إِنّيindeed I لَمِنsurely of آلِthe family of حَوّاءَEve الَّذينَwho هُمُthey are
إِنّي لَمِن آلِ حَوّاءَ الَّذينَ هُمُ
ثِقلٌa burden عَلىupon الأَرضِthe earth غانيهاits prosperous one وَعافيهاand its needy supplicant
ثِقلٌ عَلى الأَرضِ غانيها وَعافيها
Indeed, I am of Eve's family, who are
a burden upon the earth, its prosperous and needy alike.
جارواthey wronged عَلىagainst حَيوانِthe animals of البَرِّthe land ثُمَّthen عَدَواthey assailed
جاروا عَلى حَيوانِ البَرِّ ثُمَّ عَدَوا
عَلىagainst البِحارِthe seas فَغالَso destroyed الصَيدُhunting ماwhat فيهاwas in them
عَلى البِحارِ فَغالَ الصَيدُ ما فيها
They wronged the animals of the land, then assailed
the seas, and fishing destroyed what lived within them.
لَمnot يُقنِعِsatisfy الحَيَّthe living person مِنهاfrom them ماwhat تَقَنَّصَهُhe caught it
لَم يُقنِعِ الحَيَّ مِنها ما تَقَنَّصَهُ
حَتّىuntil أَجازَpermitted أُناسٌsome people أَكلَeating طافيهاtheir floating dead
حَتّى أَجازَ أُناسٌ أَكلَ طافيها
What he caught from them did not satisfy the living man,
until some people permitted eating their floating dead.
كَمhow many a دُرَّةٍpearl قَصَدوهاthey sought it فيin مَواطِنِهاits dwelling places
كَم دُرَّةٍ قَصَدوها في مَواطِنِها
لَعَلَّperhaps كَفّاًa hand بِمِقدارٍby destiny تُوافيهاwould reach it
لَعَلَّ كَفّاً بِمِقدارٍ تُوافيها
How many a pearl they sought in its own haunts,
hoping a hand, by destiny, might reach it.
فَاِستَخدَمواso they harnessed اللُجَّةَthe deep sea الخَضراءَthe green تَحمِلُهُمcarries them
فَاِستَخدَموا اللُجَّةَ الخَضراءَ تَحمِلُهُم
سَفائِنٌships بَينَamid أَمواجٍwaves تُنافيهاoppose them
سَفائِنٌ بَينَ أَمواجٍ تُنافيها
So they harnessed the green deep; they are carried
by ships amid waves that oppose them.
وَالطَيرَand the birds جَمعاءَall of them ضُعفاهاtheir weak ones وَجارِحَهاand their predatory ones
وَالطَيرَ جَمعاءَ ضُعفاها وَجارِحَها
حَتّىeven العُقابَthe eagle الَّتيwhich حَدَّتsharpened أَشافيهاits awls (talons)
حَتّى العُقابَ الَّتي حَدَّت أَشافيها
And all birds, their weak ones and their birds of prey,
even the eagle, which sharpened its awls.
يُنافِقونَthey act hypocritically وَماand not جَرَّbrought النِفاقُhypocrisy لَهُمto them
يُنافِقونَ وَما جَرَّ النِفاقُ لَهُم
خَيراًgood فَعَثَرَتهُمso their stumble مُعيٍwearisome تَلافيهاremedying it
خَيراً فَعَثَرَتهُم مُعيٍ تَلافيها
They practice hypocrisy, yet hypocrisy has brought them
no good; their fall is difficult to remedy.
إِنَّindeed الظَواهِرَthe outward appearances لَمnot تُشبِهresembled بَواطِنَهاtheir inward realities
إِنَّ الظَواهِرَ لَم تُشبِه بَواطِنَها
مِثلَlike القَوادِمِthe primary wing-feathers خانَتهاbetrayed them خَوافيهاtheir secondary wing-feathers
مِثلَ القَوادِمِ خانَتها خَوافيها
Outward appearances have not resembled their inward realities,
like primary wing-feathers betrayed by their secondaries.
دُنياكَyour world توجَدُare found أَيّامُdays of السُرورِjoy بِهاin it
دُنياكَ توجَدُ أَيّامُ السُرورِ بِها
مِثلَlike القَصيدَةِthe poem لَمnot تُذكَرwere mentioned قَوافيهاits rhymes
مِثلَ القَصيدَةِ لَم تُذكَر قَوافيها
In your world, days of joy are found,
like a poem whose rhymes have gone unspoken.
