رأواthey saw بِزَّتيmy attire فقَضَواso they judged أنَّنيthat I
رأوا بِزَّتي فقَضَوا أنَّني
مِنَin respect of المالِwealth فيin حالَةٍa state مُثرِيَهْaffluent
مِنَ المالِ في حالَةٍ مُثرِيَهْ
They saw my attire and concluded that I
Was amply endowed with wealth.
فقلْتُso I said لهمْto them ليسَis not ماwhat قِستُمُyou assessed
فقلْتُ لهمْ ليسَ ما قِستُمُ
سَوِيّاًsound لدىaccording to العَدلِjustice والتَّسويَهْand fairness
سَوِيّاً لدى العَدلِ والتَّسويَهْ
So I told them: your assessment is not
Sound by the standards of justice and fairness.
فقدfor it may be that يكتسيclothes himself المَرءُa person خَزَّsilk-and-wool fabric الثِّيابِof garments
فقد يكتسي المَرءُ خَزَّ الثِّيابِ
ومِنand from دُونِهاbeneath them حالَةٌa condition مضنيَهْdebilitating
ومِن دُونِها حالَةٌ مضنيَهْ
For a man may wear silk-and-wool robes,
Yet beneath them lies a debilitating plight,
كَمنْlike someone who يَكْتَسيis clothed in خَدُّهُhis cheek حُمرَةًredness
كَمنْ يَكْتَسي خَدُّهُ حُمرَةً
وعِلَّتُهُwhile his ailment ورَمٌa swelling فيin الرِّيَهْthe lung
وعِلَّتُهُ ورَمٌ في الرِّيَهْ
Like one whose cheek is clothed in redness,
While his ailment is a swelling in the lung.
Sol 6.1