غَدَرْتَyou betrayed بِكَسْرِby breaking دَفْتَرِنَاour notebook
غَدَرْتَ بِكَسْرِ دَفْتَرِنَا
وَعَهْدِيand my experience بِالأَدِيْبِof a man of letters ثِقَهْtrustworthy
وَعَهْدِي بِالأَدِيْبِ ثِقَهْ
You betrayed us by damaging our notebook,
Yet I had known a man of letters to be trustworthy.
فَخُذْso take وَارْدُدْهُand return it قِيْمَتَهُits price
فَخُذْ وَارْدُدْهُ قِيْمَتَهُ
وَلاَand do not تَتَغَنَّمَنْever seize as booty وَرَقَهْits paper
وَلاَ تَتَغَنَّمَنْ وَرَقَهْ
So take its price and return the notebook,
And do not seize its paper as booty.
فَلَسْتُfor I do not أَحِبُّlike لِلأُدَبَاfor men of letters (continued)
فَلَسْتُ أَحِبُّ لِلأُدَبَا
ءِcompletes 'men of letters' أَنْto يَتَأَدَّبُواacquire literary learning سَرِقَهْthrough theft
ءِ أَنْ يَتَأَدَّبُوا سَرِقَهْ
For I do not wish men of letters
To acquire their learning through theft.
Sol 6.1