وَجَدتُand I found سَجاياinborn traits الفَضلِof virtue فيamong الناسِpeople غُربَةًestrangement
وَجَدتُ سَجايا الفَضلِ في الناسِ غُربَةً
وَأَعدَمَand impoverished هَذاthis الدَهرُage مُغتَرِبيهِits strangers
وَأَعدَمَ هَذا الدَهرُ مُغتَرِبيهِ
And I found the traits of virtue estranged among people,
and this age has left its strangers destitute.
وَإِنَّand indeed الفَتىthe young man فيماin what أَرىI see بِزَمانِهِto his age
وَإِنَّ الفَتى فيما أَرى بِزَمانِهِ
لَأَشبَهُsurely more alike مِنهُthan he is شَيمَةًin character بِأَبيهِto his father
لَأَشبَهُ مِنهُ شَيمَةً بِأَبيهِ
And indeed a young man, as I see it, resembles his age
more in character than he resembles his father.
وَوالِدُناand our father هَذاthis التُرابُdust وَلَمand has not يَزَلceased
وَوالِدُنا هَذا التُرابُ وَلَم يَزَل
أَبَرَّmore generous يَداًof hand مِنthan كُلِّall مُنتَسَبيهِthose tracing descent to it
أَبَرَّ يَداً مِن كُلِّ مُنتَسَبيهِ
And our father is this dust, and it has always been
more generous of hand than all who trace their descent to it.
يُؤَدّيdelivers إِلىto مَنthose who فَوقَهُare above it رِزقَthe sustenance رَبِّهِof its Lord
يُؤَدّي إِلى مَن فَوقَهُ رِزقَ رَبِّهِ
أَميناًfaithfully وَيُعطيand gives الصَونَprotection مُحتَجِبيهِthose concealed within it
أَميناً وَيُعطي الصَونَ مُحتَجِبيهِ
It delivers to those above it its Lord's sustenance,
faithfully, and grants protection to those concealed within it.
وَلاand no شَيءَthing مِثلُlike الخَيرِgoodness يُزمَعُis resolved upon تَركُهُits abandonment
وَلا شَيءَ مِثلُ الخَيرِ يُزمَعُ تَركُهُ
وَيُصبِحُand becomes مَبذولاًfreely offered لِمُكتَسِبيهِto those who acquire it
وَيُصبِحُ مَبذولاً لِمُكتَسِبيهِ
And nothing is like goodness: people resolve to abandon it,
yet it becomes freely available to those who acquire it.
وَيُقسَمُand is apportioned حَظُّthe share النَفسِof the soul شَرقاًeastward وَمَغرِباًand westward
وَيُقسَمُ حَظُّ النَفسِ شَرقاً وَمَغرِباً
عَلىaccording to قَدَرٍfate مِنamong خامِلٍan obscure person وَنَبيهِand a renowned person
عَلى قَدَرٍ مِن خامِلٍ وَنَبيهِ
And the soul's share is apportioned east and west,
according to fate, among the obscure and the renowned.
تَشابَهَتِresembled one another الأَشياءُthings طَبعاًin nature وَصورَةًand in form
تَشابَهَتِ الأَشياءُ طَبعاً وَصورَةً
وَرَبُّكَand your Lord لَمnot يُسمَعhas been heard لَهُfor Him بِشَبيهِof a likeness
وَرَبُّكَ لَم يُسمَع لَهُ بِشَبيهِ
Things resemble one another in nature and form,
but no likeness of your Lord has ever been heard of.
Translation model: Sol 6.1