ماnot أَمسِyesterday بِالشَبَحِa phantom الَّذيthat إِنif مَرَّpassed بيby me
ما أَمسِ بِالشَبَحِ الَّذي إِن مَرَّ بي
فَرُجوعُهُthen its return مِنfrom بَعدِafter ذَلِكَthat مُمكِنُpossible
فَرُجوعُهُ مِن بَعدِ ذَلِكَ مُمكِنُ
Yesterday is no phantom that, if it passes me by,
Can return afterward.
وَالناسُand people بَينَbetween حَياتِهِمtheir life وَمَماتِهِمand their death
وَالناسُ بَينَ حَياتِهِم وَمَماتِهِم
مِثلُlike الحُروفِletters مُحَرَّكٌset in motion (vowelled) وَمُسَكَّنُand stilled (unvowelled)
مِثلُ الحُروفِ مُحَرَّكٌ وَمُسَكَّنُ
And people, between their life and their death,
Are like letters: some set in motion, others stilled.
لِلَّهِto God (expressing admiration) طاعَةُobedience رَبِّناour Lord مِنas خَلَّةٍa virtue
لِلَّهِ طاعَةُ رَبِّنا مِن خَلَّةٍ
فيهاin it اِستَوىwere equal فُصَحاؤُناour eloquent speakers وَالأَلكُنُand the tongue-tied
فيها اِستَوى فُصَحاؤُنا وَالأَلكُنُ
How admirable is obedience to our Lord—a virtue
In which our eloquent speakers and the tongue-tied are equal.
Translation model: Sol 6.1