إِنَّindeed الكرامَthe noble وَأَهلَand those of المجدِglory قَدalready ذَهبواthey have departed
إِنَّ الكرامَ وَأَهلَ المجدِ قَد ذَهبوا
وَأَصبَحَand has become الوَغْدُthe scoundrel ذاpossessing مَجدٍglory بذاin this الحينِtime
وَأَصبَحَ الوَغْدُ ذا مَجدٍ بذا الحينِ
Indeed, the noble and those of glory have departed;
The generous souls and people of glory are all gone
And in this age the scoundrel has become a man of glory.
And now the scoundrels boast of glory day and night
لاno خَيرَgood فيin زَمَنٍan age فيهِin it بَيادِقُهُits pawns
لا خَيرَ في زَمَنٍ فيهِ بَيادِقُهُ
ترديbring down الرّخاخَthe rooks وَتَبدوand appear بِالفَرازينِas queens
تردي الرّخاخَ وَتَبدو بِالفَرازينِ
There is no good in an age whose pawns
No good is left in times when knights
Bring down the rooks and appear as queens.
Stoop to peddle ribbons and display silk garments as their trophies
Sol 6.1