يُخاطِبُنيaddresses me قُمْrise فَاقْضِthen pay حَقِّيَّmy due مِثلَهُone like him
يُخاطِبُني قُمْ فَاقْضِ حَقِّيَّ مِثلَهُ
وَإلاand otherwise فمِنthen from عَيْبيmy disparagement وسَبِّيَّand my insults ماnot تَنْجُوyou escape
وَإلا فمِن عَيْبي وسَبِّيَّ ما تَنْجُو
One like him addresses me: “Rise and pay me my due;
He says to me, "Rise and grant me my due as you would your own,
Otherwise, you will not escape my disparagement and insults.”
Or else in reproaching and reviling me you will find no escape."
وَمَاand not أَحَدٌanyone لابْنِwith Ibn الوَجِيهِal-Wajih بِلاfirst fragment of بِلاحِقٍ: catching up حِقٍsecond fragment of بِلاحِقٍ: catching up
وَمَا أَحَدٌ لابْنِ الوَجِيهِ بِلا حِقٍ
إذاwhen امتَدَّstretches far شَوْطٌa race فيin المكارِمِnoble deeds أوْor نَهْجُa path
إذا امتَدَّ شَوْطٌ في المكارِمِ أوْ نَهْجُ
And no one can catch up with Ibn al-Wajih
Yet no man of noble birth can be owed aught without right,
When a race or path in noble deeds stretches far.
If he oversteps the mark in matters of honor or propriety.
Sol 6.1