إِنَّماonly نَحنُwe فيin ضَلالٍerror وَتَعليand rationalization (first part)
إِنَّما نَحنُ في ضَلالٍ وَتَعلي
لٍcompletion of 'rationalization' فَإِنso if كُنتَyou are ذاpossessing يَقينٍcertainty فَهاتِهthen bring it
لٍ فَإِن كُنتَ ذا يَقينٍ فَهاتِه
We are only in error and rationalization;
We are but lost in error and absurdity
so if you possess certainty, then bring it.
If you possess the truth then show it forth to me
وَلحُبِّand for love of الصَحيحِwhat is certain آثَرَتِpreferred الروthe Romans (first part)
وَلحُبِّ الصَحيحِ آثَرَتِ الرو
مُcompletion of 'Romans' اِنتِسابَdescent الفَتىthe young man إِلىto أُمَّهاتِهhis mothers
مُ اِنتِسابَ الفَتى إِلى أُمَّهاتِه
And for love of certainty, the Romans preferred
And for love of the right, the soul preferred
tracing a young man's descent through his mothers.
A child's lineage to the mother attributed be
جَهِلواthey did not know مِنwho أَبوهُhis father إِلّاexcept ظُنوناًconjectures
جَهِلوا مِن أَبوهُ إِلّا ظُنوناً
وَطَلاand the fawn الوَحشِof the wild لاحِقٌlinked بِمَهاتِهto its oryx mother
وَطَلا الوَحشِ لاحِقٌ بِمَهاتِه
They knew who his father was only by conjecture,
They knew not from the father but surmises
and the wild fawn is linked to its oryx mother.
While the wild beasts to the mothers cling and flee
قَدmay يَجوزُpass الحَبُّthe beloved الشَحيحُmiserly جَباa basin الماthe water (first part)
قَد يَجوزُ الحَبُّ الشَحيحُ جَبا الما
ءِcompletion of 'water' وَلاand not يَستَحِقُّdeserves نَضحَa sprinkling لَهاتِهhis uvula
ءِ وَلا يَستَحِقُّ نَضحَ لَهاتِه
The miserly beloved may pass a basin of water,
A niggard love may stint the water supply
yet deserves no sprinkling on his uvula.
Yet deserve not that its course run free
وَكَثيرٌand too much لَهُfor him إِذاwhen قيسَتِare weighed الأَشthe things (first part)
وَكَثيرٌ لَهُ إِذا قيسَتِ الأَش
ياءُcompletion of 'things' عَظمٌa bone يَرميهِthrows it بَعضُsome of طُهاتِهhis cooks
ياءُ عَظمٌ يَرميهِ بَعضُ طُهاتِه
And too much for him, when things are weighed,
And many a man belittled, if justly weighed
is a bone that some of his cooks toss.
Is in his bulk a giant by some deemed to be
رُئِسَwere ruled الناسُthe people بِالدَهاءِby cunning فَماso never يَنceases (first part)
رُئِسَ الناسُ بِالدَهاءِ فَما يَن
فَكُّcompletion of 'ceases' جيلٌa generation يَنقادُsubmits طَوعَin willing obedience to دُهاتِهits cunning men
فَكُّ جيلٌ يَنقادُ طَوعَ دُهاتِه
People have been ruled by cunning; never
By guile men rise; few loose the bonds
does a generation cease to submit willingly to its cunning men.
Of the smooth generations yielding to their pleas
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