مَنwhoever رامَsought أَنto يُلزِمَcompel الأَشياءَthings واجِبَهاtheir duty
مَن رامَ أَن يُلزِمَ الأَشياءَ واجِبَها
فَإِنَّهُthen indeed he بِبَقاءٍfrom continued life لَيسَdoes not يَنتَفِعُbenefit
فَإِنَّهُ بِبَقاءٍ لَيسَ يَنتَفِعُ
Whoever seeks to compel things to fulfill their duty
will gain no benefit from living on.
أُرضيI satisfy اِنتِباهيmy wakefulness بِماwith what لَمdid not يَرضَهُaccept it حُلُميmy dream
أُرضي اِنتِباهي بِما لَم يَرضَهُ حُلُمي
قِدماًlong ago وَأَدفَعُand I push onward أَوقاتيmy hours فَتَندَفِعُso they move onward
قِدماً وَأَدفَعُ أَوقاتي فَتَندَفِعُ
I content my waking self with what my dream did not accept
long ago; I push my hours onward, and onward they go.
وَخَفَّand grew light بِالجَهلِthrough ignorance أَقوامٌsome people فَبَلِّغهُمso bring them
وَخَفَّ بِالجَهلِ أَقوامٌ فَبَلِّغهُم
مَنازِلاًstations بِسَناءِin the splendor of العِزِّhonor تَلتَفِعُcloak themselves
مَنازِلاً بِسَناءِ العِزِّ تَلتَفِعُ
And some people grew light through ignorance; so bring them
to stations cloaked in the splendor of honor.
أَماdid … not? رَأَيتَyou saw جِبالَthe mountains of الأَرضِthe earth لازِمَةًholding fast
أَما رَأَيتَ جِبالَ الأَرضِ لازِمَةً
قَرارَهاtheir resting place وَغُبارُwhile the dust of الأَرضِthe earth يَرتَفِعُrises
قَرارَها وَغُبارُ الأَرضِ يَرتَفِعُ
Have you not seen the earth’s mountains holding fast
to their resting place, while the earth’s dust rises?
Translation model: Sol 6.1