وَقَالَ And said waqāla the king l-maliku Indeed, I innī [I] have seen arā seven sabʿa cows baqarātin fat simānin eating them yakuluhunna seven sabʿun lean ones ʿijāfun and seven wasabʿa ears (of corn) sunbulātin green khuḍ'rin and others wa-ukhara dry yābisātin O yāayyuhā chiefs l-mala-u Explain to me aftūnī about fī my vision ru'yāya if in you can kuntum of visions lilrru'yā interpret taʿburūna
And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū Confused aḍghāthu dreams aḥlāmin and not wamā we naḥnu (are) in the interpretation bitawīli (of) the dreams l-aḥlāmi learned biʿālimīna
They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."
وَقَالَ But said waqāla the one who alladhī was saved najā of the two min'humā and remembered wa-iddakara after baʿda a period ummatin I anā [I] will inform you unabbi-ukum of its interpretation bitawīlihi so send me forth fa-arsilūni
But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."
يُوسُفُ Yusuf yūsufu O ayyuhā the truthful one l-ṣidīqu Explain to us aftinā about fī (the) seven sabʿi cows baqarātin fat simānin eating them yakuluhunna seven sabʿun lean ones ʿijāfun and seven wasabʿi ears (of corn) sunbulātin green khuḍ'rin and other wa-ukhara dry yābisātin that I may laʿallī return arjiʿu to ilā the people l-nāsi so that they may laʿallahum know yaʿlamūna
[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people [i.e., the king and his court]; perhaps they will know [about you]."
قَالَ He said qāla You will sow tazraʿūna (for) seven sabʿa years sinīna as usual da-aban and that which famā you reap ḥaṣadttum so leave it fadharūhu in fī its ears sunbulihi except illā a little qalīlan from which mimmā you (will) eat takulūna
[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
ثُمَّ Then thumma will come yatī after min after baʿdi that dhālika seven sabʿun hard (years) shidādun (which will) consume yakul'na what mā you advanced qaddamtum for them lahunna except illā a little qalīlan of what mimmā you (will) store tuḥ'ṣinūna
Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you advanced [i.e., saved] for them, except a little from which you will store.
ثُمَّ Then thumma will come yatī after min after baʿdi that dhālika a year ʿāmun in it fīhi will be given abundant rain yughāthu the people l-nāsu and in it wafīhi they will press yaʿṣirūna
Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."