ياO بائعseller of البيتthe house بِزقٍّfor a wineskin واحِدِone
يا بائع البيت بِزقٍّ واحِدِ
بِعْنِيsell me عرضيmy honor بيعَas the sale of حُرٍّa free man ماجِدِnoble
بِعْنِي عرضي بيعَ حُرٍّ ماجِدِ
O seller of the house for a single wineskin,
O seller of the house for one coin,
Sell me my honor as a noble free man would,
Meaning, sell my honor, O noble free man,
بألفfor a thousand زِقٍّwineskins وبزقًّand for a wineskin زائِدِadditional
بألف زِقٍّ وبزقًّ زائِدِ
أصبحْتyou have become كالخنزيرlike a pig فيamong الطرائِدِhunted beasts
أصبحْت كالخنزير في الطرائِدِ
For a thousand wineskins, and one wineskin more.
For a thousand coins and an extra coin,
You have become like a pig among hunted beasts:
You have become like a pig hunted down,
ليسthere is no لمنfor whoever يقتلُهُkills it منany حامدِone who praises
ليس لمن يقتلُهُ من حامدِ
وربماand sometimes أتلفdestroyed نفْسَthe life of الطاردِthe pursuer
وربما أتلف نفْسَ الطاردِ
No one praises whoever kills it,
No one praises the one who kills it,
And sometimes it destroys the pursuer's life.
And he may even destroy the hunter,
تُشاتمُyou trade insults with الناسَthe people بغيرwithout والدِa father
تُشاتمُ الناسَ بغير والدِ
إلاexcept دعاوِيَّmy claims بغيرwithout شاهدِa witness
إلا دعاوِيَّ بغير شاهدِ
You trade insults with people, having no father,
You insult people without a father,
Save for my claims, without a witness.
Except my claims without a witness,
تَرمِيyou hurl accusations بماwith what فيكis in you ذوِيthose possessing المحاتدِnoble lineages
تَرمِي بما فيك ذوِي المحاتدِ
ولستَand you are not كفؤاًa match لِمغيظٍfor an angered man حاقدِresentful
ولستَ كفؤاً لِمغيظٍ حاقدِ
You hurl your own faults at men of noble lineage,
You cast what is in you at the contentious,
And you are no match for an angered, resentful man,
And you are not equal to the anger of a hater,
فينتحيand so he attacks عرضَكyour honor بالقصائدِwith poems
فينتحي عرضَك بالقصائدِ
فالناسso the people فيin جَهْدٍhardship لذاكbecause of that جاهدِgrievous
فالناس في جَهْدٍ لذاك جاهدِ
Who then attacks your honor with poems.
So save your honor with poems,
So people suffer grievous hardship because of that,
For people are striving for that, persevering,
منamong الأدانيthose near ومنand among الأباعدِthose far away
من الأداني ومن الأباعدِ
Those near and those far away alike.
Both the near and the far away.
Sol 6.1