عيثيwreak havoc كماas شئتِyou please لاdo not تأسَيْgrieve علىfor أحَدٍanyone
عيثي كما شئتِ لا تأسَيْ على أحَدٍ
واستكتبيand ask someone to write شاعرَthe poet of الحَمْقىthe fools أباAbu (father of) لَهَبِLahab (flame)
واستكتبي شاعرَ الحَمْقى أبا لَهَبِ
Wreak havoc as you please; grieve for no one.
Do as you wish, do not feel sorry for anyone,
And ask Abu Lahab, the poet of fools, to write for you.
And hire the poet of nonsense, Abu Lahab.
أعْطيتِyou were given مالَthe wealth of يتيمan orphan لاno وَصيَّguardian لهُfor him
أعْطيتِ مالَ يتيم لا وَصيَّ لهُ
أنْفَقْتِهِyou spent it فيin نواديclubs الخَمْرِwine واللَّعِبِand games
أنْفَقْتِهِ في نوادي الخَمْرِ واللَّعِبِ
You were given the wealth of an orphan with no guardian.
You gave an orphan's money, he has no guardian,
You spent it in clubs for wine and games.
You spent it in taverns of wine and gambling.
لاdo not تسأليask عنabout شهاداتيmy certificates ومنْand who أبتيmy father؟
لا تسألي عن شهاداتي ومنْ أبتي؟
وماand what تعلَّمْتُI learned عنabout أميmy mother وماand what نَسَبيmy lineage؟
وما تعلَّمْتُ عن أمي وما نَسَبي؟
Do not ask about my qualifications or who my father is,
Do not ask about my testimonies or who my father is,
Or what I learned about my mother, or what my lineage is.
Or what I learned from my mother or my ancestry.
أناI ابنُthe son of حُرِّa free man يحاذيis level with الشَّمسَthe sun مَنْكِبُهُhis shoulder
أنا ابنُ حُرِّ يحاذي الشَّمسَ مَنْكِبُهُ
أناI ابنُthe son of أنثىa woman تُسَمَّىis called أمَّةَthe nation of العَرَبِthe Arabs
أنا ابنُ أنثى تُسَمَّى أمَّةَ العَرَبِ
I am the son of a free man whose shoulder is level with the sun.
I am the son of a free man, with shoulders as high as the sun,
I am the son of a woman called the Arab Nation.
I am the son of a woman called Umma Al-Arab (Mother of the Arabs).
Sol 6.1