ألاtake heed لاdo not تصِدْنيensnare me بإطماعةٍwith an enticement
ألا لا تصِدْني بإطماعةٍ
فلستُfor I am not علىin طمعٍhope of gain مقبلاcoming forward
فلستُ على طمعٍ مقبلا
Take heed: do not ensnare me with an enticement,
Do not try to entice me with greed
for I do not come forward in hope of gain.
For I do not incline towards greed
فإنّيَfor I ممّنْone of those who إِذاwhen سمتَهyou demand of him
فإنّيَ ممّنْ إِذا سمتَه
قبيحاًa shameful deed يُذَمُّhe is blamed بهfor it قالhe says لاno
قبيحاً يُذَمُّ به قال لا
For I am among those who, when you demand of them
I am of those who if you attribute
a shameful deed that brings them blame, say 'No.'
Something ugly to him, says no
وماand not ليَfor me فيin الذّلِّhumiliation منany موطنٍdwelling
وما ليَ في الذّلِّ من موطنٍ
ولاnor أجعلI make الفُحشَindecency ليfor me منزلاa dwelling
ولا أجعل الفُحشَ لي منزلا
And I have no dwelling in humiliation,
I have no place for humiliation
nor do I make indecency my abode.
Nor make debauchery my abode
ومُرٍّand something bitter بلاwithout دَنَسٍstain أصطفيهI choose it
ومُرٍّ بلا دَنَسٍ أصطفيه
علىover ماwhat بهin it دَنسٌa stain إِنْeven if حَلاit is sweet
على ما به دَنسٌ إِنْ حَلا
And I choose what is bitter yet unstained
And bitter without blemish I choose
over what is stained, even if it is sweet.
Over that which with blemish adorns
أُصيبتْwere struck مقاتلُvital spots كلّall الرّجالthe men
أُصيبتْ مقاتلُ كلّ الرّجال
وماyet not أنemphatic particle أصابواthey struck لِيَof mine المقتَلاthe vital spot
وما أن أصابوا لِيَ المقتَلا
The vital spots of all men have been struck,
The warriors of all men are stricken
yet they have not struck my vital spot.
And not that they inflict me with death
وكمand how often ذاemphatic particle فرجتُI relieved لهمْfor them ضيّقاًa hardship
وكم ذا فرجتُ لهمْ ضيّقاً
وكمand how often ذاemphatic particle كفيتُI handled لهمْfor them مُعضِلاa thorny problem
وكم ذا كفيتُ لهمْ مُعضِلا
And how often I have relieved a hardship for them,
And how many a strait I unfasten for them
and how often I have handled a thorny problem for them!
And how many a knot I untie
Sol 6.1