الفرقُ بين القديمِ الذاتِ والحدثِ

الفرقُ بين القديمِ الذاتِ والحدثِ

يبينُ للمنكر المحجوبِ في الجدثِ

يبينُ للمنكر المحجوبِ في الجدثِ

The difference between the eternal in essence and temporal occurrence

The difference between the old self and the new

Becomes clear to the denier, veiled in the grave.

Shows the denier obscured in the grave

فاصبر عليه ولا تحفلْ بصولَتِه

فاصبر عليه ولا تحفلْ بصولَتِه

ما دام في عالمِ التقييد بالخبثِ

ما دام في عالمِ التقييد بالخبثِ

So be patient with him, and pay no heed to his onslaught,

So be patient with him and don't mind his clamor

So long as he remains in the realm of limitation through foulness.

As long as he is in the world of filth and sin

الدهرُ ينقله لو كان يعقلُه

الدهرُ ينقله لو كان يعقلُه

لي اسم شيخٍ من اسم الكهلِ والحَدَث

لي اسم شيخٍ من اسم الكهلِ والحَدَث

Time moves him onward, if only he understood it.

Time would make him understand if he could

I have an old man's name, from that of the middle-aged man and the youth.

The name of an old man from the name of youth and adolescence

هذي شبيبته هذي كهولته

هذي شبيبته هذي كهولته

هذا هو الهرم ما ينفك عن حدث

هذا هو الهرم ما ينفك عن حدث

This is his youth; this is his middle age.

This is his youth, this is his maturity

This is decrepitude; it is never free of change.

This is old age, inseparable from renewal

فما ترى طيباً يلذُّ مطعمه

فما ترى طيباً يلذُّ مطعمه

ألا ترى ضدَّه المنعوتَ بالخبثِ

ألا ترى ضدَّه المنعوتَ بالخبثِ

So whatever wholesome thing you see, delightful in taste—

So you don't see anything good that has a pleasant taste

Do you not see its opposite, described as foul?

Unless you see its opposite described as rotten

أين الحبائبُ من جمع الإناث من الذُّ

أين الحبائبُ من جمع الإناث من الذُّ

كران إذا جمعوا لحناً على خبث

كران إذا جمعوا لحناً على خبث

Where are the beloved women among the company of females, compared with the ma-

Where are the loved ones, the gathering of females and males

les, when they put together a tune based on foulness?

When they gather in song on indecency

فليس ثَم سوى فرق يبينه

فليس ثَم سوى فرق يبينه

ما قلته فاسترح فيه أو اكترث

ما قلته فاسترح فيه أو اكترث

For there is nothing there but a distinction, made clear

So there is no difference except what I told you

By what I have said; so find rest in it, or take heed.

So find peace in it or be concerned