الواعِظُthe preacher البَلخِيُّal-Balkhi كانَwas قَرابَتيmy kinsman
الواعِظُ البَلخِيُّ كانَ قَرابَتي
وَأَبوand Abu (father of) مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad المُناديthe crier جاريmy neighbor
وَأَبو مُحَمَّدٍ المُنادي جاري
The preacher al-Balkhi was my kinsman,
and Abu Muhammad the crier was my neighbor;
وَالزاهِدُand the ascetic الملّاقُthe flatterer مَنone who أَخبارُهُhis affairs
وَالزاهِدُ الملّاقُ مَن أَخبارُهُ
ماwhat قَدalready عَلِمتَyou have learned خَفِيَّةُhidden الأَسرارِthe secrets
ما قَد عَلِمتَ خَفِيَّةُ الأَسرارِ
and the fawning ascetic, whose affairs
are what you already know—secrets kept hidden.
لَولاwere it not for الحَياءُmodesty وَطيبُand the nobility of أَصليmy lineage وَالتُقىand piety
لَولا الحَياءُ وَطيبُ أَصلي وَالتُقى
لَجَعَلتُهاI would have made them مَهتوكَةَtorn away الأَستارِthe veils
لَجَعَلتُها مَهتوكَةَ الأَستارِ
Were it not for modesty, my noble lineage, and piety,
I would have stripped their veils away.
Sol 6.1