وَماand not وَفَتwas faithful لِخَليلٍto a friend فيin مُعاشِرَةٍcompanionship
وَما وَفَت لِخَليلٍ في مُعاشِرَةٍ
وَلاnor طَمِعناwe hoped لِخِلٍّfor a friend فيin تَوافيهاits keeping faith
وَلا طَمِعنا لِخِلٍّ في تَوافيها
It has not been faithful to a friend in companionship,
nor have we hoped it would keep faith with a friend.
أُمٌّa mother لَناto us ماnot فَتِئناwe ceased عائِبينَfinding fault لَهاwith her
أُمٌّ لَنا ما فَتِئنا عائِبينَ لَها
فَاِشتَطَّso went too far لاحٍa reprover لَحاهاhe rebuked her فيfor تَجافيهاher estrangement
فَاِشتَطَّ لاحٍ لَحاها في تَجافيها
A mother to us, whom we have never ceased to fault;
a reprover went too far in blaming her estrangement.
وَمَنand who يُطيقُcan bear وُرودَcoming to drink from الآجِناتِthe stagnant waters بِهاin it
وَمَن يُطيقُ وُرودَ الآجِناتِ بِها
وَقَدand may تُشَرِّقُmake one choke تاراتٍat times بِصافيهاon its clear water
وَقَد تُشَرِّقُ تاراتٍ بِصافيها
And who can bear to drink its stagnant waters,
when it sometimes makes one choke on its clear water?
وَالنَفسُand the soul هُشَّتwas stirred eagerly إِلىtoward آسٍa physician يُطَبِّبُهاtreats it
وَالنَفسُ هُشَّت إِلى آسٍ يُطَبِّبُها
وَلَمand not تَهَشَّwas eager إِلىfor رَبٍّa Lord يُعافيهاheals it
وَلَم تَهَشَّ إِلى رَبٍّ يُعافيها
The soul was stirred toward a physician who treats it,
but was not eager for a Lord who heals it.
حَلَّتit settled بِدارٍin a dwelling فَظَنَّتso it thought أَنَّهاthat it was وَطَنٌa homeland
حَلَّت بِدارٍ فَظَنَّت أَنَّها وَطَنٌ
لَهاfor it وَمالِكُand the owner of تِلكَthat الدارِdwelling نافيهاits banisher
لَها وَمالِكُ تِلكَ الدارِ نافيها
It settled in a dwelling and thought it a homeland
for itself, though that dwelling's owner will banish it.
آمالُناour hopes فيin الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades مِنfrom تَطاوُلِهاtheir lofty reach
آمالُنا في الثُرَيّا مِن تَطاوُلِها
وَحِلمُناand our forbearance فيin رِياحِthe winds of الطَيشِrecklessness هافيهاdrifting in them
وَحِلمُنا في رِياحِ الطَيشِ هافيها
Our hopes are in the Pleiades, so high do they reach,
while our forbearance drifts in the winds of recklessness.
تُقِلُّbears أَجسامُناour bodies الغَبراءُthe dusty earth ثُمَّthen إِلىinto
تُقِلُّ أَجسامُنا الغَبراءُ ثُمَّ إِلى
بِلىًdecay تَصيرُthey turn فَتَسفيهاso scatter them سَوافيهاits dust-bearing winds
بِلىً تَصيرُ فَتَسفيها سَوافيها
The dusty earth bears our bodies; then into
decay they pass, and its dust-bearing winds scatter them.
فَياso O بَنيsons of آدَمَAdam الأَغمارَthe ignorant وَيبَكُمُwoe to you
فَيا بَني آدَمَ الأَغمارَ وَيبَكُمُ
نُفوسُكُمyour souls لَمnot تَمَكَّنwere able مِنto attain تَصافيهاtheir mutual harmony
نُفوسُكُم لَم تَمَكَّن مِن تَصافيها
So, O ignorant sons of Adam, woe to you!
Your souls have been unable to attain mutual harmony.
