لاdo not تَلُمblame البقيِّal-Baqqī فيfor فِعْلهِhis conduct
لا تَلُم البقيِّ في فِعْلهِ
إنْif زاغَhe strayed تَضليلاًto mislead عنaway from الحقِّthe truth
إنْ زاغَ تَضليلاً عن الحقِّ
Do not blame al-Baqqī for his conduct,
Do not blame the rest for their deeds
If he strays from the truth to mislead.
If they stray from the truth, lost
لوhad هذَّبَrefined الناموسُthe law (also: mosquitoes) أخلاقَهُhis character
لو هذَّبَ الناموسُ أخلاقَهُ
ماnot كانَhe would have been منسوباًattributed إلىto البقِّbedbugs
ما كانَ منسوباً إلى البقِّ
Had the law refined his character,
If morality refined their manners
He would not have been named after bedbugs.
They would not be attributed to cattle
Sol 6.1