دَعاcalled out الأَخطَلُal-Akhtal المَلهوفَthe distressed one بِالشَرِّby misfortune دَعوَةًa call
دَعا الأَخطَلُ المَلهوفَ بِالشَرِّ دَعوَةً
فَأَيُّand what a مُجيبٍresponder كُنتُI was لَمّاwhen دَعانِياhe called me
فَأَيُّ مُجيبٍ كُنتُ لَمّا دَعانِيا
Al-Akhtal, stricken by misfortune, cried out;
The reckless reveler called to me urgently
and what a responder I was when he called me!
Yet whose call could I heed when summoned thus?
فَفَرَّجَso relieved عَنهُfrom him مَشهَدَthe assembly القَومِof the people مَشهَديmy presence
فَفَرَّجَ عَنهُ مَشهَدَ القَومِ مَشهَدي
وَأَلسِنَةُand the tongues اللواشينَof the slanderers عَنهُfrom him لِسانِياmy tongue
وَأَلسِنَةُ اللواشينَ عَنهُ لِسانِيا
My presence delivered him from the people's assembly,
So with my presence I alleviated his plight
and my tongue delivered him from the slanderers' tongues.
And with my tongue I stilled the gossips’ fuss
Sol 6.1