مَيّاسُ قُل لي أَينَ أَنتَ مِنَ الوَرى

مَيّاسُ قُل لي أَينَ أَنتَ مِنَ الوَرى

لا أَنتَ مَعلومٌ وَلا مَجهولُ

لا أَنتَ مَعلومٌ وَلا مَجهولُ

Mayyas, tell me where you stand among humankind.

My scale, tell me where are you from among mankind

You are neither known nor unknown.

You are neither known nor unknown

لَو كُنتَ مَجهولاً جَعَلتُكَ مُعلَماً

لَو كُنتَ مَجهولاً جَعَلتُكَ مُعلَماً

أَو كُنتَ مَعلوماً لَغالَكَ غولُ

أَو كُنتَ مَعلوماً لَغالَكَ غولُ

Were you unknown, I would make you known;

If you were unknown, I would have made you known

or were you known, a ghoul would destroy you.

Or if you were known, ignorance would have overwhelmed you

أَمّا الهِجاءُ فَدَقَّ عرِضُكَ دونَهُ

أَمّا الهِجاءُ فَدَقَّ عرِضُكَ دونَهُ

وَالمَدحُ عَنكَ كَما عَلِمتَ جَليلُ

وَالمَدحُ عَنكَ كَما عَلِمتَ جَليلُ

As for satire, your honor is too paltry for it;

As for satire, it scratched your honor beneath it

and praise, as you know, is too exalted for you.

And praise of you was, as you knew, plentiful

فَاِذهَب فَأَنتَ طَليقُ عِرضِكَ إِنَّهُ

فَاِذهَب فَأَنتَ طَليقُ عِرضِكَ إِنَّهُ

عِرضٌ عَزَزتَ بِهِ وَأَنتَ ذَليلُ

عِرضٌ عَزَزتَ بِهِ وَأَنتَ ذَليلُ

So go: you are freed by your honor, for it is

So go, you are free in your honor, it

an honor that made you mighty, though you are abject.

Is an honor you made mighty and you are weak