تَعاليexaltation قُدرَةٍof power وَخَفَوتُand the fading جَرسِof a sound
تَعالي قُدرَةٍ وَخَفَوتُ جَرسِ
أَزالاthe two removed عَنكَfrom you حَرساًa guard بَعدَafter حَرسِa guard
أَزالا عَنكَ حَرساً بَعدَ حَرسِ
Exalted power and a fading sound
have removed from you guard after guard.
أَرىI see خُرساًmute ones مِنَfrom الأَيّامِthe days وافَتarriving
أَرى خُرساً مِنَ الأَيّامِ وافَت
بِكُرٍّwith an assault لَمdid not يَكُنit come مِنfrom ذاتِone possessed of خُرسِmuteness
بِكُرٍّ لَم يَكُن مِن ذاتِ خُرسِ
I see mute days arriving
with an assault that did not come from a mute one.
وَأَشهَدُand I testify أَنَّنيthat I غاوٍam wayward جَهولٌignorant
وَأَشهَدُ أَنَّني غاوٍ جَهولٌ
وَإِنand even if بالَغتُI went far فيin بَحثٍinquiry وَدَرسِand study
وَإِن بالَغتُ في بَحثٍ وَدَرسِ
And I testify that I am wayward and ignorant,
however far I go in inquiry and study.
يُجادُis prepared ثَرىsoil وَأَجعَلُand I place فيهِin it غَرساًa planting
يُجادُ ثَرى وَأَجعَلُ فيهِ غَرساً
فَيَفقُدُthen it loses ساعِديmy arm وَيَقومُand grows غَرسيmy planting
فَيَفقُدُ ساعِدي وَيَقومُ غَرسي
The soil is prepared, and I plant in it;
then my arm is gone, while my planting grows.
وَجَدناwe found ذاهِبَthe passing الفَتَيَينِof the two youths أَفنىdestroyed
وَجَدنا ذاهِبَ الفَتَيَينِ أَفنى
مُلوكَkings الأَرَضِof the earth مِنfrom عُربٍArabs وَفُرسِand Persians
مُلوكَ الأَرَضِ مِن عُربٍ وَفُرسِ
We have found that the passing of the two youths has destroyed
the kings of the earth, Arab and Persian.
وَماand not البِرّانِthe two righteous ones مِثلَهُماlike them وَلَكِنbut
وَما البِرّانِ مِثلَهُما وَلَكِن
هُماthey both الأَسَدانِare the two lions يَبتَغِيانِseeking فَرَسيmy horse
هُما الأَسَدانِ يَبتَغِيانِ فَرَسي
The two righteous ones are not like them; rather,
they are two lions seeking my horse.
سَيَلقىwill meet كُلُّeveryone مَنwho حَذِرَfeared المَناياdeaths
سَيَلقى كُلُّ مَن حَذِرَ المَنايا
فَضَعso lay down ثِقلَيكَyour two burdens مِنof دِرعٍarmor وَتُرسِand a shield
فَضَع ثِقلَيكَ مِن دِرعٍ وَتُرسِ
Everyone who has feared death will meet it;
so lay down your two burdens, armor and shield.
لَناwe have رَبٌّa Lord وَلَيسَand there is not لَهُfor Him نَظيرٌan equal
لَنا رَبٌّ وَلَيسَ لَهُ نَظيرٌ
يُسَيّرُmoves أَمرُهُHis command جَبَلاًa mountain وَيُرسيand sets firm
يُسَيّرُ أَمرُهُ جَبَلاً وَيُرسي
We have a Lord who has no equal;
His command moves a mountain and sets it firm.
تَظَلُّremains الشَمسُthe sun ماهِنَةًa servant لَدَيهِbefore Him
تَظَلُّ الشَمسُ ماهِنَةً لَدَيهِ
فَماso what is بِلقيسُBilqis أَمor ماwhat is سِتُّSitt بِرسِBirs
فَما بِلقيسُ أَم ما سِتُّ بِرسِ
The sun remains a servant before Him;
what, then, is Bilqis, or Sitt Birs?
قَضاءٌa decree خُطَّwas written ماthough not الأَقلامُthe pens فيهِin it
قَضاءٌ خُطَّ ما الأَقلامُ فيهِ
بِمُعمِلَةٍput to work وَلَمand was not يُحفَظpreserved بِطِرسِon a page
بِمُعمِلَةٍ وَلَم يُحفَظ بِطِرسِ
A decree was written, though no pens
were put to work on it, nor was it preserved on a page.
