ماnot استَبَّexchanged insults قَطُّever اثنانtwo people إلاexcept that غَلبَاprevailed
ما استَبَّ قَطُّ اثنان إلا غَلبَا
شرُّهماthe baser of the two نفساًin himself وأُمّاًand in his mother وأباand in his father
شرُّهما نفساً وأُمّاً وأبا
No two ever traded insults without the victor being
the baser of them—in himself, his mother, and his father.
Sol 6.1