ياO وزيرminister المالfinance اجمعgather المالthe money واصرفand spend
يا وزير المال اجمع المال واصرف
فيin نواحيareas of الإصلاحreform مماfrom what جمعتاyou gathered
في نواحي الإصلاح مما جمعتا
O Minister of Finance, gather the money and spend
on areas of reform from what you have gathered.
إنindeed للشعبbelongs to the people ماwhat أخذتyou took منfrom الشعthe people (word begins here)
إن للشعب ما أخذت من الشع
بcompletion of 'the people' فأرجعso return مضاعفاًdoubled ماwhat أخذتاyou took
ب فأرجع مضاعفاً ما أخذتا
Indeed, what you took from the people belongs to the people;
so return twice what you took.
أعَنِfor ...? (interrogative) الزارعينthe farmers خففتyou lightened دَيْناًa debt
أعَنِ الزارعين خففت دَيْناً
فادحاًcrushing أمor قضيتهyou settled it ودفعتاand you paid
فادحاً أم قضيته ودفعتا
Have you lightened for the farmers a debt
so crushing, or settled it and paid it?
وحسمتand you eradicated الداءthe disease العضالintractable بماthrough what اخترchose (verb stem)
وحسمت الداء العضال بما اختر
تyou (verb-ending suffix) منof الأمرpolicy والتدابيرand measures شتىvarious
ت من الأمر والتدابير شتى
And have you eradicated the intractable disease through what you chose
of policies and measures of many kinds?
واستردand reclaimed الأرضthe land المسخرthe one forced to labor فيهاon it
واسترد الأرض المسخر فيها
مستقلاًindependent بهاupon it غراساًplanting ونبتاand growth
مستقلاً بها غراساً ونبتا
And has the one forced to toil on the land reclaimed it,
independent in planting and growing upon it?
اصنعdo الخيرgood واطلبand seek العونhelp منfrom أهthose fit (word fragment)
اصنع الخير واطلب العون من أه
ليهfor it (word completion) واتركand leave aside سواهother than it ممَّاfrom what سمعتاyou heard
ليه واترك سواه ممَّا سمعتا
Do good, and seek help from those fit for it;
and leave aside whatever else you have heard.
فحسيباًfor, a reckoner عليكover you ماnot (with برح: never ceased) برحceased القوthe people (word begins here)
فحسيباً عليك ما برح القو
مcompletion of 'the people' ونعمand excellent is الحسيبthe account-keeper للقومfor the people أنتاyou
م ونعم الحسيب للقوم أنتا
For the people have never ceased to call you to account,
and you are a fine keeper of accounts for the people!
Sol 6.1