غَذاnourished العِرسانِthe two newlyweds بِإِبنِهِماthrough their son عَدوّاًan enemy
غَذا العِرسانِ بِإِبنِهِما عَدوّاً
أَقَلُّless أَذيَّةًin harm مِنهُthan he اِبنُa weasel's عِرسِoffspring
أَقَلُّ أَذيَّةً مِنهُ اِبنُ عِرسِ
The two newlyweds nourished an enemy in their son;
even a weasel does less harm than he.
لَقَدindeed أَلقاكَhe cast you فيinto تَعَبٍtoil وَهَمٍّand worry
لَقَد أَلقاكَ في تَعَبٍ وَهَمٍّ
وَليدٌa newborn جاءَwho came بَينَamid دَمٍblood وَغِرسِand planting
وَليدٌ جاءَ بَينَ دَمٍ وَغِرسِ
A newborn has cast you into toil and worry,
coming amid blood and planting.
وَماand are not الفَتَيانِthe two youths إِلّاexcept مِثلُlike نامٍone growing
وَما الفَتَيانِ إِلّا مِثلُ نامٍ
مِنَamong الفِتيانِthe youths تَحتَbeneath ثَرىًearth وَكِرسِand a heap
مِنَ الفِتيانِ تَحتَ ثَرىً وَكِرسِ
And the two youths are only like a youth
among the youths beneath earth and its heaps.
تَشابَهَتِgrew alike الخُطوبُthe calamities فَماso they did not تَناءَتgrow far apart
تَشابَهَتِ الخُطوبُ فَما تَناءَت
حُرَيرَةُthe fine silk لابِسٍof a wearer وَقَميصُand the shirt بِرسِof burs cloth
حُرَيرَةُ لابِسٍ وَقَميصُ بِرسِ
Calamities have grown alike: there is little distance between
the silk of one wearer and another's coarse shirt.
وَماand was not غُذِيَnourished الأَميرُthe prince كَماas رَعاهُhe raised it
وَما غُذِيَ الأَميرُ كَما رَعاهُ
فَنيقُa fine camel الشَولِof the she-camels مِنon سَلَمٍsalam shrub وَشِرسِand shirs shrub
فَنيقُ الشَولِ مِن سَلَمٍ وَشِرسِ
The prince was not nourished as carefully as
a camel raised among the salam and shirs shrubs.
كَأَنَّas though الشَدوَthe singing فيat الأَعراسِthe weddings نَوحٌwere lamentation
كَأَنَّ الشَدوَ في الأَعراسِ نَوحٌ
وَأَصواتُand the voices النَوادِبِof the mourning women لَهوُwere merriment عُرسِof a wedding
وَأَصواتُ النَوادِبِ لَهوُ عُرسِ
It is as though singing at weddings were lamentation,
and the mourners' voices were wedding merriment.
أَنامُكِare your people أَيُّهاO الدُنِّياworld ثِمارٌfruits
أَنامُكِ أَيُّها الدُنِّيا ثِمارٌ
فَماso they do not تَبَقىendure عَلىthrough وَمَدٍheat وَقَرسِand cold
فَما تَبَقى عَلى وَمَدٍ وَقَرسِ
Are your people, O world, fruits
that cannot endure heat and cold?
وَلَوand if بَقِيَتthey endured لِأَدرَكَهاwould reach them مُزيلٌa destroyer
وَلَو بَقِيَت لِأَدرَكَها مُزيلٌ
بِريبِthrough the turns الدَهرِof time مِنwith عَجمٍbiting وَضَرسِand teeth
بِريبِ الدَهرِ مِن عَجمٍ وَضَرسِ
Even if they endured, something would destroy them
through time's turns, with biting and teeth.
وَلَيسَand is not اِبنُIbn الزُبيرِal-Zubayr صَحيحَsound رَأيٍin judgment
وَلَيسَ اِبنُ الزُبيرِ صَحيحَ رَأيٍ
إِذاif مانابَhe substitutes عَنfor مَدَرٍclay بِوَرسِyellow dye
إِذا مانابَ عَن مَدَرٍ بِوَرسِ
And Ibn al-Zubayr is unsound in judgment
if he substitutes yellow dye for clay.
Translation model: Sol 6