قالواthey said يَسُبُّكَhe insults you طُغريلُTughril وَتُهمِلُهُand you ignore him
قالوا يَسُبُّكَ طُغريلُ وَتُهمِلُهُ
فَقُلتُso I said أَخشىI fear عَلىfor عِرضيmy honor مِنَfrom الواشيthe slanderer
فَقُلتُ أَخشى عَلى عِرضي مِنَ الواشي
They said, “Tughril insults you, yet you ignore him.”
I replied, “I fear for my honor because of the slanderer.
كُنّاwe were نُحاذِرُwe are wary مِنهُof him وَهوَwhile he was مِرشَحَةٌa saddlecloth
كُنّا نُحاذِرُ مِنهُ وَهوَ مِرشَحَةٌ
فَكَيفَso how لاnot نَتَّقيهِwe guard against him وَهوَwhile he is جَوباشيa military commander (jawbashi)
فَكَيفَ لا نَتَّقيهِ وَهوَ جَوباشي
We were wary of him when he was a mere saddlecloth;
so how can we not beware of him now he is a commander?
ليI have أُسوَةٌa consoling example بِجَميعِin all of الخَلقِhumankind يَشتُمُهُمinsults them
لي أُسوَةٌ بِجَميعِ الخَلقِ يَشتُمُهُم
جُكّاJukka وَدِلماصُand Dilmas وَالعوذُand al-ʿAwdh بنُson of شَوّاشِShawwash
جُكّا وَدِلماصُ وَالعوذُ بنُ شَوّاشِ
I take comfort in the example of all mankind, who are reviled
by Jukka, Dilmas, and al-ʿAwdh son of Shawwash.”
Sol 6.1