ياO أيهاyou المُتعاليthe one rising above عنbeyond مَعونتناour help
يا أيها المُتعالي عن مَعونتنا
غِنىًself-sufficiency بماthrough what فيهwithin him منof ذهنintellect ومنand of أدبِlearning
غِنىً بما فيه من ذهن ومن أدبِ
O you who rise above needing our help,
O you who are aloof from helping us
Self-sufficient through the intellect and learning within you.
Though self-sufficient in mind and manners
لوif استعنتَyou sought help بنفسٍfrom a soul غيرِother than أنفُسناourselves
لو استعنتَ بنفسٍ غيرِ أنفُسنا
أوor غيرِother than نفسكyourself قابلناكwe would have met you بالغضبِwith anger
أو غيرِ نفسك قابلناك بالغضبِ
Had you sought help from a soul other than ours,
Had you sought aid of selves other than ours
Or other than your own, we would have met you with anger.
Or selves unlike your own, we'd be wrathful
لكنbut غَنيتَyou were self-sufficient بنفسٍthrough a soul لاno كِفاءَequal لهاto it
لكن غَنيتَ بنفسٍ لا كِفاءَ لها
فيin النظمverse والنثرand prose منof شعرpoetry ومنand of خطبِspeeches
في النظم والنثر من شعر ومن خطبِ
But you found sufficiency in a soul with no equal
Yet you were self-reliant, peerless in that
In verse and prose, in poetry and speeches.
In prose and verse, be it poetry or speech
ولاand no ملامَblame علىupon مُرتادِone seeking مصلحةٍadvantage
ولا ملامَ على مُرتادِ مصلحةٍ
باعsold اللُّجينَthe silver بضعفَيهِfor twice its amount منof الذهبِgold
باع اللُّجينَ بضعفَيهِ من الذهبِ
And no blame falls upon one seeking advantage
No blame lies on one seeking benefit
Who sold silver for twice its amount in gold.
Who sold cheap tin as it were fine gold
فاعذِرْso grant pardon علىfor حسنِexcellence ماwhat ابتعتyou bought الخيارَthe best بهwith it
فاعذِرْ على حسنِ ما ابتعت الخيارَ به
كماjust as عذرناكwe pardoned you ياO ابنson of المجدglory والحسبِand ancestral honor
كما عذرناك يا ابن المجد والحسبِ
So grant pardon, for the excellence of that with which you bought the best,
So pardon the good that you swapped base for
As we pardoned you, O son of glory and ancestral honor.
As we've pardoned you, O son of glory and repute
عُذراًpardon بعذرfor pardon وإلاand if not رُحتَyou will depart مُحتقِباًcarrying on your back
عُذراً بعذر وإلا رُحتَ مُحتقِباً
لوماًreproach بلومfor reproach ولوميand my reproach شرُّthe worst مُحتقَبِload carried on the back
لوماً بلوم ولومي شرُّ مُحتقَبِ
Pardon for pardon—or else you will depart carrying
Pardon for pardon, else you'd be blamed
Reproach for reproach—and my reproach is the worst burden to bear.
Reproach for reproach, though mine is worse reproach
وهاكand take this دَرْجَكَyour scroll إنّاindeed we نابذونflinging away بهwith it
وهاك دَرْجَكَ إنّا نابذون به
كماjust as نَبذتَyou flung away بماwith what قلناهwe said it منfrom كَثَبِclose proximity
كما نَبذتَ بما قلناه من كَثَبِ
And take your scroll: indeed, we are flinging it away,
And here is your rank—we've cast it away
Just as you flung away what we said, at close range.
Just as you cast what we said, out of spite
Sol 6.1