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If you present me with gifts and I reciprocate alike,

إذا كنت تهدي لي وأجزيك مثله

1. If you present me with gifts and I reciprocate alike,
Then gifts between us would weary the messengers.

١. إِذا كُنتَ تُهدي لي وَأُجزيكَ مِثلَهُ
فَإِنَّ الهَدايا بَينَنا تَعَبُ الرُسلِ

2. So neither I am cheated, nor are you in what
We were both sent for, seeking no messengers.

٢. فَلا أَنا مَغبونٌ وَلا أَنتَ في الَّذي
بُعِثنا كِلانا غَيرُ مُلتَمِسِ الرِسلِ

3. You have work to do, this is not it, perhaps
It yields benefit, not like your work for progeny.

٣. فَدونَكَ شُغلاً لَيسَ هَذا لَعَلَّهُ
يَعودُ بِنَفعٍ لا كَشُغلِكَ بِالنَسلِ

4. Your father brought you harm, but he is
The wolf, when disobedience leads to ablution.

٤. أَبوكَ جَنى شَرّاً عَلَيكَ وَإِنَّما
هُوَ الضَبُّ إِذ يُسدي العُقوقَ إِلى الحِسلِ

5. He speaks words, yet after him is found
Filth, needing from it ablution.

٥. يَقولُ كَلاماً فوكَ يوجَدُ بَعدَهُ
كَذي نَجَسٍ يَحتاجُ مِنهُ إِلى الغَسلِ