ياO مَنyou who تَجَنَّنَfeigned madness عامِداًdeliberately
يا مَن تَجَنَّنَ عامِداً
وَأُريدُand I wish أُذهِبُI dispel جَنُّهُhis madness
وَأُريدُ أُذهِبُ جَنُّهُ
O you who deliberately feigned madness,
And I wish to drive his madness away!
وَعَلِمتُand I learned ماwhat قَدalready قالَهُhe said it
وَعَلِمتُ ما قَد قالَهُ
عَنّيabout me وَماand what قَدalready ظَنَّهُhe thought it
عَنّي وَما قَد ظَنَّهُ
And I have learned what he has said
About me, and what he has thought;
وَسَمِعتُand I heard عَنهُabout him بِأَنَّهُthat he
وَسَمِعتُ عَنهُ بِأَنَّهُ
يَغتابُنيbackbites me وَبِأَنَّهُand that he
يَغتابُني وَبِأَنَّهُ
And I have heard of him that he
Speaks ill of me behind my back, and that he...
وَكَأَنَّهُand as though he were كَلبٌa dog عَوىhowled
وَكَأَنَّهُ كَلبٌ عَوى
لاno بَلrather أَقولُI say بِأَنَّهُthat he
لا بَل أَقولُ بِأَنَّهُ
And he is like a dog that howled—
No, rather I say that he is...
فَلَأَكوِيَنَّso I shall surely sear جَبينَهُhis forehead
فَلَأَكوِيَنَّ جَبينَهُ
وَسماًas a brand وَأَقطَعُand I cut off أُذنَهُhis ear
وَسماً وَأَقطَعُ أُذنَهُ
So I shall surely sear his forehead
With a brand, and cut off his ear;
وَأَكونُand I shall be كَلباًa dog مِثلَهُlike him
وَأَكونُ كَلباً مِثلَهُ
إِنif لَمnot أُصَدِّقI prove true ظَنَّهُhis suspicion
إِن لَم أُصَدِّق ظَنَّهُ
And I shall be a dog like him
If I do not prove his suspicion true.
لَوif كانَhe were أَهلاًworthy لِلجَميof kind—
لَو كانَ أَهلاً لِلجَمي
لِ—ness (completing 'kindness') تَرَكتُهُI would leave him لَكِنَّهُbut he
لِ تَرَكتُهُ لَكِنَّهُ
If he were worthy of kind—
—ness, I would leave him be; but he...
Sol 6.1