ياO جاعلone who makes العلمknowledge لهfor himself بازياa hunting hawk
يا جاعل العلم له بازيا
يصطادhunts down أموالwealth المساكينthe poor
يصطاد أموال المساكين
O you who make knowledge a hunting hawk for yourself,
O you who made knowledge his prey
hunting down the wealth of the poor:
To hunt the money of the poor
احتلتyou schemed للدنياfor worldly life ولذاتهاand its pleasures
احتلت للدنيا ولذاتها
بحيلةwith a stratagem تذهبdoes away بالدينwith faith
بحيلة تذهب بالدين
you schemed for worldly life and its pleasures,
You occupied the world and its pleasures
with a stratagem that does away with faith.
With a trick that takes away religion
فصرتso you became مجنوناmad بهاover it بعدماafter
فصرت مجنونا بها بعدما
كنتyou were دواءa cure للمجانينfor madmen
كنت دواء للمجانين
So you became mad over it, after
So you became insane with it after
having been a cure for madmen.
You were a cure for the insane
أينwhere رواياتكyour narrations فيماin what مضىhas passed
أين رواياتك فيما مضى
عنfrom ابنIbn (son of) عون‘Awn وابنand Ibn (son of) سيرينSirin
عن ابن عون وابن سيرين
Where are your narrations from days gone by,
Where are your stories of the past
from Ibn ‘Awn and Ibn Sirin,
About Ibn Awn and Ibn Sirin
ودرسكand your study of العلمknowledge بآثارهthrough its transmitted reports
ودرسك العلم بآثاره
فيon تركshunning أبوfather of (possibly truncated 'gates of') السلاطينthe sultans
في ترك أبو السلاطين
and your study of knowledge through its transmitted reports,
And your teaching of knowledge through its effects
on shunning the [gates?] of sultans?
In leaving off Al-Sulaytin
تقولyou say أكرهتI was compelled فماذاso what? كذاthus
تقول أكرهت فماذا كذا
زلslipped حمارthe donkey of العلمknowledge فيin الطينthe mud
زل حمار العلم في الطين
You say, 'I was compelled'—so what? Thus
You say you hated it so what is that
the donkey of knowledge slipped into the mud.
The donkey of knowledge fell in the mud
لاdo not تبعsell الدينfaith بالدنياfor worldly life كماas
لا تبع الدين بالدنيا كما
يفعلdo ضلالthe misguided ones الرهابينthe monks
يفعل ضلال الرهابين
Do not sell faith for worldly life, as
Do not sell religion for the world as
the misguided monks do.
The misguided extremists do
Sol 6.1