اذاif لمnot أجدْI find مُصغياًan attentive listener للحديto the speech (word continues)
اذا لم أجدْ مُصغياً للحدي
ثِending of 'speech' حريصاًeager علىfor فَسْرِهِits interpretation والبيانِand clarification
ثِ حريصاً على فَسْرِهِ والبيانِ
If I find no attentive listener to the speech,
If I do not find a keen listener
eager for its interpretation and clarification,
Eager to interpret and explain
صمتُّI fell silent وصمتيand my silence اِذاًthen حكْمةٌwisdom
صمتُّ وصمتي اِذاً حكْمةٌ
وكمand how much حكمةٍwisdom تحتbeneath صمتِthe silence of اللِّسانِthe tongue
وكم حكمةٍ تحت صمتِ اللِّسانِ
I fall silent, and then my silence is wisdom;
My silence then is wisdom
and how much wisdom lies beneath the tongue's silence!
And how much wisdom lies beneath the tongue's silence
فأطويso I pass over البَليدَthe dullard إِلىto اللَوْذَthe keen-witted one (word continues)
فأطوي البَليدَ إِلى اللَوْذَ
عيِّending of 'keen-witted one' وأجزْيand I repay المُهينَthe scorner بمثلwith the like of الهَوانِscorn
عيِّ وأجزْي المُهينَ بمثل الهَوانِ
So I pass over the dullard for the keen-witted,
So I fold away the uncaring one
and repay the scorner with like scorn.
Vigilant, and reward the degrader with the like degradation
Sol 6.1