لاno اُنْسَfellowship إلاّexcept فيin مجالِسَgatherings تلتقيmeet
لا اُنْسَ إلاّ في مجالِسَ تلتقي
بفنائهاwithin their precincts الأشكالُkindred spirits والنُّظَراءُand peers
بفنائها الأشكالُ والنُّظَراءُ
There is no fellowship except in gatherings where
I find joy in gatherings where
kindred spirits and peers meet within their precincts.
Kindred spirits and peers unite.
فلْيَجْتَنِبْنيso let him avoid me كلُّevery نَذلٍbase fellow جاهِلignorant
فلْيَجْتَنِبْني كلُّ نَذلٍ جاهِل
ولْيَصْطنِعْنيand let them favor me سادتيmy masters العُلماءُthe scholars
ولْيَصْطنِعْني سادتي العُلماءُ
So let every base, ignorant man avoid me,
So let ignoramuses shun me,
and let my masters, the scholars, bestow their favor on me.
And let the learned seek my company.
إنَّindeed الجَهولَthe ignorant man تَضرُّنيharms me أخلاقهhis conduct
إنَّ الجَهولَ تَضرُّني أخلاقه
ضررُharm السُّعالِcoughing بِمَنْto one who بهِin him اسْتِسقاءُdropsy
ضررُ السُّعالِ بِمَنْ بهِ اسْتِسقاءُ
Indeed, the ignorant man's conduct harms me
For fools do harm me with their ways,
as coughing harms one afflicted with dropsy.
As coughing harms the sick man as he prays.
Sol 6.1