لَمdid not تُذِقنيlet me taste حَلاوَةَthe sweetness of الإِنصافِfairness
لَم تُذِقني حَلاوَةَ الإِنصافِ
وَتَعَسَّفتَنيand you oppressed me أَشَدَّthe harshest اِعتِسافِoppression
وَتَعَسَّفتَني أَشَدَّ اِعتِسافِ
You did not let me taste the sweetness of fairness,
and you subjected me to the harshest oppression.
وَتَركتَand you abandoned الوَفاءَloyalty جَهلاًout of ignorance بِماof what فيin
وَتَركتَ الوَفاءَ جَهلاً بِما في
هِit فَأَسرَفتَso you went to excess غايَةَthe utmost degree of الإِسرافِexcess
هِ فَأَسرَفتَ غايَةَ الإِسرافِ
And you abandoned loyalty, ignorant of what is in
it, and so went to the utmost excess.
غَيرَbut أَنّيthat I إِذاwhen رَجَعتُI return إِلىto حَقright (first part)
غَيرَ أَنّي إِذا رَجَعتُ إِلى حَق
قِ(completes 'right') بَنيthe descendants of هاشِمِHashim بنِson of عَبدِAbd مَنافِManaf
قِ بَني هاشِمِ بنِ عَبدِ مَنافِ
Yet when I consider the rights
of the descendants of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf,
لَمdid not أَجِدfind ليfor myself إِلىto التَشَفّيsatisfying resentment سَبيلاًa way
لَم أَجِد لي إِلى التَشَفّي سَبيلاً
بِقَوافٍthrough rhymes وَلاnor بِغَيرِthrough anything other than قَوافِrhymes
بِقَوافٍ وَلا بِغَيرِ قَوافِ
I find no way to satisfy my resentment,
through rhymes or anything other than rhymes.
لِيَI have نَفسٌa soul تَأبىthat spurns الدَنِيَّةَbaseness وَالأَشand the noble (first part)
لِيَ نَفسٌ تَأبى الدَنِيَّةَ وَالأَش
رافُ(completes 'noble') لاdo not تَعتَديtransgress عَلىagainst الأَشرافِthe noble
رافُ لا تَعتَدي عَلى الأَشرافِ
I have a soul that spurns baseness, and the noble
do not wrong the noble.
Sol 6.1