أَخُوكَyour brother الَّذِيthe one who إِنْif أَفْسَدَspoiled الدَّهْرُtime وُدَّهُhis affection
أَخُوكَ الَّذِي إِنْ أَفْسَدَ الدَّهْرُ وُدَّهُ
تَلَطَّفُyou act gently لاِسْتِصْلاَحِهِto restore it فَتَقَوَّمَاso it became sound
تَلَطَّفُ لاِسْتِصْلاَحِهِ فَتَقَوَّمَا
Your brother is the one whose affection, if time spoils it,
you gently seek to restore, so it is set right,
وَلَمْand did not يَجْفُهُshun him مُسْتَأْنِفَاًbeginning anew وُدَّthe affection of صَاحِبٍa companion
وَلَمْ يَجْفُهُ مُسْتَأْنِفَاً وُدَّ صَاحِبٍ
لَعَلَّكَperhaps you تَلْقَاهُwill find him أَعَقَّmore disloyal وَأَظْلَمَاand more unjust
لَعَلَّكَ تَلْقَاهُ أَعَقَّ وَأَظْلَمَا
without forsaking him to seek a new companion’s affection—
one you may find more disloyal and unjust.
وَإِنَّand indeed عِلاَجِيmy treatment of عِلَّةًan ailment قَدْalready عَرَفْتُهَاI have known it
وَإِنَّ عِلاَجِي عِلَّةً قَدْ عَرَفْتُهَا
أُدَارِيI tend gently الَّذِيthat which أَدْوِيْهِI treat it مِنِّيwithin me لِأَسْلَمَاso I may be safe
أُدَارِي الَّذِي أَدْوِيْهِ مِنِّي لِأَسْلَمَا
And my treatment of an ailment I already know—
gently tending what I treat within me, so I may be safe—
لأَيْسَرُsurely easier خَطْبَاًas an undertaking مِنْthan عِلاَجِtreating غَرِيْبَةٍan unfamiliar ailment
لأَيْسَرُ خَطْبَاً مِنْ عِلاَجِ غَرِيْبَةٍ
مِنَof السُّقْمِsickness مَاnot عَايَنْتُهَاI have encountered it مُتَقَدِّمَاpreviously
مِنَ السُّقْمِ مَا عَايَنْتُهَا مُتَقَدِّمَا
is surely easier than treating an unfamiliar ailment,
a sickness I have never encountered before.
Sol 6.1