ياO عِلْمُknowledge لَمْdid not أَطْلُبْكَI seek you للنُّكْرِfor wrongdoing
يا عِلْمُ لَمْ أَطْلُبْكَ للنُّكْرِ
وَلاَnor لأَنso that أَخْضَعَI submit للوَفْرِto wealth
وَلاَ لأَن أَخْضَعَ للوَفْرِ
O knowledge, I did not seek you for wrongdoing,
Nor so that I might bow to wealth,
ولاnor لأَنْso that تَعْلُوmay rise يَدٌa hand لامْرِىءٍbelonging to a man
ولا لأَنْ تَعْلُو يَدٌ لامْرِىءٍ
عَلَىabove يَدِيmy hand بالنَّزْرِthrough a scant amount مِنْof بِرِّkindness
عَلَى يَدِي بالنَّزْرِ مِنْ بِرِّ
Nor so that any man's hand might rise
Above mine through a trifling kindness.
فَفيكَso, for your sake ياO علْمُknowledge رَفَضْتُI renounced الْغِناwealth
فَفيكَ يا علْمُ رَفَضْتُ الْغِنا
والْجَاهَand prestige بالنَّهْيِthrough forbidding وبالأَمْرِand through commanding
والْجَاهَ بالنَّهْيِ وبالأَمْرِ
So, for your sake, O knowledge, I renounced wealth
And prestige through forbidding and commanding.
ولَمْand did not أُدَنَسْI sully مِنْكَfrom you عِرْضاًhonor بماwith what
ولَمْ أُدَنَسْ مِنْكَ عِرْضاً بما
يُؤْخَذُis taken فيin نَشْرِكَspreading you منْof أجرْpayment
يُؤْخَذُ في نَشْرِكَ منْ أجرْ
Nor did I sully my honor through you with what
Is taken as payment for spreading you.
هَجَرْتُI shunned صَوْتاًa voice لَكَfor you بابَdoor امْرِىءٍa man
هَجَرْتُ صَوْتاً لَكَ بابَ امْرِىءٍ
مُسَوَّدٍmade a chief بَيْنَamong نَبيprophet الْعَصْرِthe age
مُسَوَّدٍ بَيْنَ نَبي الْعَصْرِ
I shunned a man's door, 'a voice for you' [wording unclear],
A man made a chief 'among the prophet of the age' [wording unclear].
Sol 6.1