لمَwhy تسألينyou ask وأنتِwhile you أعلوُI rise (as written; probably a typo for 'know best') بالجوابwith the answer؟
لمَ تسألين وأنتِ أعلوُ بالجواب؟
أفتطمعينdo you then hope بأنْthat أحيدَI stray عنfrom الصوابwhat is right؟
أفتطمعين بأنْ أحيدَ عن الصواب؟
Why do you ask, when you [know the answer best]?
Why did you ask me when you knew the answer?
Do you then hope that I will stray from what is right?
Do you hope that I would stray from what is right?
أناI منfrom سلالةِthe lineage of أمةٍa nation مبرورةٍblessed
أنا من سلالةِ أمةٍ مبرورةٍ
فيin قولهاits speech فيin عزمهاits resolve فصلdecisiveness of الخطابspeech
في قولها في عزمها فصل الخطاب
I am of the lineage of a blessed nation,
I am from the lineage of a blessed nation
In whose speech, in whose resolve, lies the decisive word.
Decisive in word and resolve whenever it spoke
جئناwe came علىfollowing آثارهاits footsteps فإذاand suddenly بناthere we were
جئنا على آثارها فإذا بنا
نسترضعwe seek milk from الشكوىlamentation ونستجديand we beg from السرابthe mirage
نسترضع الشكوى ونستجدي السراب
We came following its footsteps, only to find ourselves
We follow in their footsteps, only to find
Seeking milk from lamentation and begging from the mirage.
That we nurse complaints and beg for mirages
وتبعثرتْand became scattered خطواتناour steps منهوكةًexhausted
وتبعثرتْ خطواتنا منهوكةً
بينbetween التشردhomelessness والتسكُّعِand aimless wandering والعذابْand torment
بين التشرد والتسكُّعِ والعذابْ
And our steps scattered, exhausted,
Our weary steps now scattered
Between homelessness, aimless wandering, and torment.
Between homelessness, wandering, and torment
Sol 6.1