مَّا الخلى والمسحُ ، إنْ كانَ منَّةً

مَّا الخلى والمسحُ ، إنْ كانَ منَّةً

عليَّ ، فإِنّي غَيرُ خالٍ وماسِحِ

عليَّ ، فإِنّي غَيرُ خالٍ وماسِحِ

As for cutting fodder and grooming, if this is a favor

Neither friendship nor wiping, if it's a favor upon me,

held over me, I am neither fodder-cutter nor groom.

For I am neither a friend nor a wiper.

وأَمَّا مَعاذِيرُ الصَّدِيقِ فإِنَّني

وأَمَّا مَعاذِيرُ الصَّدِيقِ فإِنَّني

سأَبلُغُها ، إِنْ كنتَ لَستَ بفاصِحِ

سأَبلُغُها ، إِنْ كنتَ لَستَ بفاصِحِ

And as for a friend's excuses, I

As for the excuses of a friend, I will convey them,

shall grasp them, even if you cannot speak plainly.

If you are not eloquent.

وذِي مِئرةٍ مِنَ الصَّديقِ اجتنَبتُهُ

وذِي مِئرةٍ مِنَ الصَّديقِ اجتنَبتُهُ

وآخرَ ، قد جاملتهُ وهوَ كاشحُ

وآخرَ ، قد جاملتهُ وهوَ كاشحُ

And one rancorous friend I shunned,

And one with a defect from a friend I avoided him

and another I treated courteously, though he harbored hatred.

And another, I got along with him and he is a conceptor.

تحمَّلتهْ عمداً ، لأفضلَ ، بعدما

تحمَّلتهْ عمداً ، لأفضلَ ، بعدما

بَدَتْ اُبَنٌ في ساقِهِ وقَوادِحُ

بَدَتْ اُبَنٌ في ساقِهِ وقَوادِحُ

I bore with him deliberately, to show nobility, after

I endured him deliberately, for the best, after

knots and wood-borers had appeared in his trunk.

Weakness appeared in his leg and moderators.

ومُهتَزعٍ حالاً ولُؤمَ خَلِيقةٍ

ومُهتَزعٍ حالاً ولُؤمَ خَلِيقةٍ

صَقَعتُ ، بِشَرِّ ، والأَكفُّ لواقِح

صَقَعتُ ، بِشَرِّ ، والأَكفُّ لواقِح

And one broken in fortune and base in character

And a wretched, presently, and sinister nature

I struck harshly, while hands were laden.

I avoided, for evil, and the palms are pollinators.