مَنْwho طَلَبَsought الودَّaffection مِنْfrom سَلاوِيa Salawi
مَنْ طَلَبَ الودَّ مِنْ سَلاوِي
أنْشأهُfashioned him اللهُGod منْfrom مَساوِيvices
أنْشأهُ اللهُ منْ مَساوِي
Who would seek affection from a Salawi
He who seeks affection from the wicked
whom God fashioned from vices?
God created him from the lowly
هاويَةٌthe abyss أمُّهُhis mother وفِيهاand in it
هاويَةٌ أمُّهُ وفِيها
أبوهُhis father منْfrom بعْدِafter ذاكَthat هاوِيplunging
أبوهُ منْ بعْدِ ذاكَ هاوِي
The abyss is his mother, and into it
His mother is an abyss
his father, after that, plunges.
And after that, his father became lost
رِوايَةُtransmission الفَضْلِvirtue فيin انْقِطاعٍdiscontinuity
رِوايَةُ الفَضْلِ في انْقِطاعٍ
عنْهُمْfrom them إذاif ماever (emphatic) فُرِضْتَyou are assumed راوِيa narrator
عنْهُمْ إذا ما فُرِضْتَ راوِي
The transmission of virtue is cut off
The narration of virtue has ceased
from them, if ever you are deemed a narrator.
From them, when you are made a narrator
حَمْقاfools فَماso whatever شِئْتَyou choose منْof دِماغٍa brain
حَمْقا فَما شِئْتَ منْ دِماغٍ
قدْindeed عدِمَlacks المُخَّthe marrow فهْوَso it is خاوِيhollow
قدْ عدِمَ المُخَّ فهْوَ خاوِي
Fools—whichever brain you choose
Fools, whatever brain you want
is bereft of marrow, and so is hollow.
It is empty, devoid of mind
مرْضَىsick people منfrom الجهْلِignorance لاno حَكيمٌa sage
مرْضَى من الجهْلِ لا حَكيمٌ
ولاand no طَبيبٌa physician ولاand no مُداوِيa healer
ولا طَبيبٌ ولا مُداوِي
Sick with ignorance—no sage,
Sick with ignorance, no wise one
nor physician, nor healer.
No doctor and no healer
ليْسَthere is not لهُمْfor them فيin المَشاقِّhardships نِدٌّa rival
ليْسَ لهُمْ في المَشاقِّ نِدٌّ
ولاand no نَظيرٌa peer ولاand no مُساوِيan equal
ولا نَظيرٌ ولا مُساوِي
They have no rival in vexations,
They have no equal in difficulties
no peer, and no equal.
No peer and no match
قبّحَهاmay He make them ugly اللهُGod منْof (specifying kind) وُجوهٍfaces
قبّحَها اللهُ منْ وُجوهٍ
أدْحَضَهاmay He refute them اللهُGod منْof (specifying kind) دَعاوِيclaims
أدْحَضَها اللهُ منْ دَعاوِي
May God make those faces hideous!
May God disfigure their faces
May God refute those claims!
May God nullify their claims
ياoh لَيْتَنيif only I إذْwhen سكَنْتُI dwelt فيهِمْamong them
يا لَيْتَني إذْ سكَنْتُ فيهِمْ
فيin أرْضthe land of والاتَنٍWalatan قِناوِيa Qinawi
في أرْض والاتَنٍ قِناوِي
Oh, if only, when I dwelt among them,
Oh, if only when I dwelled among them
I had been a Qinawi in the land of Walatan!
I had dwelled in the land of lances and spears
Sol 6.1