عوائدcustomary favors اللَهGod الجميلthe Beautiful One
عوائد اللَه الجميل
فكنso let ... be ظنونكyour thoughts بالجميلof the Beautiful One جميلهbeautiful
فكن ظنونك بالجميل جميله
The customary favors of God, the Beautiful One—
The beautiful returns of God
So let your thoughts of the Beautiful One be beautiful.
So let your assumptions be beautiful assumptions
فانfor indeed جهدكyour striving مستحيلimpossible
فان جهدك مستحيل
ماwhat قدalready قضىHe decreed ماnot عادremains فيهin it حيلهa stratagem
ما قد قضى ما عاد فيه حيله
For your striving is futile:
For your effort is impossible
What He has decreed—there is no longer any way around it.
What has been decreed, there is no trick to change it
انindeed التضجرgrumbling والعويلand wailing
ان التضجر والعويل
طبعthe nature of الجبانthe coward والذلةand abasement الرذيلهvile
طبع الجبان والذلة الرذيله
Indeed, grumbling and wailing
Indeed frustration and lamentation
Are the coward's nature and vile abasement.
Are the nature of the cowardly and despicable
فمدّتكfor your allotted time فيهاin it قليلbrief
فمدّتك فيها قليل
واستقبلتكand await you أيامكyour days الطويلهlong
واستقبلتك أيامك الطويله
For your time in it is brief,
So your time in it is little
And your long days await you.
And your long days have received you
أمامكbefore you الحبتthe expanse (uncertain spelling) الطويلlong
أمامك الحبت الطويل
لاnot تقطعهyou cross it ليلهa night ولاnor ألفa thousand ليلهnights
لا تقطعه ليله ولا ألف ليله
Before you lies the long expanse;
Before you is the long love
You cannot cross it in a night, nor in a thousand nights.
Do not cut it, not for a night nor a thousand nights
فكنso be تاهبready للرحيلfor departure
فكن تاهب للرحيل
منwhoever زادهhis provision التقوىpiety سهلis easy سبيلهhis path
من زاده التقوى سهل سبيله
So be ready for departure.
So be prepared for departure
He whose provision is piety has an easy path.
Whoever's provision is piety, his path is easy
اصبرbe patient واحذرand beware أنto تميلyou incline
اصبر واحذر أن تميل
إلىtoward الجبايةtax-collecting تحرمyou will be deprived of الفضيلهvirtue
إلى الجباية تحرم الفضيله
Be patient, and beware of inclining
Be patient and beware of leaning
Toward tax-collecting, lest you be deprived of virtue.
Towards tyranny, it deprives of virtue
محالimpossible أنto يرقاrise الذليلthe abject one
محال أن يرقا الذليل
فيamong المعاليthe heights of honor رتبةa rank جليلهexalted
في المعالي رتبة جليله
It is impossible for the abject to rise
It is impossible for the lowly
To an exalted rank among the heights of honor.
To attain a lofty rank
كمhow many جيلa generation يتبعfollows اثرthe footsteps of جيلa generation
كم جيل يتبع اثر جيل
وكمand how many قبيلهa tribe اثرهاin its wake قبيلهa tribe
وكم قبيله اثرها قبيله
How many a generation follows another generation's footsteps,
How many a generation follows the trace of a generation
And how many a tribe has another tribe in its wake.
And how many a tribe follows the trace of a tribe
أفناهمmade them perish الربّthe Lord الجليلthe Majestic
أفناهم الربّ الجليل
فماso why التوطنsettling down أيهاO الخذيلهthe weakling
فما التوطن أيها الخذيله
The Majestic Lord has made them perish.
The Almighty Lord destroyed them
Why, then, settle down, O weakling?
So do not settle, O despicable one
لاno بدّescape لكfor you منfrom عزرئيلAzrael
لا بدّ لك من عزرئيل
وربّand many a غصةchoking pang بعدهاafter it مهولهsomething dreadful
وربّ غصة بعدها مهوله
There is no escaping Azrael for you.
You cannot avoid Azrael
And many a choking pang is followed by something dreadful.
And a grievous torment after it
لكنbut عطاthe bounty of المولىthe Master جزيلabundant
لكن عطا المولى جزيل
شفيعناour intercessor المختارthe Chosen One ذوpossessor of الوسيلهthe station of nearness
شفيعنا المختار ذو الوسيله
But the Master's bounty is abundant.
But the Master has given abundantly
Our intercessor, the Chosen One, holder of the station of nearness,
Our intercessor, the chosen one, the means
شافعan intercessor مشفعwhose intercession is accepted فيat النقيلthe mountain pass
شافع مشفع في النقيل
ياO سعدgood fortune منthe one who حمولتهhis load ثقيلهheavy
يا سعد من حمولته ثقيله
An intercessor whose intercession is accepted at the mountain pass.
An intercessor interceding in the place of judgment
How fortunate is the one whose load is heavy!
Oh happiness for he whose load is heavy