وَكَمand how much للناسfor people فيin الأَمثاproverbs (word continues)
وَكَم للناس في الأَمثا
لcompletion of ‘proverbs’ مِنof حُكمwisdom وَمنand of عبرهa lesson
ل مِن حُكم وَمن عبره
How much the proverbs hold for people
And how much there is for people in proverbs
of wisdom and of lessons!
of wisdom and lessons!
فَإِنso if أَحببتyou would like أَنto تُروىbe told
فَإِن أَحببت أَن تُروى
مِنfrom; likely ‘who’ here السِباقُthe race; likely ‘the frontrunner’ here بِالخِبرهthrough experience
مِن السِباقُ بِالخِبره
Then, if you wish to know
So if you would like to be told
who, through experience, is foremost,
who leads in experience,
وَمنand who أَعلىhigher; superior يَداًa hand (figuratively, power) فَاِنظرthen look
وَمن أَعلى يَداً فَاِنظر
إِلىat; toward الساطورthe cleaver وَالابرهand the needle
إِلى الساطور وَالابره
and who has the upper hand—look
and who has the upper hand, then look
to the cleaver and the needle.
at the cleaver and the needle.
