أعاذلُO reproacher عدِّturn away عنfrom عذليreproaching me ولوميand blaming me
أعاذلُ عدِّ عن عذلي ولومي
فأنتَfor you are مخاطبٌaddressing غيرَone who is not السميعِa listener
فأنتَ مخاطبٌ غيرَ السميعِ
O reproacher, leave off reproaching and blaming me;
For you are addressing one who will not listen.
وإنّكand indeed you ماso far as علمتكI have known you منof أناسa people
وإنّك ما علمتك من أناس
حوتheld أقلامهمtheir pens رقَّthe bondage of البديعal-Badiʿ
حوت أقلامهم رقَّ البديع
And you, so far as I know you, are of a people
Whose pens have held al-Badiʿ in bondage.
فهلso, have...? خاطبتَyou addressed أبلغَanything more eloquent منthan سقاميmy sickness
فهل خاطبتَ أبلغَ من سقامي
وهلand have...? شافهتَyou spoke face to face with أفصحَanything more articulate منthan دموعيmy tears
وهل شافهتَ أفصحَ من دموعي
So have you addressed anything more eloquent than my sickness?
And have you spoken face to face with anything more articulate than my tears?
Sol 6.1