رُبَّ ذنبٍ ينمِي على العُذرِ حَتَّى
يُبصِرُ الاحتياج عنه يشينُه
Many a fault grows beyond all excuse, until
Many a fault grows with the excuse, until
one sees that needing to excuse it disgraces it.
one sees that the need to plead for it disgraces it.
كمقال الجرئِ يَزدَادُ قُبحاً
كُلَّما ازدادَ مُنهمُ تَحسينُه
Like the brazen man’s assertion, it grows uglier
Like a brazen man's utterance, which grows uglier
the more they try to improve it.
the more they embellish it.
جملةُ القولِ أن مثلَك لا
يمكنُ في مثلِ دهرِنا تكويُنه
In sum: one such as you
In short, someone like you cannot
cannot be brought into being in an age like ours.
be created in an age like ours.
Sol 6.1