وَأَهوَجَand a reckless fool مِلجاجٍobstinately quarrelsome تَصامَمتُI feigned deafness قيلَهُhis speech
وَأَهوَجَ مِلجاجٍ تَصامَمتُ قيلَهُ
أَنto اِسمَعَهُI hear it وَماthough there is not بِسَمعيَin my hearing مِنany باسِailment
أَن اِسمَعَهُ وَما بِسَمعيَ مِن باسِ
And many a reckless, quarrelsome fool—I feigned deafness to his speech,
And with raging determination I decided
unwilling to hear it, though nothing ailed my hearing.
To make him hear it though my hearing is not keen.
وَلَوand had شِئتُI wished ماnot أَعرَضتُI turned away حَتّىuntil أَصَبتُهُI struck him
وَلَو شِئتُ ما أَعرَضتُ حَتّى أَصَبتُهُ
عَلىupon أَنفِهِhis nose خَدباءَa gaping wound تَعضِلُproves intractable بِالآسيfor the healer
عَلى أَنفِهِ خَدباءَ تَعضِلُ بِالآسي
Had I wished, I would not have turned away before dealing him
Had I wished, I'd not have turned away until
a gaping wound upon his nose that would baffle the healer.
I'd struck him on his nose with a cleft that tears with remorse.
فَإِنَّfor indeed الِلسانَthe tongue لَيسَis not أَهوَنُthe lightest وَقعِهِof its impact
فَإِنَّ الِلسانَ لَيسَ أَهوَنُ وَقعِهِ
بِأَصغَرَany smaller آثاراًin effects مِنَthan النَحتِhewing بِالفاسِwith an axe
بِأَصغَرَ آثاراً مِنَ النَحتِ بِالفاسِ
For even the tongue's lightest stroke is not
For the tongue's impact is no less severe
less scarring than hewing with an axe.
Than the smallest traces of carving with an axe.
وَذيand one bearing إِحنَّةٍa grudge لَمdid not يُبدِهاreveal it غَيرَexcept أَنَّهُthat he
وَذي إِحنَّةٍ لَم يُبدِها غَيرَ أَنَّهُ
كَذيlike one afflicted with الخَبلِderangement تَأبىrefuses نَفسُهُhis soul غَيرَanything but وَسواسِwhisperings
كَذي الخَبلِ تَأبى نَفسُهُ غَيرَ وَسواسِ
And many a man bore a grudge he never showed, except that he
And he who bears malice he did not reveal
was like one deranged, his soul admitting nothing but whisperings.
Is like one possessed whose soul none can appease.
صَفَحتُI showed forbearance لَهُto him صَفحاًforbearance طَويلاًlong كَصَفحِهِlike his own forbearance
صَفَحتُ لَهُ صَفحاً طَويلاً كَصَفحِهِ
وَعَينيand my eye وَلاthough not يَدريhe knows عَليهِupon him وَأَحراسيand my guards
وَعَيني وَلا يَدري عَليهِ وَأَحراسي
I showed him long forbearance, matching his own,
I was forgiving toward him, with lasting clemency, like his own,
while, unknown to him, my eye and my guards were upon him.
While he knows nothing of my forbearance and vigilance over him.
وَعنديand I have لَهُfor him إِنif ثارerupts فَوَّارُthe seething صَدرِهِof his breast
وَعندي لَهُ إِن ثار فَوَّارُ صَدرِهِ
فَحاًa pungent herb جَبَلِيٌّmountain-grown لاnot يَعودُreturns لَهُto it الحاسيthe sipper
فَحاً جَبَلِيٌّ لا يَعودُ لَهُ الحاسي
And I have for him, should the seething in his breast erupt,
And if the boiling in his chest bursts forth,
a pungent mountain herb no sipper ever tries twice.
I have a staunch rebuff no apologizer can restore.
تَنَقَّيتُهُI carefully selected it مِنfrom كُلِّevery مُرٍّbitter thing فَمِزتُهُthen I singled it out
تَنَقَّيتُهُ مِن كُلِّ مُرٍّ فَمِزتُهُ
لِكُلِّfor every عُضاليٍّintractable مِنَof الداءِillness نَكّاسِoften relapsing
لِكُلِّ عُضاليٍّ مِنَ الداءِ نَكّاسِ
I selected it from every bitter thing, then set it apart
I purified him of all bitterness and so squeezed him
for every stubborn, relapsing disease,
Of every virulent disease, a healer.
شِفاءًas a cure وَتنجيزاًand a decisive resolution مَتىwhenever يَلتَبِسhe becomes entangled بِهِwith it
شِفاءً وَتنجيزاً مَتى يَلتَبِس بِهِ
يُعالِجُhe contends with بَرءًrecovery لاnot يُريبكَcauses you doubt أَوor ياسِdespair
يُعالِجُ بَرءً لا يُريبكَ أَو ياسِ
as a cure and a decisive resolution: whenever he encounters it,
A cure and antidote - when mixed with it,
he faces recovery that leaves you no doubt—or despair.
It treats perfectly one in doubt or in despair.
وَخَبٍّand a knave لُحومُthe flesh of الناسِpeople أَكثَرُmost of زادِهِhis provisions
وَخَبٍّ لُحومُ الناسِ أَكثَرُ زادِهِ
كَثيرِmuch given to الخَنىfoul speech بَعدَafter المَحالَةِscheming هَمّاسِa habitual whisperer
كَثيرِ الخَنى بَعدَ المَحالَةِ هَمّاسِ
And many a knave, whose chief provision was people's flesh,
But people's flesh is mostly the nourishment of the wicked,
full of foul talk, a whisperer after his scheming—
The gluttonous gormandizer, after hope is lost, covetous.
تَرَكتُI left لَهُfor him لَحميmy flesh وَأَبقَيتُand I spared لَحمَهُhis flesh
تَرَكتُ لَهُ لَحمي وَأَبقَيتُ لَحمَهُ
لِمَنfor whoever نابَهُcame upon him مِنamong حاضِرthose present الجِنِّthe jinn والناسِand humans
لِمَن نابَهُ مِن حاضِر الجِنِّ والناسِ
I left him my flesh and spared his own
I left him my flesh and kept for him his own
for whoever came upon him among the jinn and humans present.
For whoever turns to the jinn or mankind.
فَكَدَّso he strove قَليلاًa little ثُمَthen صَدَّturned away كَأَنَّماas though
فَكَدَّ قَليلاً ثُمَ صَدَّ كَأَنَّما
يَعُضُّhe bites بِصُمٍّinto solid rocks مِنfrom سَدىthe base of جَبَلٍa mountain راسيfirmly rooted
يَعُضُّ بِصُمٍّ مِن سَدى جَبَلٍ راسي
So he strove a little, then turned away, as though
So he struggled a little, then turned away, as if
biting solid rocks from the base of a firmly rooted mountain.
He were biting deaf rock, steadfast mountain.
Sol 6.1