إليكَto you شكَوْتُI complained الدّهرَTime ياO خيرَthe best of أهلِهits people
إليكَ شكَوْتُ الدّهرَ يا خيرَ أهلِه
لتُصبحso that you may become ليfor me عَوْناًa support علىagainst نُوَبِmisfortunes الدَّهْرِTime
لتُصبح لي عَوْناً على نُوَبِ الدَّهْرِ
To you I complained of Time, O best of its people,
To you I complained of fate, o best of people
so that you might aid me against the misfortunes of Time.
That you might help me when fate is unfair
فلاso let ... not يَسمَعِhear الأعداءُthe enemies بيof me أنّthat حاجةًa need
فلا يَسمَعِ الأعداءُ بي أنّ حاجةً
أَتَيتُI came أباAbu (father of) نَصْرٍNasr لهاfor it فأَبَىand he refused نَصْريto aid me
أَتَيتُ أبا نَصْرٍ لها فأَبَى نَصْري
So let my enemies not hear that, having a need,
So enemies hear not that I have a need
I came to Abu Nasr for it, and he refused me aid.
That I went to Abu Nasr but he refused my aid
بلَىrather يَنْبغيit is fitting أنthat يَذكرَremember النّاسُthe people أنّنيthat I اسْI sought help (first part)
بلَى يَنْبغي أن يَذكرَ النّاسُ أنّني اسْ
تَعنتُI sought help (completion) علىwith أَمْريmy affair بهthrough him فَعَلاso rose أَمريmy standing
تَعنتُ على أَمْري به فَعَلا أَمري
Rather, people ought to remember that I sought
Nay, it must be told that I persevered
his help in my affair, and so my standing rose.
In my affair through him though it was hard
فَذكِّرْso remind وجيهَWajih (eminent one) المُلْكِal-Mulk (of the realm) سابقَearlier وَعْدِهhis promise
فَذكِّرْ وجيهَ المُلْكِ سابقَ وَعْدِه
فلاfor there is no بُدَّescape منfrom نَفْعٍbenefit يكونُthat comes مَعَwith الذِّكرthe reminder
فلا بُدَّ من نَفْعٍ يكونُ مَعَ الذِّكر
So remind Wajih al-Mulk of his earlier promise:
So remind the eminent man of his prior word
some benefit must accompany the reminder.
For with reminder some benefit must occur
وليand I have فيهin him آمالٌhopes وقدand now صارhas become مُقْنِعيwhat suffices for me
ولي فيه آمالٌ وقد صار مُقْنِعي
منَof البِرِّbounty تَوقيعٌa written order بصَدْرٍfor a measure منَof البُرّwheat
منَ البِرِّ تَوقيعٌ بصَدْرٍ منَ البُرّ
I have hopes in him, yet now all I need
And in him are hopes; he suffices me
of his bounty is a written order for a measure of wheat.
With a signature of righteousness and bounty
Sol 6.1