شِدَّةُintensity الحِرصِgreed ماas عَلِمتَyou have known وَضاعَهbaseness
شِدَّةُ الحِرصِ ما عَلِمتَ وَضاعَه
وَعَناءٌand toil وَفاقَةٌand poverty وَضَراعَهand abasement
وَعَناءٌ وَفاقَةٌ وَضَراعَه
The utmost greed, as I have learned, is abasement—
Intense greed, as you know, is baseness,
toil, poverty, and abject humiliation.
and toil, poverty, and abasement.
إِنَّماonly الراحَةُrest المُريحَةُsoothing فيin اليَأdespair (first fragment)
إِنَّما الراحَةُ المُريحَةُ في اليَأ
سِdespair (completion) مِنَof الناسِpeople وَالغِنىand wealth فيin القَناعَهcontentment
سِ مِنَ الناسِ وَالغِنى في القَناعَه
The only ease that truly brings relief is to expect no—
Truly restful ease lies only in
—thing from people; wealth lies in contentment.
giving up hope in people, and wealth lies in contentment.
نَحنُwe فيin دارِan abode مَرتَعٍpasture غِبُّهُits aftermath المَوdeath (first fragment)
نَحنُ في دارِ مَرتَعٍ غِبُّهُ المَو
تُdeath (completion) وَدارٍand an abode صَرّاعَةٍever-felling خَدّاعَهever-deceiving
تُ وَدارٍ صَرّاعَةٍ خَدّاعَه
We dwell in an abode, a pasture whose aftermath is dea—
We dwell in an abode of pasture whose aftermath is
—th—an abode that strikes down and deceives.
death, and an abode that fells and deceives.
ماwhat بَقاءُendurance الدُنياthe world وَساعاتَهاand its hours تَحdrive (first fragment)
ما بَقاءُ الدُنيا وَساعاتَها تَح
فِزُهاdrive it (completion) بِالحَوادِثِwith calamities الفَجّاعَهgrievous
فِزُها بِالحَوادِثِ الفَجّاعَه
How can this world endure, when its hours keep dri—
How can the world endure, when its hours
—ving it onward through appalling calamities?
drive it onward with grievous calamities?
عَزَمَresolved اللَيلُnight وَالنَهارُand day عَلىupon أَنto
عَزَمَ اللَيلُ وَالنَهارُ عَلى أَن
لاnot يَملَأَfill; apparently intended: tire تَفريقَscattering كُلِّevery جَماعَهgathering
لا يَملَأَ تَفريقَ كُلِّ جَماعَه
Night and day have resolved upon this:
Night and day have resolved
never to tire of scattering every gathering.
never to tire of scattering every gathering.
لَيسَis not حَيٌّa living being بِمُستَقيلٍable to reclaim بِماregarding what وَلwent away (first fragment)
لَيسَ حَيٌّ بِمُستَقيلٍ بِما وَل
لَتwent away (completion) بِهِwith it مِنهُfrom him ساعَةٌan hour بَعدَafter ساعَهan hour
لَت بِهِ مِنهُ ساعَةٌ بَعدَ ساعَه
No living soul can reclaim what time has car—
No living being can reclaim what
—ried away from him, hour after hour.
hour after hour has carried away from him.
