مَنwhoever جالَسَkeeps company with المُغتابَthe backbiter فَهوَthen he is مُغتابa backbiter
مَن جالَسَ المُغتابَ فَهوَ مُغتاب
لَستُI am not عَلىfor كُلِّevery جَنىًwrongdoing بِعَتّابone given to reproach
لَستُ عَلى كُلِّ جَنىً بِعَتّاب
Whoever keeps company with a backbiter is himself a backbiter.
Whoever sits with the slanderer is a slanderer
I am not one to reproach every wrong.
I do not blame every straying soul
وَلاnor مُجازٍone who punishes مُخطِياًan offender إِذاif تابhe repents
وَلا مُجازٍ مُخطِياً إِذا تاب
وَكَيفَand how ليfor me بِوِردِwith a regular observance نُسكٍof worship مُؤتابoft-repeated
وَكَيفَ لي بِوِردِ نُسكٍ مُؤتاب
Nor do I punish an offender if he repents.
Nor bar the repentant transgressor's path
And how can I undertake an oft-repeated round of worship,
How can I attain unsullied piety?
أَقطَعُI traverse مِنهُof it حِندِساًpitch-darkness وَأَجتابand I journey through
أَقطَعُ مِنهُ حِندِساً وَأَجتاب
وَتَضمِرُand shrink الأَقتابُthe entrails فَوقَabove الأَقتابthe camel-saddles
وَتَضمِرُ الأَقتابُ فَوقَ الأَقتاب
Crossing its pitch-darkness and journeying through it,
I cut from it a piece of linen and patch
While entrails shrink above the camel-saddles,
While rancors smolder beneath the ashes
تُزعِجُنيshe jolts me ذاتُa female mount with وَجيفٍa swift trot رَتّابsteady
تُزعِجُني ذاتُ وَجيفٍ رَتّاب
تَخُطُّshe traces فيon الأَرضِthe earth سُطورَlines of الكُتّابthe scribes
تَخُطُّ في الأَرضِ سُطورَ الكُتّاب
And a she-camel with a steady trot jolts me,
A loathsome soul disquiets me
Tracing on the earth the scribes' lines?
Tracing lines in the sand like writers
إِنّيindeed I بِنَفسيabout myself فيin التُقىpiety لَمُرتابcertainly doubtful
إِنّي بِنَفسي في التُقى لَمُرتاب
وَلاnor أَشُكُّI doubt فيin الحِمامِdeath المُنتابthat comes calling
وَلا أَشُكُّ في الحِمامِ المُنتاب
I am indeed doubtful of my own piety,
Indeed I doubt my own piety
But I do not doubt death, which comes calling.
And have no doubt in the bloodstained dove
Sol 6.1