الموت دون إساءة الأخلاق

الموت دون إساءة الأخلاق

عندي وإخلاص القلوب وفاقي

عندي وإخلاص القلوب وفاقي

Death is preferable to the debasement of character,

Death without moral decay

In my eyes; sincerity of hearts accords with me.

I have sincerity in my hearts and concord

اني وان رفع الزمان عناءه

اني وان رفع الزمان عناءه

لي ما أرى التغيير من أخلاقي

لي ما أرى التغيير من أخلاقي

Indeed, even if time increases its hardship

If time has lifted its troubles from me

For me, I see no change in my character.

I see no change in my morals

راكابد الزمن الخؤون وجيشه

راكابد الزمن الخؤون وجيشه

وأصول صول الفارس السَّباق

وأصول صول الفارس السَّباق

I struggle against treacherous time and its army,

I withstand the sorrows of time and its army

And I charge with the charge of the foremost horseman.

And the charging of the swift knight

وأمرٌ في بسط الحقيقة والوفا

وأمرٌ في بسط الحقيقة والوفا

وامتع الميل الونا بطلاق

وامتع الميل الونا بطلاق

And a matter of spreading truth and fidelity,

A matter in extending the truth and loyalty

And I give inclination and languor pleasure through divorce [wording unclear].

And the inclination of passion with ease

وأكبّر القِرن العظيم لعزمِه

وأكبّر القِرن العظيم لعزمِه

في القول والافعال والأوراقِ

في القول والافعال والأوراقِ

And I esteem the mighty adversary for his resolve,

And I glorify the great generation for its determination

In speech, deeds, and writings.

In words, deeds and papers

وأرى الجري مصغّرا ولو أنَّها

وأرى الجري مصغّرا ولو أنَّها

تنمى اليه عوامر الآفاق

تنمى اليه عوامر الآفاق

And I see the bold man as small, even though

And I see degradation as small even if

The inhabited regions of the horizons are ascribed to him.

The horizons of the world grow towards it

كاتبت عبدالواحد البدر الذي

كاتبت عبدالواحد البدر الذي

منح العبيد حلاوة الإعتاق

منح العبيد حلاوة الإعتاق

I wrote to Abd al-Wahid, the full moon who

The writer is Abdelwahid Al Badr who

Granted slaves the sweetness of emancipation.

Gave the slaves the sweetness of liberation

ورأيت ان مديحه فرض على

ورأيت ان مديحه فرض على

من رام مدحي أو اراد شقاقي

من رام مدحي أو اراد شقاقي

And I considered praising him a duty incumbent upon

And I saw that praising him is an obligation

Whoever sought my praise or wished to quarrel with me.

On whoever desires my praise or intends my defiance

فأجاب بالإغضاء عين والجفا

فأجاب بالإغضاء عين والجفا

والميل والنسيان والإطراق

والميل والنسيان والإطراق

So he answered with an averted eye and coldness,

So he answered with averting the eye and aloofness

And turning aside, forgetfulness, and a bowed head.

And inclination, forgetfulness and evasion

ورأى الجواب وحتمه ولزومه

ورأى الجواب وحتمه ولزومه

مثل المباح فما لنا من باقي

مثل المباح فما لنا من باقي

And he regarded a reply, its necessity and its binding force,

And he saw the answer, its certainty and necessity

As something optional; so nothing remains for us.

Like the permissible so we have nothing left

الله يعلم ما كتبت لصاحبٍ

الله يعلم ما كتبت لصاحبٍ

ولقيته يوم اللقا بعناق

ولقيته يوم اللقا بعناق

God knows I did not write to a friend

God knows what I wrote to a companion

And meet him with an embrace on the day we met,

And met him on the day of embrace

من أجل اغراض به وماربٍ

من أجل اغراض به وماربٍ

بل للثنا وقرارة الآماقِ

بل للثنا وقرارة الآماقِ

For purposes pursued through him and personal ends,

Not for ulterior motives or war with him

But for praise and the comfort of the eyes,

But for praise and the agony of oppression

ايضا وسبقِ حقوقه وخصالهِ

ايضا وسبقِ حقوقه وخصالهِ

وفعالِه ومقالِه المصداق

وفعالِه ومقالِه المصداق

And also for his prior claims and his virtues,

Also for preceding his rights and merits

And his deeds and his truthful speech.

And his acts and sayings of truth

فالمرء مهما عَدَّ حسن مقاله

فالمرء مهما عَدَّ حسن مقاله

شكراً لحسن صنيعة السّباق

شكراً لحسن صنيعة السّباق

For a man, however much he reckons his speech's beauty,

So no matter how excellent one counts his words

In thanks for the fine kindness of the foremost,

Thanks for the good deed of the swift one

لا غَروَ ان فعاله لحميدة

لا غَروَ ان فعاله لحميدة

موصوفة بمحاسن الاشفاق

موصوفة بمحاسن الاشفاق

No wonder his deeds are indeed praiseworthy,

It is no wonder that his acts are praiseworthy

Marked by the beauties of compassion.

Described with the virtues of compassion