ياO سيداًlord قامتstood firm علاهhis eminence بذاتهاon its own
يا سيداً قامت علاه بذاتها
مستغنياًَhaving no need عنfor نعتهاits description وصفاتهاand its attributes
مستغنياًَ عن نعتها وصفاتها
O lord whose eminence stands on its own,
O master whose eminence stands by itself
needing no praise or description of it.
Needing no attributes or descriptions
إنif لمnot تكنthere is لكfor you فيin القوافيthe rhymes رغبةdesire
إن لم تكن لك في القوافي رغبة
فالطمthen slap بهاwith them وجهthe face الرجاءhope وهاتهاand bring them here
فالطم بها وجه الرجاء وهاتها
If you have no desire for the rhymes,
If rhyming poetry does not appeal to you
then slap hope's face with them, and hand them to me.
Then turn to it the face of hope and bring it
فالأمfor a mother لاdoes not تأبىrefuse إذاif لمdid not يولهاbestow on her
فالأم لا تأبى إذا لم يولها
أصهارهاher sons-in-law خيراًkindness طلاقthe divorce بناتهاof her daughters
أصهارها خيراً طلاق بناتها
For a mother does not refuse—if she is not shown
For a mother does not refuse if her
kindness by her sons-in-law—the divorce of her daughters.
In-laws do not treat her daughters well, to divorce them
Sol 6.1