لاتَجلِسَنlet her never sit حُرَّةٌa free woman مُوَفَّقَةٌrightly guided
لاتَجلِسَن حُرَّةٌ مُوَفَّقَةٌ
مَعwith اِبنِson زَوجٍhusband لَهاof hers وَلاnor خَتَنِa son-in-law
مَع اِبنِ زَوجٍ لَها وَلا خَتَنِ
Let no rightly guided free woman sit
with her husband's son, nor with a son-in-law.
فَذاكَfor that خَيرٌbetter لَهاfor her وَأَسلَمُand safer لِلfor the
فَذاكَ خَيرٌ لَها وَأَسلَمُ لِل
إِنسانِhuman being إِنَّindeed الفَتىthe young man مَعَamid الفِتَنِthe temptations
إِنسانِ إِنَّ الفَتى مَعَ الفِتَنِ
For that is better for her, and safer for
a person; indeed, a young man is amid temptations.
وَدُمand persist عَلىin غَيرَةِthe jealousy of الصِباyouth أَبَداًforever
وَدُم عَلى غَيرَةِ الصِبا أَبَداً
وَلاand do not تَعُدreturn فيin الشَبابِyouth ثُمَّthen تَنيgrow slack
وَلا تَعُد في الشَبابِ ثُمَّ تَني
And keep the jealousy of youth forever,
and do not return to youth and then grow slack.
كَأَنَّماas though الحادِثاتُmisfortunes فيin الآفاقِthe horizons
كَأَنَّما الحادِثاتُ في الآفاقِ
بَعضُsome of السَحائِبِthe clouds الهُتُنِsteadily pouring rain
بَعضُ السَحائِبِ الهُتُنِ
It is as though misfortunes across the horizons
were some of the clouds pouring rain.
ماnot خُتِنَwere circumcised القَومُthe people بِاِختِيارِهِمby their own choice
ما خُتِنَ القَومُ بِاِختِيارِهِم
إِذwhen جُلِبواthey were brought مِنfrom طِرازٍTiraz أَوor خَتَنِKhotan
إِذ جُلِبوا مِن طِرازٍ أَو خَتَنِ
The people were not circumcised of their own choosing,
when they were brought from Tiraz or Khotan.