أَينَwhere المَفَرُّescape مِنَfrom القَضاfate (continued)
أَينَ المَفَرُّ مِنَ القَضا
ءِcompletion of 'fate' مُشَرِّقاًheading east وَمُغَرِّباand heading west
ءِ مُشَرِّقاً وَمُغَرِّبا
Where is escape from fate,
whether you head east or west?
اِنظُرlook تَرىyou see لَكَfor yourself مَذهَباًa path
اِنظُر تَرى لَكَ مَذهَباً
أَوor مَلجَأًa refuge أَوor مَهرَباan escape
أَو مَلجَأً أَو مَهرَبا
Look—do you see a path for yourself,
or a refuge, or an escape?
سَلِّمsubmit لِأَمرِto the command of اللَهِGod وَأَرand be content (continued)
سَلِّم لِأَمرِ اللَهِ وَأَر
ضَcompletion of 'be content' بِهِwith it وَكُنand be مُتَرَقِّباwatchful
ضَ بِهِ وَكُن مُتَرَقِّبا
Submit to God's command and be
content with it, and remain watchful.
وَلَقَلَّand indeed rarely ماparticle completing 'rarely' تَنفَكُّyou are free مِنfrom
وَلَقَلَّ ما تَنفَكُّ مِن
حَدَثٍan event يَجيءُcomes لِيَذهَباto depart
حَدَثٍ يَجيءُ لِيَذهَبا
And seldom are you free from
an event that comes only to depart.
وَكَذاكَand so لَمhas not يَزَلِceased الزَماtime (continued)
وَكَذاكَ لَم يَزَلِ الزَما
نُcompletion of 'time' بِأَهلِهِtoward its people مُتَقَلِّباfickle
نُ بِأَهلِهِ مُتَقَلِّبا
And so time has always been
fickle toward its people.
يَزدادُincreases مِنfrom حَذَرِfear المَنِيـdeath (continued)
يَزدادُ مِن حَذَرِ المَنِيـ
ـيَةِcompletion of 'death' بِالفَرارِby fleeing تَقَرُّباin closeness
ـيَةِ بِالفَرارِ تَقَرُّبا
Out of fear of death, one draws
nearer to it by fleeing.
فَلَقَدfor indeed نَعاكَannounced your death الشيبُgray hair يَوthe day (continued)
فَلَقَد نَعاكَ الشيبُ يَو
مَcompletion of 'day' رَأَيتَyou saw رَأسَكَyour head أَشيَباgray-haired
مَ رَأَيتَ رَأسَكَ أَشيَبا
For gray hair announced your death on the day
you saw your head grown gray.
ذَهَبَdeparted الشَبابُyouth بِلَهوِهِwith its amusements
ذَهَبَ الشَبابُ بِلَهوِهِ
وَأَتىand came المَشيبُgraying مُؤَدِّباas a disciplinarian
وَأَتى المَشيبُ مُؤَدِّبا
Youth departed with its amusements,
and gray hair came as a disciplinarian.
وَكَفاكَand is enough for you ماwhat جَرَّبتَهُyou have experienced it
وَكَفاكَ ما جَرَّبتَهُ
حَسبُenough for امرِئٍa man ماwhat جَرَّباhe has experienced
حَسبُ امرِئٍ ما جَرَّبا
And what you have experienced is enough for you;
what a man has experienced is enough for him.
يُمسيenters evening وَيُصبِحُand enters morning طالِبُthe seeker of الدُنthis world (continued)
يُمسي وَيُصبِحُ طالِبُ الدُن
ياcompletion of 'this world' مُعَنّىtormented مُتعَباexhausted
يا مُعَنّى مُتعَبا
The seeker of this world spends evening and morning
tormented and exhausted.
يَبنيhe builds الخَرابَruin وَإِنَّماand only
يَبني الخَرابَ وَإِنَّما
يُبنىis built الخَرابُruin لِيَخرَباto fall into ruin
يُبنى الخَرابُ لِيَخرَبا
He builds ruin, yet
ruin is built only to fall into ruin.
Translation model: Sol 6.1