تشبهتyou imitated بالأعرابlike the Bedouins أَهلpeople of التعجرفhaughtiness
تشبهت بالأعراب أَهل التعجرف
فدلso it revealed علىabout فحواكyour underlying meaning قُبحthe ugliness of التكلفaffectation
فدل على فحواك قُبح التكلف
You imitated the Bedouins, those given to haughtiness;
You have imitated the arrogant Bedouins
So the ugliness of affectation betrayed your true nature.
Thus your ugliness betrays your affectation
لسانa tongue نباطيNabataean البيانexpression صرفتهyou turned it
لسان نباطي البيان صرفته
إلىtoward لغةthe language of الأعرابthe Bedouins لمdid not يتصرفadapt
إلى لغة الأعراب لم يتصرف
A tongue Nabataean in speech—you turned it
Though your eloquent Nabataean tongue
Toward the Bedouins' language, but it would not adapt.
You've turned into the language of uncouth Bedouins
وشيخكand your father شيخan old man صالحworthy غيرexcept أنهthat he
وشيخك شيخ صالح غير أنه
مليءadept بتحبيرat ornamenting الرداءthe cloak المفوفstriped
مليء بتحبير الرداء المفوف
And your father is a worthy old man, except that he
Your teacher is a pious man but
Is adept at ornamenting the striped cloak.
Swathed in his wide cloak, stained with dye
ولاand do not تنسforget ماwhat قدalready كانhe had بالأمسyesterday حاكهhe wove it
ولا تنس ما قد كان بالأمس حاكه
أبوكyour father وعودand the wooden rod of الخفthe boot (probably intended: loom-beater) لمhad not يتقصفsplinter
أبوك وعود الخف لم يتقصف
And do not forget what was woven yesterday
And forget not what your father promised yesterday
By your father, while the loom's wooden beater had not splintered.
Vows not kept, like slit shoes, worn thin
لئنif indeed كنتyou are للأشعارof poetry والنحوand grammar حافظاًa memorizer
لئن كنت للأشعار والنحو حافظاً
لقدindeed كانhe was منamong حفاظmemorizers of سورةthe surah of يوسفYusuf
لقد كان من حفاظ سورة يوسف
If indeed you know poetry and grammar by heart,
Though you've memorized verse and grammar
He was indeed among those who had memorized Surah Yusuf.
You're not like one who's memorized Surat Yusuf
Sol 6.1