إذاإذا: if شئتَشئتَ: you wish أنأن: to تُقْلىتُقْلى: be hated منمن: by الناسالناس: the people كلِّهمكلِّهم: all of them
إذا شئتَ أن تُقْلى من الناس كلِّهم
وتُهجَرَوتُهجَرَ: and be shunned هجرهجر: an estrangement الأيَئولالأيَئول: unclear spelling; apparently 'not leading' إلىإلى: to صُلْحِصُلْحِ: reconciliation
وتُهجَرَ هجر الأيَئول إلى صُلْحِ
If you wish to be hated by all people,
If you wish to be shunned by all people
and shunned with an estrangement that never leads to reconciliation,
And be abandoned like the lost camels
وتُنظَرَوتُنظَرَ: and be viewed بالعينبالعين: with the eye التيالتي: which نَظَروانَظَروا: they viewed بهابها: with it
وتُنظَرَ بالعين التي نَظَروا بها
كبارَكبارَ: large الأفاعيالأفاعي: vipers فيفي: in المَضرَّةالمَضرَّة: harmfulness والقُبْحوالقُبْح: and ugliness
كبارَ الأفاعي في المَضرَّة والقُبْح
and viewed with the eye with which they viewed
And be looked upon with the eyes they looked with
large vipers in their harmfulness and ugliness,
At the elderly snakes, with harm and ugliness
فكنْفكنْ: then be سائلاًسائلاً: one who asks فيفي: concerning المالالمال: wealth والجاهِوالجاهِ: and status منهمُمنهمُ: from them
فكنْ سائلاً في المال والجاهِ منهمُ
ولاولا: and not (part of 'especially') سِيَّماسِيَّما: especially (with ولا) إنْإنْ: if رُمْتَرُمْتَ: you sought ذلكذلك: that بالمَدحبالمَدح: through praise
ولا سِيَّما إنْ رُمْتَ ذلك بالمَدح
then ask them for wealth and status,
Then ask them for money and status
especially if you seek that through praise.
Especially if you intend to praise them
فلافلا: so do not تكتسبْتكتسبْ: acquire غيرَغيرَ: other than القَناعةِالقَناعةِ: contentment إنهاإنها: for it is
فلا تكتسبْ غيرَ القَناعةِ إنها
تجارةُتجارةُ: trade حُرٍّحُرٍّ: a free man ليسليس: not تخلوتخلو: is devoid منمن: of الربحالربح: profit
تجارةُ حُرٍّ ليس تخلو من الربح
So acquire nothing but contentment, for it is
Do not acquire anything but contentment, for it
a free man's trade, never devoid of profit.
Is the trade of a free man, never lacking profit
نصحتُكنصحتُك: I have counseled you فأقبلْفأقبلْ: so heed it أوأو: or فسوففسوف: then will تَرىتَرى: you see إذاإذا: if
نصحتُك فأقبلْ أو فسوف تَرى إذا
قَصدتَقَصدتَ: you intended خِلافِيخِلافِي: opposition to me ماما: what يفوتُكيفوتُك: escapes you منمن: of نصحينصحي: my counsel
قَصدتَ خِلافِي ما يفوتُك من نصحي
I have counseled you: heed it—or you will see, if
I have advised you, so accept or you will see
you choose to oppose me, what you miss of my counsel.
If you oppose me, what you miss of my advice
Sol 6.1