ماwhat ليfor me بأوطانٍwith lands أَخَصُّmost distinctive صفاتِهاtheir traits
ما لي بأوطانٍ أَخَصُّ صفاتِها
يتساويانstand as equals كريمُهاtheir noble man ولئيمُهاand their base man
يتساويان كريمُها ولئيمُها
What have I to do with lands whose most distinctive trait is
I have no special homelands whose traits
That their noble and their base stand as equals?
Are equal between the noble and the vile
منof شأنهاtheir custom تهجوthey deride مديحthe praise نزيلِهاof their guest
من شأنها تهجو مديح نزيلِها
ظُلماًunjustly كماjust as يهجوreviles الحسيبَthe wellborn man زنيمُهاtheir baseborn man
ظُلماً كما يهجو الحسيبَ زنيمُها
It is their custom to deride their guest's praise,
It is their way to praise their guest
Unjustly, as their baseborn man reviles the wellborn.
Unjustly as they vilify the virtuous
آليتI have sworn أنيthat I لاnot أقيمdwell بأرضهاin their land
آليت أني لا أقيم بأرضها
أبداًever ولوeven if أنthat الكليمMoses (God's interlocutor) كليمهاtheir interlocutor
أبداً ولو أن الكليم كليمها
I have sworn that I shall not dwell upon their soil,
I decided not to stay in its land
Ever—even if Moses were their interlocutor.
Forever even if its friend was a friend
أهوىI love سواهاother than them راغباًaverse عنهاaway from them ولوeven if
أهوى سواها راغباً عنها ولو
قدhas رقَّgrown gentle منهاfrom them ماؤهاtheir water ونسيمهاand their breeze
قد رقَّ منها ماؤها ونسيمها
I love other lands, turning away from these, even if
I love other than it, desiring away from it
Their water and breeze have grown gentle.
Even if its water was soft and its breeze was pleasant
ولأهجرنَّand I shall surely abandon ربوعَهاtheir dwellings فلأنهاfor they are
ولأهجرنَّ ربوعَها فلأنها
بلدٌa land تضيقgrow narrow علىfor الكرامthe noble رسومهاtheir confines
بلدٌ تضيق على الكرام رسومها
And I shall surely abandon their dwellings, for they are
And I will certainly abandon its lands because
A land whose confines are too narrow for the noble.
They are a country that restricts its noble customs
دعهاleave them ولاand do not تحفلpay heed بهاto them ياoh طالماhow often
دعها ولا تحفل بها يا طالما
عزَّgained honor اللئيمُthe base man بهاthere وذلَّand was humbled كريمهاtheir noble man
عزَّ اللئيمُ بها وذلَّ كريمها
Leave them and pay them no heed—oh, how often
Leave it and do not care for it, O how long
The base have gained honor there, and their noble been brought low!
The vile prospered in it and the noble was humiliated
Sol 6.1