ياO نَفسُsoul خوضيwade into بِحارَseas العِلمِknowledge أَوor غوصيdive
يا نَفسُ خوضي بِحارَ العِلمِ أَو غوصي
فَالناسُfor people ماan emphatic particle بَينَbetween مَعمومٍone of the common people وَمَخصوصِand one singled out
فَالناسُ ما بَينَ مَعمومٍ وَمَخصوصِ
O soul, wade into the seas of knowledge, or dive.
O soul, plunge into the sea of knowledge, or dive deep,
For people range between the common and the distinguished.
For people are of two kinds: learned or unlearned.
لاno شَيءَthing فيin هَذِهِthis الدُنياworld يُحاطُis fully comprehended بِهِconcerning it
لا شَيءَ في هَذِهِ الدُنيا يُحاطُ بِهِ
إِلّاexcept إِحاطَةَcomprehension مَنقوصٍan imperfect one بِمَنقوصِof something imperfect
إِلّا إِحاطَةَ مَنقوصٍ بِمَنقوصِ
Nothing in this world is fully comprehended
In this world nothing can fully be comprehended
Except through an imperfect one's grasp of something imperfect.
Except by a deficient being in a deficient way.