قولواtell لعثمانَto Uthman فيin أوقاتِmoments طيبتِهِhis good cheer
قولوا لعثمانَ في أوقاتِ طيبتِهِ
إذاwhen تبسَّمَhe smiles عنrevealing دُرٍّpearls وياقوتِand rubies
إذا تبسَّمَ عن دُرٍّ وياقوتِ
Tell Uthman, in his moments of good cheer,
Tell Uthman in his happy times,
when he smiles, revealing pearls and rubies:
When he smiles from pearls and rubies,
إنِّيindeed I أراكَI see you تبيعُyou sell الناسَpeople قوتَهُمُtheir sustenance
إنِّي أراكَ تبيعُ الناسَ قوتَهُمُ
ففيمَso why تمنعُyou withhold عنِّيfrom me القوتَthe sustenance ياO قوتيmy sustenance
ففيمَ تمنعُ عنِّي القوتَ يا قوتي
Indeed, I see you selling people their sustenance;
I see you selling people their livelihood,
so why do you withhold sustenance from me, O my sustenance?
Why then deny me sustenance, O my sustenance?
Sol 6.1