إِذاif كَسَرَbreaks العَبدُthe slave الإِناءَthe vessel فَعَدِّهِthen regard it
إِذا كَسَرَ العَبدُ الإِناءَ فَعَدِّهِ
أَذاةًharm لَهُto him إِنَّindeed الإِناءَthe vessel إِلىtoward كَسرِbreakage
أَذاةً لَهُ إِنَّ الإِناءَ إِلى كَسرِ
If the slave breaks the vessel, regard it
as harm to him; indeed, the vessel is bound to break.
رَقيقُكَyour slaves أَسرىcaptives فيin يَدَيكَyour two hands فَلاso do not تَكُنbe
رَقيقُكَ أَسرى في يَدَيكَ فَلا تَكُن
غَليظاًharsh عَلَيهِمtoward them وَاِتَّقِand fear اللَهَGod فيin الأَسرِcaptivity
غَليظاً عَلَيهِم وَاِتَّقِ اللَهَ في الأَسرِ
Your slaves are captives in your hands; do not be
harsh with them, and fear God in your treatment of captives.
نَمُرُّwe pass سِراعاًswiftly بَينَbetween عُدمَينِtwo nonexistences ماno لَناfor us
نَمُرُّ سِراعاً بَينَ عُدمَينِ ما لَنا
لَباثٌlingering كَأَنّاas though we are عابِرونَcrossing عَلىover جِسرِa bridge
لَباثٌ كَأَنّا عابِرونَ عَلى جِسرِ
We pass swiftly between two nonexistences; for us there is no
lingering, as though we were crossing a bridge.
نَسيرُwe travel وَنَسريand we travel by night عامِدينَheading لِمَنزِلٍfor a dwelling
نَسيرُ وَنَسري عامِدينَ لِمَنزِلٍ
تَشُدُّtighten يَداهُits two hands رِبقَةَthe noose السائِرِthe traveler المُسريtraveling by night
تَشُدُّ يَداهُ رِبقَةَ السائِرِ المُسري
We travel and journey by night, heading for a dwelling
whose hands tighten the noose of the night-traveling wayfarer.
وَقَدand perhaps نَأمُلُwe hope for الآمالَhopes وَهيَwhile they are مَنوطَةٌtied
وَقَد نَأمُلُ الآمالَ وَهيَ مَنوطَةٌ
إِلىto ذَنَبِthe tail of السِرحانِthe wolf أَوor عُنُقِthe neck of النَسرِthe vulture
إِلى ذَنَبِ السِرحانِ أَو عُنُقِ النَسرِ
And we may cherish hopes, though they are tied
to the wolf's tail or the vulture's neck.
Translation model: Sol 6.1