لَحَىmay curse اللّهُGod أيَّاماًdays تُعادِيoppose أُولِيpossessors of النُّهَىreason
لَحَى اللّهُ أيَّاماً تُعادِي أُولِي النُّهَى
وتُسْعِفُand aid لُؤْماًout of baseness كلَّevery غُفْلِperson devoid of المَناقِبِmerits
وتُسْعِفُ لُؤْماً كلَّ غُفْلِ المَناقِبِ
May God curse days that oppose the wise,
God has prolonged days that oppose the virtuous
And basely aid everyone devoid of merit.
And assist the base in their heedlessness
تُقدِّمgive precedence to فيهنَّin them الصِّغارَlesser men كأنهمas though they
تُقدِّم فيهنَّ الصِّغارَ كأنهم
إذاwhen ذُكرِواthey are mentioned عَقْدَfolding for counting الْبَنانِthe fingers لِحَاسِبِfor a reckoner
إذا ذُكرِوا عَقْدَ الْبَنانِ لِحَاسِبِ
In them, lesser men are put first, as though,
In them, small men are promoted as if they were
when mentioned, they were a reckoner’s count on his fingers.
The strung pearls of an accountant
Sol 6.1