فإنso if ردّنيhas driven me back دهريmy fate عليكto you طريدةًas hunted prey
فإن ردّني دهري عليك طريدةً
فلاthen no غروwonder أنthat يسترجعshould reclaim القوسthe bow حاجبُHajib
فلا غرو أن يسترجع القوس حاجبُ
So if my fate has driven me back to you as hunted prey,
If time returns me to you an outcast,
it is no wonder that Hajib should reclaim the bow.
It is no wonder the bow regains its eyebrow.
هوit الوكرthe nest طرناwe flew منهfrom it والرّيشand the plumage وافدٌcoming in
هو الوكر طرنا منه والرّيش وافدٌ
وعدناand we returned إليهto it الآنnow والرّيشand the plumage ذاهبfalling away
وعدنا إليه الآن والرّيش ذاهب
It is the nest from which we flew, our plumage coming in,
It is the quiver we fled from, while new feathers,
and now we have returned to it, our plumage falling away.
Have now returned, and the old feathers gone.
جزىmay ... requite اللهGod عنيon my behalf أهلthe house of سامانSaman ماwhat أتواthey did
جزى الله عني أهل سامان ما أتوا
وفيand in اللهGod للثأرfor vengeance المضيَّعِleft unclaimed طالبُa pursuer
وفي الله للثأر المضيَّعِ طالبُ
May God requite the house of Saman on my behalf for what they did,
May God reward the people of Saman for what they did,
and in God, vengeance left unclaimed has a pursuer.
And the lost vengeance still has its seeker.
هُمُthey زوجونيthey married me to الهمَّsorrow بعدafter طلاقهdivorce from it
هُمُ زوجوني الهمَّ بعد طلاقه
وذلكand that عرسٌa wedding للمآتمof mourning gatherings جالبa bringer
وذلك عرسٌ للمآتم جالب
They married me to sorrow after I had divorced it,
They married me to sorrow after divorce,
and that is a wedding that brings mourning.
A wedding that brings calamities.
همthey اعطشواthey made thirsty زرعيmy crops فشمتُso I watched for سحائباًclouds
هم اعطشوا زرعي فشمتُ سحائباً
غرائبforeign ones لماwhen أخلفتنيfailed me القرائبclose kin
غرائب لما أخلفتني القرائب
They made my crops thirst, so I watched for clouds—
They watered my crops, so I saw clouds
foreign ones, when my kin failed me.
Strange, when kin had abandoned me.
فأنحواso they set upon لزرعيmy crops بالحصادwith reaping وأنضبواand they drained
فأنحوا لزرعي بالحصاد وأنضبوا
مياهاًwaters لهاfor them أيديhands سواهمothers besides them مذانبُwater channels
مياهاً لها أيدي سواهم مذانبُ
So they set upon my crops to reap them, and drained
They harvested my crops and drained
waters whose channels were hands other than theirs.
Waters that only their hands, not others, drew near.
أتحصدdo ... reap? أيديكمyour hands ويزرعُwhile ... sow غيركُمothers besides you
أتحصد أيديكم ويزرعُ غيركُم
فأنتمso you are جرادlocusts والملوكand the kings سحائبclouds
فأنتم جراد والملوك سحائب
Do your hands reap while others sow?
Your hands reap while others plant,
So you are locusts, while kings are clouds.
So you are locusts and kings are clouds.
إذاif طمعcovets السلطانthe sultan فيماin what كسبتهI earned it
إذا طمع السلطان فيما كسبته
بشعريthrough my poetry فالسلطانthen the sultan بالشعرthrough poetry كاسبُan earner
بشعري فالسلطان بالشعر كاسبُ
If the sultan covets what I have earned
If the sultan covets what my poetry earns,
through my poetry, then the sultan earns through poetry.
Then the sultan through poetry finds profit.
فأنتمso you مدحتمyou praised آلthe house of بويهBuwayh لاnot أناI
فأنتم مدحتم آل بويه لا أنا
وأمدحand more eloquent in praise منthan لفظthe utterance of اللسانthe tongue حقائبُsaddlebags
وأمدح من لفظ اللسان حقائبُ
So it was you who praised the house of Buwayh, not I,
You praised the Buyids, not I,
and saddlebags are more eloquent in praise than the tongue's words.
And I'll praise whoever words make grateful.
Sol 6.1