منwho عذيريmy vindicator منagainst الخلائفthe caliphs حَلُّواthey settled
من عذيري من الخلائف حَلُّوا
بمحلِّin the position of المُليمone deserving blame كلِّutterly المُليمِone deserving blame
بمحلِّ المُليم كلِّ المُليمِ
Who will vindicate me against the caliphs, who have taken
From my excuse of the caliphs who settled
the place of one utterly deserving blame?
In the place of the painful, all the painful
حفظواthey honored حقَّthe claim of مُصعبٍMusʿab فيin سليSulay- (start of Sulayman)
حفظوا حقَّ مُصعبٍ في سلي
مانَ-man (end of Sulayman) بتضييعby neglecting كلِّevery أمرٍaffair جسيمِweighty
مانَ بتضييع كلِّ أمرٍ جسيمِ
They honored Musʿab's claim in Sulayman,
They preserved the right of Mu'sab in folly
by neglecting every weighty affair.
That led to the loss of every important matter
نَفَلوهthey rewarded him علىfor الهزيمةِthe defeat بغداBaghda- (start of Baghdad)
نَفَلوه على الهزيمةِ بغدا
دَ-d (end of Baghdad) كأنas though قدalready أتىhe came بفتحwith a conquest عظيمِmighty
دَ كأن قد أتى بفتح عظيمِ
They rewarded him with Baghdad for defeat,
They left him to defeat in the morning
as though he had achieved a mighty conquest.
As if he had come with a great conquest
لمnot يكنbe مثلهone like him يُولَّىbe appointed ولكنand yet
لم يكن مثله يُولَّى ولكن
حفظواthey honored فيin الحديثthe new one حقَّthe claim of القديمِthe old one
حفظوا في الحديث حقَّ القديمِ
A man like him would not have been appointed, but
There was none like him appointed but
they honored the old one's claim in the new.
They preserved in speech the right of the ancient
ضيّعواthey disregarded حُرمةthe sanctity of الخلافةthe caliphate جهلاًin ignorance
ضيّعوا حُرمة الخلافة جهلاً
ورعواand they respected حرمةthe sanctity of العظامthe bones الرميمِcrumbling
ورعوا حرمة العظام الرميمِ
They disregarded the sanctity of the caliphate in ignorance,
They lost the sanctity of the caliphate in ignorance
and respected the sanctity of crumbling bones.
And observed the sanctity of the frail bones
سوفwill تُغنيbe of use العظامُthe bones عنهمfor them إذاwhen ماemphatic particle
سوف تُغني العظامُ عنهم إذا ما
أصبحbecomes الملكthe realm مستباحَopen to violation الحريمِthe sacred precincts
أصبح الملك مستباحَ الحريمِ
The bones will come to their aid when
The bones will sing of them when
the realm's sacred precincts are laid open to violation.
The kingdom becomes permissible to violate
Sol 6.1