نِكتُمyou fucked وَديعَةَan entrusted charge أَردَشيرَArdashir وَلَمand not يَكُنbe
نِكتُم وَديعَةَ أَردَشيرَ وَلَم يَكُن
فيin الحَقِّwhat is right نَيكُfucking وَدائِعِentrusted charges الأَشرافِthe nobles
في الحَقِّ نَيكُ وَدائِعِ الأَشرافِ
You fucked Ardashir's entrusted charge, and it was not
You've shared Ardashir's gift, though it wasn't
right to fuck the charges entrusted by nobles.
Befitting the honor of nobles to give.
هَلّاwhy not تَوَقَّفتُمyou waited مَسافَةَa distance of فَرسَخٍa parasang
هَلّا تَوَقَّفتُم مَسافَةَ فَرسَخٍ
حَتّىuntil يُجاوِزكُمhe passes beyond you إِلىto إِسكافِIskaf
حَتّى يُجاوِزكُم إِلى إِسكافِ
Why did you not wait a parasang's distance,
Why not wait the distance a league,
until he had passed beyond you toward Iskaf?
That he pass you, seeking his quarters to live?
أَعجَلتُموهاyou hurried her عَنaway from تَئِيَّةِdeliberateness رَأيِهاher judgment
أَعجَلتُموها عَن تَئِيَّةِ رَأيِها
عَجَلَthe haste الكِرامِof noblemen إِلىtoward قِرىhospitality الأَضيافِthe guests
عَجَلَ الكِرامِ إِلى قِرى الأَضيافِ
You hurried her out of her measured deliberation,
You hurried the thing ere considering
with noblemen's haste to offer hospitality to guests.
The good grace of hosts, their pavilions to give.
وَظَنَنتُموand you thought ماwhat جِئتُموهُyou did it تُحفَةًa gift
وَظَنَنتُمو ما جِئتُموهُ تُحفَةً
تُعتَدُّis esteemed أَوor لَطَفاًa favor مِنَamong الأَلطافِfavors
تُعتَدُّ أَو لَطَفاً مِنَ الأَلطافِ
And you thought what you had done a gift
You thought it no gift that you gave him, in truth,
to be prized, or a favor among favors.
No token of kindness or bounty belive.
أَحشَمتُمُyou shamed مَلِكَthe king المُلوكِof kings وَكِلتُمُand you measured out
أَحشَمتُمُ مَلِكَ المُلوكِ وَكِلتُمُ
تِلكَthat الخَزايَةِdisgrace بِالقَفيزِwith the qafiz measure الوافيfull
تِلكَ الخَزايَةِ بِالقَفيزِ الوافي
You shamed the King of Kings, and measured out
The king of all kings you affronted, and left
that disgrace with a full qafiz measure.
Him bare of provision his table to dress.
Sol 6.1