أَباO Abu الفَضلِal-Fadl أَنتَyou فَتىa young man of فارِسٍPersia
أَبا الفَضلِ أَنتَ فَتى فارِسٍ
لَكَyours is الشَرَفُthe glory الخُسرُوانيُّof Khosrow كُلُّهall of it
لَكَ الشَرَفُ الخُسرُوانيُّ كُلُّه
Abu al-Fadl, you are a young man of Persia;
You are my noble Abul Fadl
all the glory of Khosrow is yours.
To you belongs all the Khusrow honor
أَراكَI see you تُحَرِّمُyou deem forbidden لَحمَthe meat of الجَزوthe slaughter-camel (word continues)
أَراكَ تُحَرِّمُ لَحمَ الجَزو
رِcompletion of 'slaughter-camel' وَلَوeven if قامَarose أَلفُa thousand نَبِيٍّprophet يُحِلُّهdeclares it lawful
رِ وَلَو قامَ أَلفُ نَبِيٍّ يُحِلُّه
I see you deem camel meat forbidden,
I see you making pork unlawful
even if a thousand prophets arose to declare it lawful.
Even if a thousand prophets made it lawful
وَتَغضَبُand you grow angry لِلفيلِfor the elephant إِنif أَزلَقوthey topple
وَتَغضَبُ لِلفيلِ إِن أَزلَقو
هُit لِأَنَّbecause الأَعاجِمَthe Persians كانَتused to تُجِلُّهrevere it
هُ لِأَنَّ الأَعاجِمَ كانَت تُجِلُّه
And you grow angry for the elephant if they topple it,
And you get angry for the elephant
because the Persians used to revere it.
Because the non-Arabs honored it
Sol 6.1