لَقَّبوهُthey nicknamed him الحراal-Hara (unclear in the supplied text) بِدبسٍas Dibs ('molasses') وَقَدand indeed ماthey lied (first fragment)
لَقَّبوهُ الحرا بِدبسٍ وَقَد ما
نواthey lied (completion) وَرَبِّand by the Lord of العِبادِthe servants; humankind ماnot فيهِin him دبسُmolasses
نوا وَرَبِّ العِبادِ ما فيهِ دبسُ
They nicknamed him, al-Hara, 'Dibs' ('Molasses'), and have li—
They nickname Al-Haraa with molasses, yet he is not
—ed; by the Lord of humankind, there is no molasses in him.
Sweet, by the Lord of worshippers he has no sweetness.
وَأَخوهُand his brother الحراal-Hara (unclear in the supplied text) بِزَيتٍas Zayt ('oil') وَلاand no زَيـoil (first fragment)
وَأَخوهُ الحرا بِزَيتٍ وَلا زَيـ
ـتَoil (completion) فَكُلُّso all الأَلقابِthe nicknames زورٌfalsehood وَلَبسُand deception
ـتَ فَكُلُّ الأَلقابِ زورٌ وَلَبسُ
And his brother, al-Hara, 'Zayt' ('Oil'); yet there is no oi—
And his brother Al-Haraa with oil, yet no oiliness,
—l: all the nicknames are falsehood and deception.
So all the nicknames are lies and nonsense.
وَغَداand became المُرتَضىal-Murtada نَهيكاًworn out مِنَfrom الصَفـslapping the nape (first fragment)
وَغَدا المُرتَضى نَهيكاً مِنَ الصَفـ
ـعِslapping the nape (completion) وَقَدand indeed خابَfailed فيهِabout him ظَنٌّexpectation وَحَدسُand conjecture
ـعِ وَقَد خابَ فيهِ ظَنٌّ وَحَدسُ
And al-Murtada became worn out from slap—
Al-Murtaza has become an abomination from Al-Saff,
—ping on the nape; expectation and conjecture about him have failed.
In him hopes and guesses are lost.
وَأَخوهُمand their brother لِلعِلمِfor knowledge بِالدَرسِthrough study مَشغوoccupied (first fragment)
وَأَخوهُم لِلعِلمِ بِالدَرسِ مَشغو
لٌoccupied (completion) وَلِلعِلمِand for knowledge مِنهُfrom him مَحوٌerasure وَدَرسُand effacement
لٌ وَلِلعِلمِ مِنهُ مَحوٌ وَدَرسُ
And their brother, pursuing knowledge through study, is occu—
And their brother busies himself with lessons,
—pied; yet knowledge suffers erasure and effacement at his hands.
Yet has no learning and forgot his lessons.
وَأَبوهُمand their father هُمthey هكَذاthus كانَhe was لاmay he not كاhe was (first fragment)
وَأَبوهُم هُم هكَذا كانَ لا كا
نَhe was (completion) فَمَنso whoever تَلقَyou meet مِنهُمُamong them فَهُوَthen he is نَحسُill-omened
نَ فَمَن تَلقَ مِنهُمُ فَهُوَ نَحسُ
And their father was just like them—may he never have be—
Their father, they are just so, not as he was,
—en! Whoever among them you meet is ill-omened.
So whoever meets them is unlucky.
هَؤُلاءِthese الصُدورُthe dignitaries (literally, 'chests') أَدبرُmore ill-omened مِنthan دبـanus (first fragment)
هَؤُلاءِ الصُدورُ أَدبرُ مِن دبـ
ــرٍanus (completion) وَأَردىand worse رَذالَةًin baseness وَأَخَسُّand more contemptible
ــرٍ وَأَردى رَذالَةً وَأَخَسُّ
These dignitaries are more ill-omened than an ar—
These chests are more cowardly than a coward,
—se, worse in baseness, and more contemptible.
Viler and more despicable.
Sol 6.1