أسائلتيO woman asking me عنabout صالحٍSalih إنَّindeed صالحاًSalih
أسائلتي عن صالحٍ إنَّ صالحاً
وإنand though نالhe attained حظَّاa share منof علاeminence وتقدُّمِand advancement
وإن نال حظَّا من علا وتقدُّمِ
O woman who asks me about Salih—indeed, Salih,
My questions about a virtuous man - if he is virtuous
though he has gained a share of eminence and advancement,
And if he attains a share of glory and progress
لهُhe has إفكُfalsehood مدَّاحٍa panegyrist وأبنةand a desire to be sodomized كاتبa scribe
لهُ إفكُ مدَّاحٍ وأبنة كاتب
وكديةand begging صوفيّa Sufi وعقلand the intellect معلمa schoolteacher
وكدية صوفيّ وعقل معلم
has a panegyrist’s lies and a scribe’s desire to be sodomized,
He has the lies of a flatterer and the daughter of a scribe
and a Sufi’s begging and a schoolteacher’s intellect.
And the spite of a Sufi and the mind of a teacher
إذاwhen ماan emphatic particle أضاءتshone دارهhis house لوفودهِfor his visitors
إذا ما أضاءت داره لوفودهِ
ثناهمhe repelled them بوجهٍwith a face كاسفwan اللونin color مظلمdark
ثناهم بوجهٍ كاسف اللون مظلم
Whenever his house shines for his visitors,
When his house lights up from his guests
he repels them with a wan, darkened face.
He greets them with a gloomy, dark-colored face
فهمso they رتعٌgrazing at ease فيin جنَّةٍa paradise منwithin حريمهاits precincts
فهم رتعٌ في جنَّةٍ من حريمها
ومنهُand because of him ومنand because of أخلاقهِhis character فيin جهنَّمHell
ومنهُ ومن أخلاقهِ في جهنَّم
So they graze at ease in a paradise within its precincts,
So they are grazing in a paradise from his women
yet because of him and his character, they are in Hell.
And he and his morals are in hell
Sol 6.1