ياO أباAbu (father of) الفضلal-Fadl لمnot تكنbe عَوْجةٌa visit منـfrom
يا أبا الفضل لم تكن عَوْجةٌ منـ
ـكyou عليناto us تَحُطُّlowers منfrom عَليائِكْyour lofty standing
ـك علينا تَحُطُّ من عَليائِكْ
O Abu al-Fadl, a visit from
O Abu Al-Fadl, no crookedness has come
you to us would not have diminished your lofty standing.
from you against us that would drop your highness
لاno ولاnor فيin قَضاءِfulfilling حقِّthe due of أبيAbu (father of) شَيْـShay- (name fragment)
لا ولا في قَضاءِ حقِّ أبي شَيْـ
ـبَةَ-ba (completes Shayba) ماanything that يوجبُnecessitates انتكاثَthe unraveling of إخائِكْyour brotherly bond
ـبَةَ ما يوجبُ انتكاثَ إخائِكْ
No, nor does giving Abu Shayba his due
Neither in fulfilling the right of my father Shaybah
entail the unraveling of your brotherly bond.
necessitates the uprooting of your brotherhood
قدindeed بَغَيْناwe sought كماjust as بغيتَyou sought وقدand indeed كاwas (first part)
قد بَغَيْنا كما بغيتَ وقد كا
ن(completes 'was') حقيقاًworthy وفاؤناour loyalty بوَفائِكْof your loyalty
ن حقيقاً وفاؤنا بوَفائِكْ
We have sought as you have sought, and
We have transgressed as you transgressed, and indeed
our loyalty was worthy of your loyalty.
our loyalty to you has been true
إنif تكنyou are قدalready علوتَyou have risen عنabove ساكنيthe inhabitants of الأرthe earth (first part)
إن تكن قد علوتَ عن ساكني الأر
ضِ(completes 'the earth') فخاطِبْهمُthen address them إذاًthen منfrom سَمائِكْyour heaven
ضِ فخاطِبْهمُ إذاً من سَمائِكْ
If you have risen above the earth’s inhabitants,
If you have risen above the inhabitants of the earth
then address them from your heaven.
Then address them from your heavens
Sol 6.1