بليتI am afflicted بمنwith one whom تبلوهyou test him خلقاًin character وخلقةًand in form
بليت بمن تبلوه خلقاً وخلقةً
بعيداًfar removed منfrom الإحسانgoodness أجمعَall of it والحسنِand beauty
بعيداً من الإحسان أجمعَ والحسنِ
I am plagued by one whom you find, on testing his character and form,
I'm repelled by one whose nature and manners
Far removed from all goodness and beauty.
Are far from all kindness and grace combined
يعدُّis deemed فصيحاًeloquent فيin الهراءnonsense لسانهhis tongue
يعدُّ فصيحاً في الهراء لسانه
طويلاًlong وأماand as for اللبُّthe intellect منهُof his ففيthen among اللّكنthe tongue-tied
طويلاً وأما اللبُّ منهُ ففي اللّكن
His tongue is deemed eloquent in nonsense,
Whose tongue though eloquent, is but foolishness
And long; as for his intellect, it is among the tongue-tied.
Long yet his mind remains concealed inside
ويسودُّand he grows black وجهاًin the face كلماwhenever أبيضَّturns white شعرهhis hair
ويسودُّ وجهاً كلما أبيضَّ شعره
فقلso speak فيof صبيّa child العقلthe mind مكتملِfully mature السنّage
فقل في صبيّ العقل مكتملِ السنّ
And his face grows black whenever his hair turns white.
The whiter his beard, the darker grows his face
So speak of a child in mind, fully mature in years.
So say of one with a youthful mind yet aged in years
Sol 6.1