ياO سيديmy lord جودكyour generosity المشهورrenowned ماwhat فعلاhas it done
يا سيدي جودك المشهور ما فعلا
أبيعwas it sold? بالرخصfor a low price ياO هذاyou there أمor ابتذلاwas debased
أبيع بالرخص يا هذا أم ابتذلا
My lord, what has become of your renowned generosity?
Was it sold for a pittance, you there, or debased?
واسوأتاoh, my shame! منbefore أناسٍpeople ظلتI kept أطمعهمraising their hopes
واسوأتا من أناسٍ ظلت أطمعهم
أنthat الذيwhat التمسوهthey sought it منكfrom you قدindeed حصلاhad been secured
أن الذي التمسوه منك قد حصلا
Oh, my shame before people I kept filling with hope
That what they had sought from you had indeed been secured!
حتىuntil إذاwhen عادreturned منthe one whom أرسلتهI sent him بيدٍwith a hand
حتى إذا عاد من أرسلته بيدٍ
صفرٍempty وماand not كانwas عنديin my judgment أنهthat he وصلاhad arrived
صفرٍ وما كان عندي أنه وصلا
Until the man I had sent returned, his hand
Empty—though I had not thought he had even arrived.
قالواthey said لقينتهمto their singing-girl غينsing! (apparently intended) عليهat his expense لناfor us
قالوا لقينتهم غين عليه لنا
صوتاًa song ضربناwe set forth لهfor him فيin شعرهhis poetry مثلاًa parable
صوتاً ضربنا له في شعره مثلاً
They told their singing-girl: “Sing us, at his expense,
A song from his own verse that we have made a parable for him.”
مازلتI kept أسمعhearing كمhow many منan emphatic particle واثقa confident man خجلٍashamed
مازلت أسمع كم من واثق خجلٍ
حتىuntil بليتI was tested فكنتso I became الواثقthe confident one الخجلاthe ashamed one
حتى بليت فكنت الواثق الخجلا
I had always heard: “How many a confident man is shamed!”
Until I was tested, and became that confident man, ashamed.
Sol 6.1