جَيرِ أَنَّ الفَتى لَفي النَصبِ الأَع

جَيرِ أَنَّ الفَتى لَفي النَصبِ الأَع

ظَمِ بَينَ الأَهلَينِ وَالجيرانِ

ظَمِ بَينَ الأَهلَينِ وَالجيرانِ

Indeed, a young man endures the greatest

My neighbor, the young man bears the greatest tribulation

toil among his kin and neighbors.

Among family and neighbors

وَحِرانُ الجَوادِ كَالحَتفِ لِلها

وَحِرانُ الجَوادِ كَالحَتفِ لِلها

رِبِ قُدّامَ ثائِرٍ حَرّانِ

رِبِ قُدّامَ ثائِرٍ حَرّانِ

And a steed's balking is like death to one

And the neighing of the generous horse is like war

fleeing before an avenger burning with rage.

Facing the angry warrior

أَنا أَدرانِيَ الرَشادُ بِأَنَّ الإِن

أَنا أَدرانِيَ الرَشادُ بِأَنَّ الإِن

سَ مَخلوقَةٌ مِنَ الأَدرانِ

سَ مَخلوقَةٌ مِنَ الأَدرانِ

As for me, right guidance has taught me that

I know wisdom teaches me that man

humankind is fashioned from filth.

Is created of forethought

إِن يَكُن أَبرَأَ القَضاءُ الضَنى فَه

إِن يَكُن أَبرَأَ القَضاءُ الضَنى فَه

وَبَراني مِن بَعدِ ما أَبراني

وَبَراني مِن بَعدِ ما أَبراني

If fate has cured wasting sickness, then

If fate has relieved my worries, then it

it has worn me away after healing me.

Has relieved me after relieving me

لا كَرىً نائِمٌ بِجَفني وَلا أَع

لا كَرىً نائِمٌ بِجَفني وَلا أَع

لَمتُ في الدَهرِ فِتنَةً بِكِرانِ

لَمتُ في الدَهرِ فِتنَةً بِكِرانِ

No slumber sleeps upon my eyelid; nor have I

No drowsiness in my eyelids, nor have I

ever signaled temptation with a lute.

Known in this life any virgin trials

قَد أَراني القِياسُ أَنَّ لُيوثَ ال

قَد أَراني القِياسُ أَنَّ لُيوثَ ال

غابِ فيما يَنوبُ مِثلُ الإِرانِ

غابِ فيما يَنوبُ مِثلُ الإِرانِ

Reasoning has shown me that the lions of

Reason shows me that the lions of

the thickets, when troubles strike, are like a bier.

The forest suffer what the lambs suffer

خَوَّفونا مِنَ القِرانِ وَلا بُدَّ

خَوَّفونا مِنَ القِرانِ وَلا بُدَّ

لِنَفسٍ مَعَ الرَدى مِن قِرانِ

لِنَفسٍ مَعَ الرَدى مِن قِرانِ

They frightened us with the planets' conjunction; yet there must be

They frightened us of fate, and the self is

a conjunction between each soul and death.

Bound to fate despite resistance

كَم جِبالٍ مِنَ الجُيوشِ تَرادى

كَم جِبالٍ مِنَ الجُيوشِ تَرادى

وَالَّذي أوضِعَت لَهُ الحِجرانِ

وَالَّذي أوضِعَت لَهُ الحِجرانِ

How many mountains of armies have toppled,

How many mountains of armies marched

and what they were driven toward was the two stones—gold and silver!

By that which has two stones placed for it

مَرَّ آنٌ مِنَ الزَمانِ عَلى الشَخ

مَرَّ آنٌ مِنَ الزَمانِ عَلى الشَخ

صِ فَقَد خِلتُ أَنَّ دَهراً مَراني

صِ فَقَد خِلتُ أَنَّ دَهراً مَراني

A moment of time passed over a person;

Time has passed over the person so I

yet I thought an age had drained me.

Have come to know that time makes me bitter

وَعَراني خَطبٌ أَرادَ العَراني

وَعَراني خَطبٌ أَرادَ العَراني

نَ بِذُلٍّ وَكُلُّها في عِرانِ

نَ بِذُلٍّ وَكُلُّها في عِرانِ

And a calamity befell me, targeting proud noses

And sandstorms wanted to make me bare

with humiliation; all are tethered by a nose-peg.

With humility but they are all in bareness

زَعَمَ الناسُ أَنَّ قَوماً مِنَ الأَب

زَعَمَ الناسُ أَنَّ قَوماً مِنَ الأَب

رارِ عولوا بِالجَوِّ بِالطَيَرانِ

رارِ عولوا بِالجَوِّ بِالطَيَرانِ

People claimed that some of the righteous

The people claimed that some of the righteous

were borne through the air in flight,

Depended on the atmosphere by flight

وَمَشَوا فَوقَ صَفحَةِ الماءِ هَذا الإِف

وَمَشَوا فَوقَ صَفحَةِ الماءِ هَذا الإِف

كُ هَيهاتَ ما جَرى العَصرانِ

كُ هَيهاتَ ما جَرى العَصرانِ

and walked upon the water's surface. This is falsehood!

And walked upon the surface of the water this

Never, as long as day and night endure!

Superstition, never in times flowed

ما مَشى فَوقَ لُجَّةِ الماءِ لا السَع

ما مَشى فَوقَ لُجَّةِ الماءِ لا السَع

دانِ فيما مَضى وَلا العُمَرانِ

دانِ فيما مَضى وَلا العُمَرانِ

The two Saʿds did not walk upon the deep waters

None has walked upon the surface of water, not the

in bygone times, nor did the two ʿUmars.

Sa'dan in the past or civilizations

أَقراني ذاكَ المُضَيِّفُ ما أَك

أَقراني ذاكَ المُضَيِّفُ ما أَك

رَهُ وَاللَهُ غالِبُ الأَقرانِ

رَهُ وَاللَهُ غالِبُ الأَقرانِ

That host served me what I

That host alleviated my bitterness

loathe; and God vanquishes all rivals.

And God prevails over all hosts

لَم أَبِت غافِلاً فَأَشراني الحِر

لَم أَبِت غافِلاً فَأَشراني الحِر

صُ إِلى أَن أَعودَ كَالأَشرانِ

صُ إِلى أَن أَعودَ كَالأَشرانِ

I never passed a heedless night; greed goaded me

I have not been heedless so the guard urges me

until I became like worn-out rags.

To return like the bedouins