إِذَاif ذَهَبَتْis lost يَمِينُكَyour right hand لاَdo not تُضَيِّعْwaste
إِذَا ذَهَبَتْ يَمِينُكَ لاَ تُضَيِّعْ
زَمَانَكَyour time فِيin الْبُكَاءِweeping عَلَىover الْمُصِيبَهْthe calamity
زَمَانَكَ فِي الْبُكَاءِ عَلَى الْمُصِيبَهْ
If your right hand is lost, do not waste
Your time weeping over the calamity.
وَيُسْرَاكَand your left hand اغْتَنِمْmake the most of فَالْقَوْسُfor the bow تَرْمِىshoots
وَيُسْرَاكَ اغْتَنِمْ فَالْقَوْسُ تَرْمِى
وَلاَand do not تَدْرِيyou know أَرشْقَتُهَاwhether its volley قَرِيبَهْis near
وَلاَ تَدْرِي أَرشْقَتُهَا قَرِيبَهْ
And make the most of your left hand, for the bow shoots,
And you do not know whether its volley is near.
وَمَاand not بِغَرِيبَةٍstrange نُوَبُmisfortunes اللَّيَالِيof the nights
وَمَا بِغَرِيبَةٍ نُوَبُ اللَّيَالِي
وَلَكِنَّand yet النَّجَاةَsurvival هِيَit الْغَرِيبَهْthe strange thing
وَلَكِنَّ النَّجَاةَ هِيَ الْغَرِيبَهْ
And the misfortunes of the nights are no strange thing,
But survival is the strange thing.
Translation model: Sol 6.1