وقائلَةٍand a woman saying إنَّindeed المعَاليlofty honors مناهبٌspoils
وقائلَةٍ إنَّ المعَالي مناهبٌ
فقلتُso I said لَهاto her أخطأتِyou were mistaken هنَّthey مذاهِبُpaths
فقلتُ لَها أخطأتِ هنَّ مذاهِبُ
And a woman said, “Lofty honors are spoils.”
And she said, “High ideals are delusions,”
So I told her, “You are mistaken; they are paths.”
So I said to her, “There you have gone astray;
أرادَتْshe wished صُدوفيmy turning away وانحِرافيand my veering عنِfrom العُلاlofty heights
أرادَتْ صُدوفي وانحِرافي عنِ العُلا
وماbut not أناI فيin هَذيthese المذَاهِبِthe paths ذاهِبُgoing
وما أنا في هَذي المذَاهِبِ ذاهِبُ
She wished me to turn away and veer from lofty heights;
She meant my aloofness and turning from the sublime,
But I will not go down these paths.
Yet in those directions I do not stray.
Sol 6.1