لمdid not ألْقَI meet مُستكْبراًan arrogant man إِلاَّexcept that تحولَّpassed over ليto me
لم ألْقَ مُستكْبراً إِلاَّ تحولَّ لي
عندupon اللِّقاءِmeeting لهُwith him الكِبْرُthe arrogance الذيthat فيهin him
عند اللِّقاءِ لهُ الكِبْرُ الذي فيه
Never have I met an arrogant man but there passed to me,
I have not met an arrogant man except that it was shown to me
Upon meeting him, the arrogance within him.
At the meeting, it is the arrogance he possess
ولاand not حَلاtasted sweet ليto me منof الدُّنياthis world ولَذَّتِهاand its pleasure
ولا حَلا لي من الدُّنيا ولَذَّتِها
إِلاَّexcept مُقابَلتيmy responding للتِّيهِto arrogance بالتِّيهِwith arrogance
إِلاَّ مُقابَلتي للتِّيهِ بالتِّيهِ
And nothing of this world or its pleasures has tasted sweet to me
And I have no escape from this world and its pleasures
Except my answering arrogance with arrogance.
Except to counter confusion with confusion
Sol 6.1