إِنَّindeed الجَديدَينِthe ever-new pair (day and night) قَدalready جَرَّبتُI have experienced فَعلَهُماtheir workings
إِنَّ الجَديدَينِ قَد جَرَّبتُ فَعلَهُما
جِنسَينِtwo kinds ضِدَّيّنِopposing مِنof نِعَمٍblessings وَمِنand of بيسِmisery
جِنسَينِ ضِدَّيّنِ مِن نِعَمٍ وَمِن بيسِ
Indeed, I have experienced the workings of the ever-new pair, day and night:
two opposing kinds—blessings and misery.
حَوادِثُvicissitudes الدَهرِof time ماتَنفَكُّnever cease غادِيَةًcoming each morning
حَوادِثُ الدَهرِ ماتَنفَكُّ غادِيَةً
عَلىupon الأَنامِhumankind بِإِلباسٍwith cloaking وَتَلبيسِand deception
عَلى الأَنامِ بِإِلباسٍ وَتَلبيسِ
Time's vicissitudes never cease coming each morning
upon humankind, with cloaking and deception.
أَلوَتswept away بِكِسريwith Khosrow وَلمand did not تَترُكspare مَرازِبَهُhis marzbans
أَلوَت بِكِسري وَلم تَترُك مَرازِبَهُ
وَبِالمَناذِرِand with the Mundhirs أَودَتdestroyed وَالقَوابيسِand the Qabuses
وَبِالمَناذِرِ أَودَت وَالقَوابيسِ
They swept away Khosrow and did not spare his marzbans,
and destroyed the Mundhirs and the Qabuses.
زارَتvisited حُسَيناًHusayn وَحَسَّتand slew بِالرَدىwith death حَسَناًHasan
زارَت حُسَيناً وَحَسَّت بِالرَدى حَسَناً
وَواجَهَتand faced آلَthe house of عَباسٍAbbas بِتَعبيسِwith a scowl
وَواجَهَت آلَ عَباسٍ بِتَعبيسِ
They visited Husayn and struck Hasan down with death,
and faced the house of Abbas with a scowl:
الطاعِنينَthe spear-thrusters وَغَيثُand the rain الرَكبِof the riders مُنسَكِبٌpouring down
الطاعِنينَ وَغَيثُ الرَكبِ مُنسَكِبٌ
إِذاwhen اِزدَهىcarried away الجَريُrunning أَشباحَbodies الضَغابيسِof the weaklings
إِذا اِزدَهى الجَريُ أَشباحَ الضَغابيسِ
the spear-thrusters, while the riders' rain pours down,
when running carries away the bodies of weaklings;
فُرسانَhorsemen خَيلٍhorses إِذاwhen خَلَّواthey let loose أَعِنَّتَهاtheir reins
فُرسانَ خَيلٍ إِذا خَلَّوا أَعِنَّتَها
لاnot يُمسِكونَthey cling حِذاراًout of fear بِالقَرابيسِto the saddle pommels
لا يُمسِكونَ حِذاراً بِالقَرابيسِ
horsemen who, when they loose their horses' reins,
do not cling to the saddle pommels out of fear.