اُنظُرlook إلىat الأيامthe days كيفَhow تَقودُناlead us
اُنظُر إلى الأيام كيفَ تَقودُنا
قَسْراًforcibly إلىto الإِقرارِacknowledgment بالأقْدَارِof the decrees of fate
قَسْراً إلى الإِقرارِ بالأقْدَارِ
Look at the days, how they lead us
Look at the days, how they lead us
forcibly to acknowledge the decrees of fate.
Reluctantly to accept fate
ماnot أوقدَkindled ابنُson of طُلَيْبِTulayb قطُّever بِدارهِin his house
ما أوقدَ ابنُ طُلَيْبِ قطُّ بِدارهِ
نَاراًa fire وكانand was هلاكُهاits destruction بالنّارِby fire
نَاراً وكان هلاكُها بالنّارِ
Ibn Tulayb never kindled in his house
Ibn Tulayb never lit in his abode
a fire, yet his house was destroyed by fire.
A fire whose ruin was by fire