أَلاwill someone...? مُبلِغٌone who conveys عَنّيfrom me المَهينَthe contemptible اِبنَson of عُروَةٍUrwah
أَلا مُبلِغٌ عَنّي المَهينَ اِبنَ عُروَةٍ
مَقالَةَa message خِلٍّa close friend ذيpossessing وِدادٍaffection وَذيand possessing إِنسِfamiliarity
مَقالَةَ خِلٍّ ذي وِدادٍ وَذي إِنسِ
Will someone convey from me to the contemptible Ibn Urwah
Will not a messenger convey to the ignoble son of 'Urwa
the words of a friend full of affection and familiarity?
The speech of a sincere friend, full of love and intimacy:
أَنِفتَyou took offense وَقَدand already صارَتhad come to be مَعِwith اِبنِكِyour son إِبنَةٌa taste for passive sodomy
أَنِفتَ وَقَد صارَت مَعِ اِبنِكِ إِبنَةٌ
فَمِلتَso you turned عَليهِagainst him بِالعُقوبَةِwith punishment وَالحَبسِand imprisonment
فَمِلتَ عَليهِ بِالعُقوبَةِ وَالحَبسِ
You took offense when your son developed a taste for passive sodomy,
You were averse when your son begot a daughter with his,
so you turned on him with punishment and imprisonment.
So you punished and imprisoned him for it.
مَتىwhen صِرتَyou became تَأبىyou reject لاmay there be no أَباكَfather for you دَنِيَّةًa base act
مَتى صِرتَ تَأبى لا أَباكَ دَنِيَّةً
وَأَنتَand you لَئيمُvile الأَصلِthe root (ancestry) وَالفَرعِand branch (offspring) وَالنَفسِand soul
وَأَنتَ لَئيمُ الأَصلِ وَالفَرعِ وَالنَفسِ
When did you begin to reject baseness—may you have no father—
Since when have you disdained what your own father deemed trivial,
while you are vile in root, branch, and soul?
While you are of despicable origin, lineage, and soul?
وَكَيفَand how كَرِهتَyou hated اليَومَtoday مِنهُin him سَجِيَّةًa disposition
وَكَيفَ كَرِهتَ اليَومَ مِنهُ سَجِيَّةً
وَقَدand yet كُنتَyou used to تَرضاهاyou approved of it لِنَفسِكَfor yourself بِالأَمسِyesterday
وَقَد كُنتَ تَرضاها لِنَفسِكَ بِالأَمسِ
And how could you hate a trait in him today
How could you today abhor from him a trait
that you approved for yourself only yesterday?
That you accepted in yourself yesterday?
Sol 6.1