رُبَّmany a ذنبٍfault ينمِيgrows علىupon العُذرِthe excuse حَتَّىuntil
رُبَّ ذنبٍ ينمِي على العُذرِ حَتَّى
يُبصِرُone sees الاحتياجthe need عنهon its behalf يشينُهdisgraces it
يُبصِرُ الاحتياج عنه يشينُه
Many a fault grows beyond all excuse, until
Many a fault grows with the excuse, until
one sees that needing to excuse it disgraces it.
one sees that the need to plead for it disgraces it.
كمقالlike the utterance of الجرئِthe brazen man يَزدَادُincreases قُبحاًin ugliness
كمقال الجرئِ يَزدَادُ قُبحاً
كُلَّماthe more ازدادَincreased مُنهمُby them تَحسينُهits embellishment
كُلَّما ازدادَ مُنهمُ تَحسينُه
Like the brazen man’s assertion, it grows uglier
Like a brazen man's utterance, which grows uglier
the more they try to improve it.
the more they embellish it.
جملةُthe sum القولِof what is said أنthat مثلَكsomeone like you لاnot
جملةُ القولِ أن مثلَك لا
يمكنُis possible فيin مثلِthe like of دهرِناour age تكويُنهhis creation
يمكنُ في مثلِ دهرِنا تكويُنه
In sum: one such as you
In short, someone like you cannot
cannot be brought into being in an age like ours.
be created in an age like ours.
Sol 6.1