لاdo not تَصحَبَنَّever befriend يَدَthroughout اللَياليthe nights فاجِراًa wicked man
لا تَصحَبَنَّ يَدَ اللَيالي فاجِراً
فَالجارُfor the neighbor يُؤخَذُis punished أَنbecause يَعيبَdoes wrong الجارُthe neighbor
فَالجارُ يُؤخَذُ أَن يَعيبَ الجارُ
Never, while the nights endure, befriend a wicked man,
For a neighbor is punished when his neighbor does wrong.
هَذيthese سَجاياtraits آلِthe descendants of آدَمَAdam إِنَّهُمindeed they
هَذي سَجايا آلِ آدَمَ إِنَّهُم
لِثِمارِfor the fruits of كُلِّevery ظُلامَةٍinjustice أَشجارُtrees
لِثِمارِ كُلِّ ظُلامَةٍ أَشجارُ
Such are the traits of Adam's descendants: they
Are trees bearing the fruits of every injustice.
وَاللَهُand God لَيسَis not بِطالِبٍdemanding an account مِنfrom جابِرٍJabir
وَاللَهُ لَيسَ بِطالِبٍ مِن جابِرٍ
ماwhat نالَearned أَبجَرُAbjar وَاِبنُهُand his son حَجّارُHajjar
ما نالَ أَبجَرُ وَاِبنُهُ حَجّارُ
And God does not hold Jabir to account
For what Abjar and his son Hajjar did.
ضَرَبَتstruck كِنانَةَKinanah نَجرَhewing خُشبَtimber فِتيَةٌyoung men
ضَرَبَت كِنانَةَ نَجرَ خُشبَ فِتيَةٌ
لَقَبٌa byname مَضىwas once used لِأَبيهِمُfor their father النَجّارُal-Najjar (the Carpenter)
لَقَبٌ مَضى لِأَبيهِمُ النَجّارُ
Young men struck Kinanah as timber is hewn;
Their father once bore the byname al-Najjar, 'the Carpenter.'
ثُمَّthen اِستُبيحواthey were ravaged عَنوَةًby force فَكَأَنَّهُمso, as though they
ثُمَّ اِستُبيحوا عَنوَةً فَكَأَنَّهُم
جارواthey acted unjustly وَماand not كانواthey had الرَسولَthe Messenger أَجارواthey sheltered
جاروا وَما كانوا الرَسولَ أَجاروا
Then they were ravaged by force, as though they
Had acted unjustly and had not sheltered the Messenger.
فَجَرَتacted wickedly قُرَيشٌQuraysh بِالفِجارِin al-Fijar وَحَربِهand its war
فَجَرَت قُرَيشٌ بِالفِجارِ وَحَربِه
وَلِكُلِّand for every نَفسٍsoul فيin الحَياةِlife فِجارُtransgression
وَلِكُلِّ نَفسٍ في الحَياةِ فِجارُ
Quraysh transgressed in al-Fijar and its war,
And every soul has its transgressions in life.
أَهجُرleave وَلاand do not تَهجُرbabble وَهَجِّرand travel at midday ثُمَّthen لاdo not
أَهجُر وَلا تَهجُر وَهَجِّر ثُمَّ لا
تُهجِرspeak obscenely فَيُذهِبَand thus take away ماءَكَyour dignity الإِهجارُobscene speech
تُهجِر فَيُذهِبَ ماءَكَ الإِهجارُ
Leave, but do not babble; travel at midday, then do not
Speak foully, lest foul speech drain away your dignity.
وَأَراكَand I see you توجَرُyou are rewarded حينَwhen توجِرُyou dose ناشِئاًa youth
وَأَراكَ توجَرُ حينَ توجِرُ ناشِئاً
عِظَةًan admonition وَإِنand even if لَمnot يُرضِكَplease you الإيجارُthe dosing
عِظَةً وَإِن لَم يُرضِكَ الإيجارُ
And I see you rewarded when you dose a youth
With an admonition, even if the dosing does not please you.
وَإِذاand if بَذَلتُمyou bestow نائِلاًa gift لِتُعَوَّضواso you may be repaid
وَإِذا بَذَلتُم نائِلاً لِتُعَوَّضوا
عَنهُin return for it فَأَنتُمthen you are فيin الجَميلِkindness تِجارُmerchants
عَنهُ فَأَنتُم في الجَميلِ تِجارُ
And if you bestow a gift in order to be repaid
For it, then you are merchants dealing in kindness.
ثُعَلُThu'al بنُson of عَمرٍوAmr ماnot حَماهُprotected him شامِخٌa towering peak
ثُعَلُ بنُ عَمرٍو ما حَماهُ شامِخٌ
صَعبٌhard to scale وَلاnor ثُعَلَthe fox الوُحوشُof the wild beasts وِجارُa den
صَعبٌ وَلا ثُعَلَ الوُحوشُ وِجارُ
No towering peak protected Thu'al son of Amr,
Though hard to scale; nor did a den protect the wild fox.
قَدalready عادَhas become شَوكُthe thorns فَزارَةٍof Fazarah مُتَحَرِّقاًburning
قَد عادَ شَوكُ فَزارَةٍ مُتَحَرِّقاً
وَتَصَدَّعَتand have split apart مِنfrom دارِمِDarim الأَحجارُthe stones
وَتَصَدَّعَت مِن دارِمِ الأَحجارُ
Fazarah's thorns are now burning,
And Darim's stones have split apart.
Sol 6.1