تَجانَفَturned away رَضْوانُRidwan عَنْfrom ضَيْفِهِhis guest
تَجانَفَ رَضْوانُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ
أَلَمْhave ... not? تَأْتِreached رَضْوانَRidwan مِنِّيfrom me النُّذُرْthe warnings
أَلَمْ تَأْتِ رَضْوانَ مِنِّي النُّذُرْ
Ridwan turned away from his guest.
Have my warnings not reached Ridwan?
بِحَسْبِكَit is enough for you فِيamong الْقَوْمِthe people أَنْthat يَعْلَمُواthey know
بِحَسْبِكَ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا
بِأَنَّكَthat you فِيهِمْamong them غَنِيٌّwealthy مُضِرّْharmful
بِأَنَّكَ فِيهِمْ غَنِيٌّ مُضِرّْ
It is enough that the people know
that you are wealthy and harmful among them.
وَقَدْand indeed عَلِمَlearned الْمَعْشَرُthe company الطَّارِقُونَthe night visitors
وَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَعْشَرُ الطَّارِقُونَ
بِأَنَّكَthat you لِلضَّيْفِfor the guest جُوعٌhunger وَقُرّْand cold
بِأَنَّكَ لِلضَّيْفِ جُوعٌ وَقُرّْ
The company of night visitors has learned
that for a guest, you are hunger and cold.
وَأَنْتَand you are مَلِيخٌbland كَلَحْمِlike the flesh of الْحُوارِthe young camel
وَأَنْتَ مَلِيخٌ كَلَحْمِ الْحُوارِ
فَلاso neither أَنْتَyou are حُلْوٌsweet وَلاnor أَنْتَyou are مُرّْbitter
فَلا أَنْتَ حُلْوٌ وَلا أَنْتَ مُرّْ
You are bland, like the flesh of a young camel:
neither sweet nor bitter.
إِذاwhen ماever انْتَدَىgathered الْقَوْمُthe people لَمْdid not تَأْتِهِمْcome to them
إِذا ما انْتَدَى الْقَوْمُ لَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ
كَأَنَّكَas though you قَدْindeed وَلَدَتْكَhad borne you الْحُمُرْthe donkeys
كَأَنَّكَ قَدْ وَلَدَتْكَ الْحُمُرْ
Whenever the people gather, you do not join them,
as though donkeys had borne you.
وَلَكِنَّbut رَضْوانَRidwan مِنْout of لُؤْمِهِhis baseness
وَلَكِنَّ رَضْوانَ مِنْ لُؤْمِهِ
بَخِيلٌstingy عَلَىwith كُلِّevery خَيْرٍgood وَشَرّْand evil
بَخِيلٌ عَلَى كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَشَرّْ
But Ridwan, in his baseness,
is stingy with every good and evil.
Sol 6