إنindeed الذيthat which تخشاهyou fear it أولfirst وهلةٍmoment
إن الذي تخشاه أول وهلةٍ
ياO راهباًmonk بلrather هارباًfugitive دونapart from الملاthe crowd
يا راهباً بل هارباً دون الملا
Indeed, what you fear at the very first moment,
The very thing you dread at first,
O monk—rather, fugitive apart from the crowd—
O monk, nay, fugitive from the throng,
أعنيI mean بهby it الضجرweariness الذيwhich منof شأنهits nature
أعني به الضجر الذي من شأنه
يوهيweakens القوىstrength كذباًdeceitfully عليكto you لتكسلاso that you grow idle
يوهي القوى كذباً عليك لتكسلا
I mean by it the weariness whose nature it is
Is tedium which has the knack
To sap your strength by deceiving you, so you grow idle,
Of sapping your strength, feigning you are lazy,
ويريكand shows you موضعكyour abode الأنيسwelcoming مروِّعاًterrifying
ويريك موضعك الأنيس مروِّعاً
قصداًdeliberately لأنso that تَلويyou turn العنانthe reins وترحلاand you depart
قصداً لأن تَلوي العنان وترحلا
And make your welcoming abode seem terrifying,
And makes your cosy place seem frightening,
Deliberately, so that you turn the reins and depart,
So you may slacken the reins and depart,
وتظلand you keep تخبطyou blunder about شائداًbuilding ومقوِّضاًand pulling down
وتظل تخبط شائداً ومقوِّضاً
ديراًa monastery فديراًthen another monastery كيso that تُصادyou are ensnared فتقتلاthen you are slain
ديراً فديراً كي تُصاد فتقتلا
And keep blundering about, building and pulling down,
Roaming like a vagrant, undermining
Monastery after monastery, so you are ensnared and then slain,
Cloisters, so you may be hunted down and slain,
ماemphatic particle بينbetween صارمِsword بؤسmisery يأسٍdespair مرهفٍkeen-edged
ما بين صارمِ بؤس يأسٍ مرهفٍ
أوor طعنِthrust عسّالِquivering spear التوانيsloth والقِلاand loathing
أو طعنِ عسّالِ التواني والقِلا
Whether by the keen-edged sword of despair’s misery,
Between the blade of dire despair,
Or the thrust of the quivering spear of sloth and loathing—
Or the stab of procrastination’s dagger.
فدواؤهso its cure عملwork اليدينthe two hands مصلياًwhile praying
فدواؤه عمل اليدين مصلياً
تتلوyou recite أناجيلGospels العليْthe Most High متبتّلاwholly devoted to worship
تتلو أناجيل العليْ متبتّلا
Its cure, then, is the labor of your hands while you pray,
The cure is handiwork, praying,
Reciting the Gospels of the Most High, wholly devoted to worship.
Reciting the Gospels of the Most High, devout.