وَإِنّيand indeed I لَأَستَحييI am indeed ashamed before يَقينِيَmy certainty أَنthat يُرىshould be seen
وَإِنّي لَأَستَحيي يَقينِيَ أَن يُرى
لِشَكِّيَfor my doubt فيin شَيءٍanything عَلَيهِagainst it سَبيلُa path
لِشَكِّيَ في شَيءٍ عَلَيهِ سَبيلُ
And indeed I am ashamed before my certainty to see
I'm ashamed that my certainty might be seen
any path for my doubt to assail it in anything.
As complaining of something that's beyond hope.
وَماand not زالَceased ليfor me عِلمٌknowledge إِذاwhen ماever (emphatic) نَصَصتُهُI stated it explicitly
وَما زالَ لي عِلمٌ إِذا ما نَصَصتُهُ
كَثيرٌample بِأَنَّof the fact that الظَرفَrefinement فيكَin you قَليلُscant
كَثيرٌ بِأَنَّ الظَرفَ فيكَ قَليلُ
And I have always had knowledge which, when I state it plainly,
My knowledge remains, whenever I set it forth,
is ample: that refinement in you is scant.
That your capacity for generosity is little.
وَإِنand if يَكُit is عَدّاcarried away عَنfrom سِواكَsomeone other than you إِلَيكَto you بيwith me
وَإِن يَكُ عَدّا عَن سِواكَ إِلَيكَ بي
رَحيلٌa journey فَليthen I have فيon الأَرضِthe earth عَنكَaway from you رَحيلُa journey
رَحيلٌ فَلي في الأَرضِ عَنكَ رَحيلُ
And if I was carried away from others to you
If counting others beside you as distance to you
by a journey, then I can journey across the earth away from you.
Is a journey, my journey on earth away from you is none.
أَبىrefused الحَزمُprudence ليfor me مَكثاًa stay بِدارِin an abode of مَضيعَةٍneglect
أَبى الحَزمُ لي مَكثاً بِدارِ مَضيعَةٍ
وَعَنسٌand a sturdy she-camel أَبوهاher sire شَدقَمٌShadqam وَجَديلُand Jadil
وَعَنسٌ أَبوها شَدقَمٌ وَجَديلُ
Prudence would not let me stay in an abode of neglect,
Prudence refused me staying at the abode of loss,
nor would a sturdy she-camel descended from Shadqam and Jadil.
Whose people are uncouth and rude.
أَبَعدَis it after الَّذيthat which ماthere is no بَعدَهاafter it مُتَلَوَّمٌroom to linger
أَبَعدَ الَّذي ما بَعدَها مُتَلَوَّمٌ
عَلَيكَwith you لِحُرٍّfor a noble man قُلتَyou said أَنتَyou جَهولُignorant
عَلَيكَ لِحُرٍّ قُلتَ أَنتَ جَهولُ
After that which leaves no room for further lingering
Is he who hasn't gone farther estranged from you
with you for a noble man, did you say, 'You are ignorant'?
If you said to a freeman, “You are ignorant”?
سَأَقطَعُI shall sever أَرسانَthe halters of العِتابِreproach بِمَنطِقٍwith an utterance
سَأَقطَعُ أَرسانَ العِتابِ بِمَنطِقٍ
قَصيرُbrief عَناءِthe toil of الفِكرِthought فيهِin it طَويلُlong
قَصيرُ عَناءِ الفِكرِ فيهِ طَويلُ
I shall sever the halters of reproach with an utterance
I will cut short the saddle girths of blame with brief words,
brief, though the toil of thought it entails is long.
Though the effort of thinking through it is long.
وَإِنَّand indeed اِمرَأًa man ضَنَّتbegrudged يَداهُhis two hands عَلىtoward اِمرِئٍa man
وَإِنَّ اِمرَأً ضَنَّت يَداهُ عَلى اِمرِئٍ
بِنَيلِwith the receipt of يَدٍa helping hand مِنfrom غَيرِهِsomeone other than him لَبَخيلُis surely miserly
بِنَيلِ يَدٍ مِن غَيرِهِ لَبَخيلُ
And indeed, a man whose hands begrudge another man
When a man's hands are stingy toward a man
a helping hand received from someone else is surely miserly.
In bestowing a gift, his hands are mean.
Sol 6.1