تركتI left عليكto you دُنياworldly life خُضتَyou plunged فيهاinto it
تركت عليك دُنيا خُضتَ فيها
لتقترنَso that she may be paired الخسيسةُthe base world والخسيسُand the base man
لتقترنَ الخسيسةُ والخسيسُ
I have left you the world you plunged into,
You left behind a world in which you wallowed
So that the base world and the base man may be paired.
So that the vile would couple with the vile
لكyours الأموالُthe riches منof بيضٍwhite (silver) coins وصُفرٍand yellow (gold) coins
لك الأموالُ من بيضٍ وصُفرٍ
وأمواليand my riches المحابرُthe inkwells والطروسُand the written pages
وأموالي المحابرُ والطروسُ
Yours are riches in white and yellow coins,
You have yellow and white riches
And my riches are inkwells and written pages.
While my riches are ruins and broken antiques
خُطامُكyour halter دارسٌwearing away عماin just قليلٍa little while
خُطامُك دارسٌ عما قليلٍ
وماand there is no لدروسfor the lessons of آدابيmy literary learning دروسُfading
وما لدروس آدابي دروسُ
Your halter will soon wear away,
Your bridle soon checking its pace
But the lessons of my learning will never fade.
While my learning has no end to its lessons
توهمyou imagine أنthat فضلكyour merit أُفقُthe horizon of فضليmy merit
توهم أن فضلك أُفقُ فضلي
وقدand already محقتhave blotted out لياليهاits nights الشموسُthe suns
وقد محقت لياليها الشموسُ
You imagine that your merit is the horizon of mine,
You fancy your merit like my horizon
Yet the suns have already blotted out its nights.
Though its nights have been wiped out by suns
وتطمعand you aspire فيto مساواتيequaling me ضلالاin delusion
وتطمع في مساواتي ضلالا
وأينand where منin comparison with الدنانيرthe gold dinars الفلوسُthe copper coins
وأين من الدنانير الفلوسُ
And, in delusion, you aspire to equal me—
You madly dream that you equal me
But how can copper coins compare with gold dinars?
When my gold dinars dwarf your coins
Sol 6.1