قلtell للمشارفto the overseer عنيon my behalf
قل للمشارف عني
إذاwhen احتبىsat with his knees drawn up فيin الصناعةthe craft
إذا احتبى في الصناعة
Tell the overseer on my behalf,
Tell those who associate with me
when he sits with his knees drawn up at his craft:
If he becomes arrogant in his craft
كتبwriting الرقاعthe notes إلىto منone who
كتب الرقاع إلى من
يهينهنput them to shame رقاعهhis notes
يهينهن رقاعه
Writing notes to one
Writing letters to those
whose notes put them to shame
Whose letters insult them
وليسand it is not فيin حكمthe judgment of القوافيthe rhymes
وليس في حكم القوافي
يجوزis permissible فيat كلevery ساعةhour
يجوز في كل ساعة
is not, in the judgment of the rhymes,
And it is not justified by the rhyme
permissible at every hour.
To do so at any time
وسوفand will تسمعyou hear منهاfrom them
وسوف تسمع منها
ماwhat لاnot تريدyou wish سماعهto hear it
ما لا تريد سماعه
And you will hear from them
And you will hear from them
what you do not wish to hear.
What you do not wish to hear
عاملتهنyou treated them بغدرwith treachery
عاملتهن بغدر
والغدرand treachery بئسwretched is البضاعةthe merchandise
والغدر بئس البضاعة
You treated them treacherously,
You have dealt with them treacherously
and treachery is wretched merchandise.
And treachery is a terrible merchandise
حاشاfar be غلامthe boy of صليبṢalīb
حاشا غلام صليب
منfrom ذاكthat وابنand the son of قضاعةQuḍāʿa
من ذاك وابن قضاعة
Far be Ṣalīb's boy
Far it is for the young Christian man
from that—and Ibn Quḍāʿa too.
To do that, and the son of Quda'a
Sol 6.1