ياO قَلبِmy heart لاnot أَدعوكَI call you فيto أَكرومَةٍa noble deed
يا قَلبِ لا أَدعوكَ في أَكرومَةٍ
إِلّاexcept that تَقاعَسُyou hang back دونَهاshort of it وَتَباطاand you dawdle
إِلّا تَقاعَسُ دونَها وَتَباطا
O my heart, I never call you to a noble deed
but you hang back from it and dawdle.
وَالمَوتُand death حاسٍa drinker ماnot تَعَيَّفَhas disdained آجِناًstagnant water
وَالمَوتُ حاسٍ ما تَعَيَّفَ آجِناً
وَتَضَيَّفَand has sought hospitality from الأَعرابَthe Bedouins وَالأَنباطاand the Nabataeans
وَتَضَيَّفَ الأَعرابَ وَالأَنباطا
And death is a drinker who has never shunned stagnant water,
and has been the guest of the Bedouins and the Nabataeans.
وَلَقَدand indeed حَفَرتُI have dug عَنِin search of اليَقينِcertainty بِخاطرٍwith a mind
وَلَقَد حَفَرتُ عَنِ اليَقينِ بِخاطرٍ
ماnot كادَnearly يَبلُغُreaches حَفرُهُits digging الإِنباطاbringing forth water
ما كادَ يَبلُغُ حَفرُهُ الإِنباطا
And indeed, I have dug for certainty with a mind
whose digging could scarcely bring forth water.
وَلِيُدرِكَنَّand it will surely overtake جِعادَناour curly-haired وَسِباطَناand our straight-haired
وَلِيُدرِكَنَّ جِعادَنا وَسِباطَنا
وَماand what أَدراكَhas made you aware النُعمانَal-Nuʿmān فيin ساباطاSābāṭ
وَما أَدراكَ النُعمانَ في ساباطا
And it shall surely overtake our curly-haired and our straight-haired.
And what has made you aware of al-Nuʿmān at Sābāṭ?
أَيَفُكُّنيwill it release me? هَذاthis الحِمامُdeath تَفَضُّلاًas a kindness
أَيَفُكُّني هَذا الحِمامُ تَفَضُّلاً
فَالعَيشُfor life أَوثَقَنيhas bound me وَشَدَّand tightened رِباطاa tether
فَالعَيشُ أَوثَقَني وَشَدَّ رِباطا
Will this death release me as a kindness?
For life has bound me and tightened the tether.
Translation model: Sol 6.1