبهم إيَّاه رميَ المُحَصَّبِ
Nay, people had pelted it from every side,
Yes, people pelted it from every side,
With their rebukes, as one is pelted with pebbles.
Their rebuke a volley like that of armed men.
ولمand did not ينهَهُrestrain it التأنيبُrebuke بلbut rather جودُbounty قادرٍa mighty one
ولم ينهَهُ التأنيبُ بل جودُ قادرٍ
رأىit saw أنهthat it was منهُfrom him علىon حدّthe verge of مَغضَبِanger
رأى أنه منهُ على حدّ مَغضَبِ
And rebuke did not restrain it, but a mighty one's bounty did.
But reproof only increased its openhandedness,
It saw that it was on the verge of incurring his wrath,
It saw this as a favor to the angry.
وأبصرand it discerned فيin إقصارهِits desisting عنكfrom you رُشدَهُits right course
وأبصر في إقصارهِ عنك رُشدَهُ
بعاقبةٍthrough an outcome منof رأيهits judgment المُتعقَّبِreconsidered
بعاقبةٍ من رأيه المُتعقَّبِ
And recognized its right course in leaving you alone,
And it realized in withholding from you its wisdom
Through the outcome of its reconsidered judgment.
In the consequences of its deliberate aim.
فكُلْso eat منfrom ثمارِfruits العيشlife أطيبَthe choicest مأكلٍfood
فكُلْ من ثمارِ العيش أطيبَ مأكلٍ
وَرِدْand go to drink منfrom حياضpools العيشlife أعذبَthe sweetest مشربِdrink
وَرِدْ من حياض العيش أعذبَ مشربِ
So eat the choicest fare from the fruits of life,
So enjoy the sweetest fruits of life,
And drink the sweetest draught from the pools of life.
And drink the most delicious drafts of life.
وعشand live مائةًa hundred years موفورةًfull فيin سعادةٍhappiness
وعش مائةً موفورةً في سعادةٍ
ونعماءَand prosperity لاnot يغتالُهاstealthily destroys it نحسُthe ill fortune of كوكبِa star
ونعماءَ لا يغتالُها نحسُ كوكبِ
And live a full hundred years in happiness
And live in abundant happiness
And prosperity that no star's ill fortune can snatch away.
With prosperity no star can destroy.