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Enough for you is a defamer running his mouth

يكفيك أدما سليط ماأريق له

1. Enough for you is a defamer running his mouth
Whose blood was never shed, nor his soul touched when pain struck.

١. يَكفيكَ أُدماً سَليطٌ ماأُريقَ لَهُ
دَمٌ وَلا مَسَّ رَوحاً إِذ جَرى أَلَمُ

2. He has some virtues - among them losing his wrap
And that his malice is dispelled by his teeth.

٢. لَهُ فَضائِلُ مِنها فَقدُ كُلفَتِهِ
وَأَنَّهُ بِسَناهُ تَنجَلي الظُلَمُ

3. They said a dead man is carved up due to hatred.
I said, "The speech of the dead is the same as of the speaker."

٣. قالوا تُقُسُّمَ مَقتولٌ عَلى حَنَقٍ
فَقُلتُ سِيّانِ كَلمُ المَيتِ وَالكَلِمُ

4. If they bid him farewell, he knows not what they did.
Or if they cut him up, no pain touches him.

٤. إِن وَدَّعوهُ فَما يَدري بِما صَنَعوا
أَو قَطَّعوهُ فَما يَنتابُهُ أَلَمُ

5. How often a blossom is cast aside negligently
As a pen is discarded for the slightest cause.

٥. وَرُبَّ أَزهَرَ يُلقى هامُهُ هَدَراً
كَما يُقَطُّ لِأَدنى عِلَّةٍ قَلَمُ