قَدmay يَحُجُّmake the pilgrimage الفَتىthe young man وَيَغنىand be content بِعِرسٍwith a wife
قَد يَحُجُّ الفَتى وَيَغنى بِعِرسٍ
وَهوَyet he مِنwith regard to صُرَّةِa purse اللُجَينِsilver صَرورَهuninitiated (here, in wealth)
وَهوَ مِن صُرَّةِ اللُجَينِ صَرورَه
A young man may make the pilgrimage and find contentment in a wife,
The young man may go on pilgrimage and sing of a wedding
yet remain a stranger to a purse of silver.
While he is still under the control of immaturity
بِدَرُmoneybags المالِof wealth مِثلُlike بَدرِthe full moon الدُجىthe darkness يُمis effaced (first part)
بِدَرُ المالِ مِثلُ بَدرِ الدُجى يُم
حَقُis effaced (final part) مِنfrom بَعدِafter أَنthat يَتِمَّit becomes full ضَرورَهinevitably
حَقُ مِن بَعدِ أَن يَتِمَّ ضَرورَه
Bags of money are like the full moon in the darkness, which is
Wealth is like the full moon in darkness, it gives
effaced after reaching fullness, inevitably.
What is right after needs are met
حُجَّةٌan argument إِنif أَقَمتَهاyou establish it لِضَعيفٍfor a weak person
حُجَّةٌ إِن أَقَمتَها لِضَعيفٍ
حِجَّةٌa pilgrimage فيin حُقوقِهاits duties مَبرورَهrighteously fulfilled
حِجَّةٌ في حُقوقِها مَبرورَه
An argument, if you advance it on a weak person's behalf,
The pilgrimage, if undertaken by the weak
is a pilgrimage whose duties are righteously fulfilled.
Is a duty whose rights are fulfilled
أَيُّهاO المَرءُman إِنَّماonly أَنتَyou كَالنَمlike the ant (first part)
أَيُّها المَرءُ إِنَّما أَنتَ كَالنَم
لَةِant (word ending) تَغدوgoes forth لِبُرَّةٍfor a grain of wheat مَجرورَهdrawn along
لَةِ تَغدو لِبُرَّةٍ مَجرورَه
O man, you are only like an
O man, you are but like a mosquito
ant, going forth, drawn toward a grain of wheat.
That goes in the morning to a rolled up rug
يَبعَثُsends forth اللَهُGod فيduring نَهارٍday وَلَيلٍand night
يَبعَثُ اللَهُ في نَهارٍ وَلَيلٍ
بَرَكاتٍblessings مِنfrom رِزقِهِHis provision مَدرورَهpoured forth abundantly
بَرَكاتٍ مِن رِزقِهِ مَدرورَه
God sends forth, by day and by night,
God sends in the day and night
blessings from His provision, poured forth in abundance.
Continuous blessings and plentiful provision
ماnot لِباسُthe garment التَقوىpiety عَلىon الناسِpeople لَكِbut (first part)
ما لِباسُ التَقوى عَلى الناسِ لَكِ
نَّbut (final part) ثِياباًgarments عَلىover الخَنىindecency مَزرورَهbuttoned
نَّ ثِياباً عَلى الخَنى مَزرورَه
It is not the garment of piety that people wear,
The clothes of piety are not like clothes
but clothes buttoned over indecency.
Worn for show and vanity
أَدفِئواwarm (plural command) بِالطِعانِby spear-thrusts بَينَbetween التَراقيthe collarbones
أَدفِئوا بِالطِعانِ بَينَ التَراقي
وَالحَواياand the bowels أَسِنَّةًspearheads مَقرورَهchilled
وَالحَوايا أَسِنَّةً مَقرورَه
Warm, by thrusting between the collarbones
Warm yourselves with calumny between apartments
and the bowels, the chilled spearheads.
And chambers, evil tongues cut short
قَدmay تُلاقيmeet الحِمامَdeath فيin وَضَحِthe brightness اليَوthe day (first part)
قَد تُلاقي الحِمامَ في وَضَحِ اليَو
مِday (word ending) نُفوسٌsouls بِصُبحِهاwith their morning مَسرورَهrejoicing
مِ نُفوسٌ بِصُبحِها مَسرورَه
Death may be met in the broad light of
You may meet with doves at dawn
day by souls rejoicing in their morning.
Souls delighted with its morning
وَتَرىand they see الحَقَّthe truth يَستَنيرُshine forth فَتَدريthen they realize
وَتَرى الحَقَّ يَستَنيرُ فَتَدري
أَنَّهاthat they فيin حَياتِهاtheir lives مَغرورَهdeluded
أَنَّها في حَياتِها مَغرورَه
And they see the truth shine forth, and realize
And you see truth shine so you know
that in their lives they were deluded.
That those lives were deluded