إِذاif كُنتَyou are مُعتَدّاًcounting خَليلاًa close friend فَلاthen let not يَرُقappeal
إِذا كُنتَ مُعتَدّاً خَليلاً فَلا يَرُق
عَلىover ماwhat لَدَيكَyou possess المُستَدِقّthe scant بَخيلُa miser
عَلى ما لَدَيكَ المُستَدِقّ بَخيلُ
If you would count someone a close friend, let none appeal to you
Who is miserly over the little you possess.
فَإِنَّكَfor you مَهماwhatever تَلقَencounter مِنّيfrom me فَإنَّماthen it is only
فَإِنَّكَ مَهما تَلقَ مِنّي فَإنَّما
قُصارُكَyour utmost expectation ذُلٌّsubmission صادِقٌsincere وَقَبولُand acceptance
قُصارُكَ ذُلٌّ صادِقٌ وَقَبولُ
For whatever you receive from me, all
You can expect is sincere submission and acceptance.
وَلَستُand I am not بِمِعراضٍan aloof man إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle لَقيتُهُI meet him
وَلَستُ بِمِعراضٍ إِذا ما لَقيتُهُ
تَعَبَّسَhe scowls كالغَضبانِlike an angry man حينَwhen يَقولُhe speaks
تَعَبَّسَ كالغَضبانِ حينَ يَقولُ
Nor am I like an aloof man who, whenever I meet him,
Scowls like an angry man as he speaks.
وَلاnor بَسبَسٍa fickle fellow كالعَنزِlike a she-goat أَطوَلُthe longest رِسلِهاher milk
وَلا بَسبَسٍ كالعَنزِ أَطوَلُ رِسلِها
وَرِئمانِهاand her maternal fondness يومانِtwo days ثُمَّthen يَزولُit vanishes
وَرِئمانِها يومانِ ثُمَّ يَزولُ
Nor a fickle fellow like a goat, whose milk-flow, at its longest,
And motherly fondness last two days, then vanish.
وَلَستُand I am not كَجِلبٍlike a cloud يَسمَعُhear الناسُthe people هَزمَهُits thunder
وَلَستُ كَجِلبٍ يَسمَعُ الناسُ هَزمَهُ
وَتَحتَand beneath الحَفيفِthe rustling حاصِرٌwithholding rain وَمُحوِلُand barren
وَتَحتَ الحَفيفِ حاصِرٌ وَمُحوِلُ
Nor am I like a cloud whose thunder people hear,
While beneath the rustling it withholds rain and is barren.
Sol 6.1