أَلاTake heed! فَازْجُرُواso restrain مِنْكُمْamong you سَفِيهاًa fool لِتَسْلَمُواso that you may be safe
أَلا فَازْجُرُوا مِنْكُمْ سَفِيهاً لِتَسْلَمُوا
عَنِfrom الْقَوْلِspeech يَأْتِيcomes مِنْهُfrom him غَيْرَnot مُقارِبِmoderate
عَنِ الْقَوْلِ يَأْتِي مِنْهُ غَيْرَ مُقارِبِ
Take heed! For your safety, restrain a fool among you
from the immoderate speech that comes from him.
أَتَشْتُمُنِيDo you revile me? أَنْbecause كُنْتُI was أَبْكِيI weep بِعَبْرَةٍwith a tear
أَتَشْتُمُنِي أَنْ كُنْتُ أَبْكِي بِعَبْرَةٍ
لِقَوْمٍfor a people أَتانِيcame to me وُدُّهُمْtheir affection غَيْرَnot كاذِبِfalse
لِقَوْمٍ أَتانِي وُدُّهُمْ غَيْرَ كاذِبِ
Do you revile me because I was shedding tears
for a people whose affection reached me without deceit?
فَإِنِّيfor indeed I لَباكٍsurely weeping ماas long as بَقِيتُI remain alive وَذاكِرٌand remembering
فَإِنِّي لَباكٍ ما بَقِيتُ وَذاكِرٌ
مَآثِرَnoble deeds قَوْمٍa people مَجْدُهُمْtheir glory بِالْجَباجِبِat al-Jabājib
مَآثِرَ قَوْمٍ مَجْدُهُمْ بِالْجَباجِبِ
For I shall surely weep as long as I live, and remember
the noble deeds of a people whose glory is at al-Jabājib.
لَعَمْرِيby my life لَقَدْindeed كانَتْwas مُرَيْدٌMurayd بِمَعْزِلٍapart
لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ كانَتْ مُرَيْدٌ بِمَعْزِلٍ
عَنِfrom الشِّرِّevil فَاحْتالَتْthen schemed وُجُوهُleaders الثَّعالِبِthe foxes
عَنِ الشِّرِّ فَاحْتالَتْ وُجُوهُ الثَّعالِبِ
By my life, Murayd had indeed kept apart
from evil; then the foxes' leaders schemed.
فَحُقَّso deserved مُرَيْدٌMurayd أَنْthat تَجِدَّbe cut off أُنُوفُهُمْtheir noses
فَحُقَّ مُرَيْدٌ أَنْ تَجِدَّ أُنُوفُهُمْ
بِشَتْمِهِمُfor their reviling حَيَّيْthe two clans of لُؤَيِّLuʾayy بْنِson of غالِبِGhālib
بِشَتْمِهِمُ حَيَّيْ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غالِبِ
So Murayd deserved to have their noses cut off
for their reviling of the two clans of Luʾayy ibn Ghālib.
وَهَبْتُI gave نَصِيبِيmy share مِنْof مُرَيْدٍMurayd لِجَعْدَرٍto Jaʿdar
وَهَبْتُ نَصِيبِي مِنْ مُرَيْدٍ لِجَعْدَرٍ
وَفاءًout of loyalty وَبَيْتُby the House of اللهِGod بَيْنَamid الْأَخاشِبِal-Akhāshib (rugged mountains)
وَفاءً وَبَيْتُ اللهِ بَيْنَ الْأَخاشِبِ
I gave my share of Murayd to Jaʿdar,
out of loyalty—by God's House amid al-Akhāshib, the rugged mountains.
Sol 6.1