كَفَتكَhave sufficed you حَوادِثُcalamities الأَيّامِof the days قَتلاًto kill
كَفَتكَ حَوادِثُ الأَيّامِ قَتلاً
فَلاso do not تَعرِضexpose yourself لِسَيفٍto a sword أَوor لِرُمحِto a spear
فَلا تَعرِض لِسَيفٍ أَو لِرُمحِ
The calamities of the days suffice to kill you;
so do not expose yourself to a sword or a spear.
تَراضىhave mutually consented أَهلُthe people دَهرِكَof your age بِالمَخازيto shameful deeds
تَراضى أَهلُ دَهرِكَ بِالمَخازي
فَكَيفَhow, then تُعيبُdo you fault رامِقَةًa gazing eye بِلَمحِfor a glance
فَكَيفَ تُعيبُ رامِقَةً بِلَمحِ
The people of your age have agreed to accept shameful deeds;
how, then, can you fault a gazing eye for a glance?
وَأَصحابُand the companions الشَريفِof al-Sharif وَلاand no تَساوٍequality
وَأَصحابُ الشَريفِ وَلا تَساوٍ
كَأَصحابِlike the companions اِبنِof Ibn زَرعَةَZurʿah وَاِبنِand Ibn سَمحِSamḥ
كَأَصحابِ اِبنِ زَرعَةَ وَاِبنِ سَمحِ
And al-Sharif’s companions—though there is no equality—
are like the companions of Ibn Zurʿah and Ibn Samḥ.
Sol 6.1