عذريmy excuse إلىto الناسpeople فيfor تركيmy forgoing ضيافتهمhosting them
عذري إلى الناس في تركي ضيافتهم
أنّيthat I مضافٌbound إلىto الإفلاسbankruptcy والعدمand destitution
أنّي مضافٌ إلى الإفلاس والعدم
My excuse to people for not hosting them
My excuse to people for avoiding their hospitality
Is that I am bound to bankruptcy and destitution;
Is that I am hosted by destitution and nothingness
وأنand that مكتسبيmy earnings بالذلthrough humiliation منfrom نفرa group of men
وأن مكتسبي بالذل من نفر
لاnot ينسبونthey are credited إلىwith جودliberality ولاnor كرمgenerosity
لا ينسبون إلى جود ولا كرم
And that my earnings come through humiliation from a group of men
And that my earnings through humiliation from some people
Who are known for neither liberality nor generosity;
Are not attributed to generosity or nobility
وأنّنيand that I أحنفclubfooted فيin أرضa land مغربةforeign
وأنّني أحنف في أرض مغربة
ماwhat يحويهit contains it منof عظمbone
ما يحويه من عظم
And that I am clubfooted in a foreign land,
And that I limp in an uncivilized land
What it contains of bone;
Full of greatness
وأنand that ليfor me نسباa lineage فيamong العربthe Arabs فصحّنيmade me eloquent (uncertain reading)
وأن لي نسبا في العرب فصحّني
بينamong النبيطthe Nabataeans ومنand those who صارتcame to be لهمtheirs هممambitions
بين النبيط ومن صارت لهم همم
And that I have Arab ancestry, which made me eloquent [uncertain reading],
And that I have ancestry among the Arabs that made me eloquent
Among the Nabataeans and those who have come to possess ambitions.
Among the eminent and those with high aspirations
Sol 6.1