يَقِلُّis too little لَهُfor him القِيامُstanding عَلىon الرُؤوسِthe heads
يَقِلُّ لَهُ القِيامُ عَلى الرُؤوسِ
وَبَذلُand offering المُكرَماتِthe honored ones مِنَof النُفوسِthe souls
وَبَذلُ المُكرَماتِ مِنَ النُفوسِ
Standing on heads is too little for him,
Standing tall is hard for one
For him, to stand upon heads is too slight a tribute,
As is the offering of honored souls.
Whose soul generosity shuns
As is the sacrifice of the soul's most noble treasures.
إِذاif خانَتهُbetrayed him فيon يَومٍa day ضَحوكٍsmiling
إِذا خانَتهُ في يَومٍ ضَحوكٍ
فَكَيفَthen how تَكونُwill be فيon يَومٍa day عَبوسِfrowning
فَكَيفَ تَكونُ في يَومٍ عَبوسِ
If they betray him on a smiling day,
If in bright hours he betrays
If they betray him on a day of smiling laughter,
How, then, will they be on a frowning day?
Imagine then his somber days
How will they be on a day of frowning doom?
Sol 6.1