سِرتُمyou traveled عَلىover الماءِthe water فيfor الحاجاتِneeds آوِنَةًat times
سِرتُم عَلى الماءِ في الحاجاتِ آوِنَةً
أَماwere you not قَنِعتُمyou were content بِسَيرٍwith traveling فيthrough فَيافيهاits deserts
أَما قَنِعتُم بِسَيرٍ في فَيافيها
At times you have traveled over water to meet your needs;
were you not content to travel through its deserts?
تَخاذَلَabandoned one another الناسُthe people فَاِرتاحَتso rejoiced عُداتُهُمُtheir enemies
تَخاذَلَ الناسُ فَاِرتاحَت عُداتُهُمُ
إِنَّindeed المَعاشِرَthe communities يُرديهاdestroys them تَقافيهاtheir mutual slander
إِنَّ المَعاشِرَ يُرديها تَقافيها
People abandoned one another, and their enemies rejoiced;
communities are destroyed by their mutual slander.
وَالنَفسُand the soul لَمnot يُلفَwas found عَنهاon its behalf مُغنِياًavailing بَدَنٌa body
وَالنَفسُ لَم يُلفَ عَنها مُغنِياً بَدَنٌ
إِنَّindeed المَراجِلَthe cauldrons نَصَّتهاraised them أَثافيهاtheir supporting hearthstones
إِنَّ المَراجِلَ نَصَّتها أَثافيها
No body has been found to avail the soul;
the cauldrons are raised by their supporting hearthstones.
يَعرىgoes naked الكَريمُthe noble man فَيَعرىso becomes naked بَعدَafter مُذهِبَةٍa desolating calamity
يَعرى الكَريمُ فَيَعرى بَعدَ مُذهِبَةٍ
صَفراءَyellow لاnot يَهجُرُleaves الصَحراءَthe desert ضافيهاits spreading fullness
صَفراءَ لا يَهجُرُ الصَحراءَ ضافيها
The noble man goes naked, left bare after a desolating
yellow calamity whose spread never leaves the desert.
رَحلٌa saddle عَلىupon ناقَةٍa she-camel عَفراءَpale مِنof عُمَرٍʿUmar
رَحلٌ عَلى ناقَةٍ عَفراءَ مِن عُمَرٍ
فَقَدso indeed سَرَيتَyou traveled by night لِغاياتٍtoward destinations تُوافيهاyou will reach them
فَقَد سَرَيتَ لِغاياتٍ تُوافيها
A saddle upon a pale she-camel of ʿUmar:
you have indeed traveled by night toward destinations you will reach.
وَماand not عَلافِيُّهاits great saddle إِلّاexcept يُجِدُّrenews لَهاfor it
وَما عَلافِيُّها إِلّا يُجِدُّ لَها
ذَمّاًblame عَلىon فَيَّmy mouth أَوor ذَمّاًblame عَلىon فيهاits mouth
ذَمّاً عَلى فَيَّ أَو ذَمّاً عَلى فيها
And its great saddle only renews for it
blame on my lips, or blame on its own.
هَذيthis الحَياةُlife إِذاwhen ماever الدَهرُTime خَرَّقَهاtears it
هَذي الحَياةُ إِذا ما الدَهرُ خَرَّقَها
فَماthen not بَنانُthe fingers of أَخيone possessing صُنعٍcraftsmanship بِرافيهاable to darn it
فَما بَنانُ أَخي صُنعٍ بِرافيها
This life, whenever Time tears it,
cannot be darned by the fingers of a craftsman.
وَالمَوتُand death داءُthe ailment of البَراياall creatures لاnot يُفارِقُهاleaves them
وَالمَوتُ داءُ البَرايا لا يُفارِقُها
وَلاnor يُؤَمَّلُis it hoped أَنَّthat اللَهَGod شافيهاtheir healer
وَلا يُؤَمَّلُ أَنَّ اللَهَ شافيها
Death is the ailment of all creatures; it never leaves them,
nor is there hope that God will heal them.
وَلَيسَand is not فارِسُهاits horseman إِلّاexcept كَراجِلِهاlike its man on foot
وَلَيسَ فارِسُها إِلّا كَراجِلِها
وَقَدand may يُرىbe seen مُحتَذيهاits shod one مِثلَlike حافيهاits barefoot one
وَقَد يُرى مُحتَذيها مِثلَ حافيها
Its horseman is no different from its man on foot,
and its shod one may be seen as equal to its barefoot one.
Translation model: Sol 6.1