عنديI have لكمfor you منتخبa chosen candidate
عندي لكم منتخب
فرشحوهso nominate him واندبواand appoint
فرشحوه واندبوا
I have a candidate for you;
so nominate him and appoint him.
هبواgive لهto him أصواتكمyour votes
هبوا له أصواتكم
وغيرهand anyone other than him لاdo not تهبواgive
وغيره لا تهبوا
Give him your votes,
and give them to no other.
فيin مجلسthe council الشورىof consultation لهfor him
في مجلس الشورى له
ألفa thousand حسابreckonings يحسبare made
ألف حساب يحسب
In the Consultative Council, he
is reckoned with a thousand times over.
والاحتلالand the occupying power يتقىis wary of
والاحتلال يتقى
آراءهhis opinions ويرهبand fears
آراءه ويرهب
And the occupying power is wary of
his opinions, and fears them.
وتنقلand reports التيمسThe Times ماwhat
وتنقل التيمس ما
يقولهhe says it ويطلبand requests
يقوله ويطلب
And The Times reports what
he says and asks for.
ذاكthat فلانso-and-so ليسis not منone who
ذاك فلان ليس من
يقراreads ولاnor منone who يكتبwrites
يقرا ولا من يكتب
That fellow, so-and-so, is not one
who reads, nor one who writes.
لاno عالمscholar يملأهاfills it
لا عالم يملأها
علماwith learning ولاnor مجرّبan experienced man
علما ولا مجرّب
No scholar to fill it
with learning, nor a man of experience.
وليسand he is not بالخطيبan orator إنif
وليس بالخطيب إن
قامrose الملاthe notables فخطبواand then they gave speeches
قام الملا فخطبوا
Nor is he an orator when
the notables rise and deliver speeches.
مبدؤهhis principle لاno مبدأprinciple
مبدؤه لا مبدأ
مشربهhis creed لاno مشربcreed
مشربه لا مشرب
His principle: no principle.
His creed: no creed.
عندin the presence of الأميرthe emir يفترىhe fabricates falsehoods
عند الأمير يفترى
عندin the presence of الوزيرthe minister يكذبhe lies
عند الوزير يكذب
Before the emir he fabricates falsehoods;
before the minister he lies.
وإنand if تكنthere is وشايةmalicious informing
وإن تكن وشاية
فالمستشارthen the adviser أقربnearer
فالمستشار أقرب
And if it is a matter of denunciation,
then the adviser is nearer at hand.
عجيبةstrange أمورهhis doings
عجيبة أموره
والصحفand the newspapers منهthan he أعجبstranger
والصحف منه أعجب
Strange are his doings,
and the newspapers stranger than he.
قالواthey said لهof him فيهاin them الهماthe valiant one (word continues)
قالوا له فيها الهما
مcompletion of 'the valiant one' الفاضلthe virtuous المهذبthe refined
م الفاضل المهذب
In their pages they called him 'the valiant
one, the virtuous, the refined.'
ولقبوهand they styled him بالسرىّas the noble one
ولقبوه بالسرىّ
الشهمthe gallant فيماamong what لقبواthey bestowed as titles
الشهم فيما لقبوا
And they styled him 'the noble,
the gallant,' among the titles they bestowed.
أينwhere النهىreason ياO أمّةnation
أين النهى يا أمّة
يضحكlaughs منهاat it الأجنبthe foreigner
يضحك منها الأجنب
Where is your reason, O nation,
at whom the foreigner laughs?
Sol 6.1