خِلٌّan intimate friend لَناof ours دَمُّناwe remained (reading دُمْنا; supplied vowels mean 'our blood') عَلىin وَصلِهِcompanionship with him
خِلٌّ لَنا دَمُّنا عَلى وَصلِهِ
وَنَفسُهُand he himself لَيسَتis not لَناto us مُنصِفَهfair
وَنَفسُهُ لَيسَت لَنا مُنصِفَه
We have a friend whose companionship we have maintained,
Yet he himself is not fair to us.
لَمdid not يَقرِناoffer us hospitality مُذsince بَعُدَتgrew distant دارُناour home
لَم يَقرِنا مُذ بَعُدَت دارُنا
مِنهُfrom him سَلامُa greeting of peace اللَهِof God عَنin acknowledgment of مَعرِفَهacquaintance
مِنهُ سَلامُ اللَهِ عَن مَعرِفَه
Since our home grew distant, we have not been welcomed
By a greeting of God's peace from him in acknowledgment of our acquaintance.
Sol 6.1