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O you who sell oil, walk away from the disreputable

يا بائع الزيت عرج غير مرموق

1. O you who sell oil, walk away from the disreputable
That you may forget about weights and the market

١. يا بائِعَ الزَيتِ عَرِّج غَيرَ مَرموقِ
لِتُشغَلَنَّ عِنِ الأَرطالِ وَالسوقِ

2. Whoever intends to insult you is not inclined to lying
In the manner of your upbringing which he presents truthfully

٢. مَن رامَ شَتمَكَ لَم يَنزِع إِلى كَذِبِ
في مُنتَماكَ وَأَبداهُ بِتَحقيقِ

3. Your father is a servant and to the mother who bore you
Apart from the mother of your head a praise undeserved

٣. أَبوكَ عَبدٌ وَلِلأُمِّ التّي فَلَقَت
عَن أُمِّ رَأسِكَ هَنٌّ غَيرُ مَحلوقِ

4. If you were to count a lineage that does not get insulted
Then your mother to me is one who is divorced

٤. إِن أَنتَ عَدَّدتَ أَصلاً لا تُسَبُّ بِهِ
يَوماً فَأُمُّكَ مِنّي ذاتُ تَطليقِ

5. And you will not be able with some might to remove a wound
I have affirmed in you in the abode of spittle

٥. وَلَن تُطيقَ بِحَولٍ أن تُزيلَ شَجاً
أَثبَتُّهُ مِنكَ في مُستَنزَلِ الريقِ

6. God created you from malignance and from lies
Do not be amenable to the vices of a creature

٦. اللَهُ أَنَشاكَ مِن نَوكٍ وَمِن كَذِبٍ
لا تُعطَفَنَّ إِلى لُؤمٍ لِمَخلوقِ

7. What can a man say who flatters you in his praise
Except the son of an adulteress or the chick of a heretic

٧. ماذا يَقولُ اِمرُؤٌ غَشّاكَ مِدحَتَهُ
إِلّا اِبنُ زانِيَةٍ أَو فَرخُ زِنديقِ