المَرءُa man يَقدَمُenters دُنياهُhis worldly life عَلىin خَطَرٍperil
المَرءُ يَقدَمُ دُنياهُ عَلى خَطَرٍ
بِالكُرهِwith reluctance مِنهُon his part وَيَنآهاand leaves it عَلىin سَخطِdiscontent
بِالكُرهِ مِنهُ وَيَنآها عَلى سَخطِ
A man enters his worldly life amid peril,
Against his will, and leaves it in discontent.
يُخيطُhe stitches إِثماًa sin إِلىto إِثمٍa sin فَيَلبَسُهُthen he wears it
يُخيطُ إِثماً إِلى إِثمٍ فَيَلبَسُهُ
كَأَنَّas though مَفرِقَهُthe parting of his hair بِالشَيبِwith gray hair لَمnot يُخَطِbeen stitched
كَأَنَّ مَفرِقَهُ بِالشَيبِ لَم يُخَطِ
He stitches sin to sin, then wears it,
As though the parting of his hair had not been stitched with gray.
Translation model: Sol 6.1