إِذاif أَنتَyou أَقرَرتَyou accepted الظُلامَةَthe injustice لِاِمرِئٍto a man
إِذا أَنتَ أَقرَرتَ الظُلامَةَ لِاِمرِئٍ
رَماكَhe assails you بِأُخرىwith another شَعبُهاits breach مُتَفاقِمُever widening
رَماكَ بِأُخرى شَعبُها مُتَفاقِمُ
If you submit to a man's injustice,
When you decree darkness for a man
He assails you with another, its breach ever widening.
Whose people's plight is ever worsening
فَلاso do not تُبدِshow لِلأَعداءِto the enemies إِلّاexcept خُشونَةًsternness
فَلا تُبدِ لِلأَعداءِ إِلّا خُشونَةً
فَماfor there is no لَكَfor you مِنهُمamong them إِنif تَمَكَّنَhe gains the upper hand راحِمُone who shows mercy
فَما لَكَ مِنهُم إِن تَمَكَّنَ راحِمُ
So show your enemies nothing but sternness;
Show the enemy nothing but roughness
For none of them will show you mercy if he gains the upper hand.
For you'll get no mercy if they gain ascendance
Sol 6.1