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All traits are treachery and deceit

سجايا كلها غدر وخبث

1. All traits are treachery and deceit
Inherited by people from people

١. سَجايا كُلُّها غَدرٌ وَخُبثٌ
تَوارَثَها أُناسٌ عَن أُناسِ

2. The lost one wanders the darkness to
Compete with a gazelle on the dunes

٢. يُهاجِرُ غابَهُ الضُرغامُ كَيما
يُنازِعُ ظَبيَّ رَملٍ في كِناسِ

3. And songs become ugly after their people
Like their ugly secrets after intimacy

٣. وَتَقبُحُ بَعدَ أَهليها المَغاني
كَقُبحِ غُيوبِهِم بَعدَ الإِناسِ

4. You're expected to be kind out of stinginess
And remembered for loyalty though forgetful

٤. يُرادُ بِكَ الجَميلُ عَلى اِقتِسارٍ
وَتُذكَرُ بِالوَفاءِ وَأَنتَ ناسي

5. You blamed the sins on a weak slave
And slipped away on paths of denial

٥. وَحَمِّلتَ الذُنوبَ قَرا ضَعيفٍ
وَسِرتَ بِهِنَّ في طُرُقِ التَناسي

6. An old man parts from a withered branch
Consoled by the rhyme and wordplay

٦. يُفارِقُ شَهلَةً كَهلٌ وَشَرخٌ
فَواسي بِالتَشابُهِ وَالجِناسِ

7. No opinion of Duraid satisfied you
When he sought closeness to the reticent

٧. وَما أَرضاكَ رَأيٌ مِن دُرَيدٍ
غَداةَ يَرومُ قُرباً مِن خُناسِ