رَعَتْhonored قُريشٌQuraysh فِينَاwith us الذِّمامَthe covenant علىdespite
رَعَتْ قُريشٌ فِينَا الذِّمامَ على
جَفَاneglect of ابْنِthe son of بَكْرِBakr بْنِson of وائلِWa'il القُرْبَىkinship
جَفَا ابْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ وائلِ القُرْبَى
Quraysh honored the covenant with us, despite
Quraysh nurtured rancor against us, despite
the son of Bakr ibn Wa'il's neglect of kinship.
The kinship of Ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il.
لِلَّهِto God هُمthey ماhow أَحَبَّloving للضيفِfor the guest إنْif
لِلَّهِ هُم ما أَحَبَّ للضيفِ إنْ
حَلَّhe arrives وللطيِّباتِand for good things ماhow أَحبَّاloving
حَلَّ وللطيِّباتِ ما أَحبَّا
God bless them! How they love a guest when
By God, they do not care for the guest, if
he arrives, and how they love good things!
He arrives, nor for the good things they despise.
قَومٌa people إذاwhen أفْضَلُواthey bestow favors عليكَon you رَأَوْاthey consider
قَومٌ إذا أفْضَلُوا عليكَ رَأَوْا
شكرَكَyour thanks ماwhat أَفضَلواthey bestowed بِهِwith it ذَنْباa fault
شكرَكَ ما أَفضَلوا بِهِ ذَنْبا
A people who, when they bestow favors on you, consider
A people who, when they are generous to you, see
your thanks for what they bestowed a fault.
Your gratitude as recompense for their gift.
حتّىuntil تَرَىyou see صدقَthe truth of ماwhat مدحتَهُمُyou praised them
حتّى تَرَى صدقَ ما مدحتَهُمُ
بِهِfor it لإنكارِهِمْbecause of their denial لَهُof it كِذْباa lie
بِهِ لإنكارِهِمْ لَهُ كِذْبا
Until you consider your truthful praise of them
So much so, that you see the truth of your praise
a lie, because they deny it.
In their denial of it, calling it a lie.
يُولُونَthey bestow ماwhat دُونَapart from عِرْضِهِمُtheir honor لاnot
يُولُونَ ما دُونَ عِرْضِهِمُ لا
يُبالُونَthey care أَتِبْراًwhether gold أَعْطُوهُthey gave it أَمْor تُرْبَاdust
يُبالُونَ أَتِبْراً أَعْطُوهُ أَمْ تُرْبَا
They give away all but their honor, not
They care not what they say, nor what they give,
caring whether they give gold or dust.
Be it honest or usurious gain.
ولاnor يُبالونَthey care حينَwhen يجتمعُis joined الْthe
ولا يُبالونَ حينَ يجتمعُ الْ
عِرْضُhonor بِمَالٍwith wealth إذاif غَدَاit becomes نَهْبَاplunder
عِرْضُ بِمَالٍ إذا غَدَا نَهْبَا
Nor do they care, when their
They care not if honor and wealth gather
honor is bound up with wealth, if that wealth becomes plunder.
As spoils, when the two coincide.
لوif عَبَدَworshipped الناسُpeople غَيرَother than خَالقِهِمْtheir Creator
لو عَبَدَ الناسُ غَيرَ خَالقِهِمْ
ماnot عَبَدُواthey worshipped دُونَother than عِرْضِهِمْtheir honor رَبَّاa lord
ما عَبَدُوا دُونَ عِرْضِهِمْ رَبَّا
If people worshipped anyone but their Creator,
If people worshipped other than their Creator,
they would worship no lord but their honor.
They would worship naught but their own honor.
يَبْقَىremains لناfor us الجودُgenerosity ماas long as بقُوْاthey remain فمتَىand whenever
يَبْقَى لنا الجودُ ما بقُوْا فمتَى
قَضَوْاthey die قَضَىmeets الجُودُgenerosity بعدهُمُafter them نَحْبَاdeath
قَضَوْا قَضَى الجُودُ بعدهُمُ نَحْبَا
Generosity remains with us as long as they live; and when
Generosity will remain with us, as long as they remain, but when
they die, generosity meets its end after them.
They pass away, so too will generosity, in their footsteps.
لاmay ... never فَطَمَتْهمwean them أُمُّthe mother of البَقَاءِenduring life ولاnor
لا فَطَمَتْهم أُمُّ البَقَاءِ ولا
سَامَهُمْcompelled them كَأْسُa cup of مِيْتةٍdeath شُرْبَاa drink
سَامَهُمْ كَأْسُ مِيْتةٍ شُرْبَا
May the mother of enduring life never wean them, nor
Neither has the mother of eternity weaned them,
a cup of death force them to drink.
Nor have they sipped from the cup of death.
Sol 6.1