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If you were pained by something hurtful,

أخالد لو ألمت مضيض شيء

1. If you were pained by something hurtful,
Something painful and distressing, you would feel your own ignorance.

١. أخالدُ لو ألِمْتَ مَضيضَ شيءٍ
مُمضٍّ مُرْمِضٍ لألِمْتَ جَهْلَكْ

2. You are an old man from the tribe of Yemen,
Yet you insult a noble Persian, denying your own origin.

٢. أشيخٌ من ذوي يمَنٍ صميم
وتشتم فارساً ناقضتَ أصلك

3. By this action you hoped to be called
Noble and virtuous, but instead exposed your shame.

٣. بهذا الفعلِ سرَّك أن تُسمَّى
جواداً مُفْضِلاً فأبَحْتَ أهلك

4. You have disgraced those you belong to,
May you be bereft of sons, and bereft of reason!

٤. لقد أخزيْتَ منْ تُنْمى إليه
ثكْلتُك عاجلاً وثكِلْتُ عقْلَكْ