أبَيتُمْyou refused دَعْوَتيmy invitation إمّاeither لبَأوٍout of pride
أبَيتُمْ دَعْوَتي إمّا لبَأوٍ
وتأبَىand rejects لوْمَهُits reproach مُثلىthe finest الطّريقَهْway
وتأبَى لوْمَهُ مُثلى الطّريقَهْ
You declined my invitation, either out of pride,
yet the finest conduct shuns the blame it brings.
وبالمُخْتارِand in the Chosen One للنّاسِfor the people اقْتِداءٌemulation
وبالمُخْتارِ للنّاسِ اقْتِداءٌ
وقدْand indeed حضَرَhe attended الوَليمَةَthe wedding feast والعَقيقَهْand the newborn's sacrificial feast
وقدْ حضَرَ الوَليمَةَ والعَقيقَهْ
And people have the Chosen One to emulate,
and he attended wedding feasts and sacrificial feasts for newborns.
وغيْرُand not غَريبَةٍstrange أنْthat رقَّfelt compassion حُرٌّa noble man
وغيْرُ غَريبَةٍ أنْ رقَّ حُرٌّ
علىtoward مَنْone who حالُهُhis circumstances مِثْليlike me رَقيقَهْslender
على مَنْ حالُهُ مِثْلي رَقيقَهْ
And it is no wonder that a noble man should feel compassion
for one whose means, like mine, are slender.
وإمّاor else زاجِرُthe restraining force الوَرَعِof pious scruple اقْتَضاهاrequired it
وإمّا زاجِرُ الوَرَعِ اقْتَضاها
ويأبَىand rejects ذاكَthat دُكّانُthe shop الوَثيقَهْthe legal document
ويأبَى ذاكَ دُكّانُ الوَثيقَهْ
Or else piety's restraint required it,
yet the document-writer's shop belies that.
وغِشْيانُand visiting المَنازِلِthe homes لاخْتبارِfor an inquiry
وغِشْيانُ المَنازِلِ لاخْتبارِ
يُطالِبُdemands بالجَليلةِfor the weighty والدّقيقَهْand the minute
يُطالِبُ بالجَليلةِ والدّقيقَهْ
And visiting homes for an inquiry
demands both the weighty and the minute.
شكَرْتُI gave thanks مَخيلةَa promising sign كانَتْit was مَجازاًa metaphor
شكَرْتُ مَخيلةَ كانَتْ مَجازاً
لكمْfor you وحصلْتُand I arrived بعْدُafterward علَىat الحَقيقَهْthe truth
لكمْ وحصلْتُ بعْدُ علَى الحَقيقَهْ
I gave thanks for a promising sign that was merely a metaphor
for you; and afterward I arrived at the truth.
Sol 6.1