ياO صاحبpossessor of الجهلthe ignorance المركَّبْcompounded
يا صاحب الجهل المركَّبْ
وبجهلهand through his ignorance عنيaway from me تنكَّبْhe turned aside
وبجهله عني تنكَّبْ
O possessor of compounded ignorance,
and through his ignorance he turned away from me.
لمdid not يدرنيknow me ويظننيand he thinks me
لم يدرني ويظنني
أناI مثلهlike him وعلىand upon (possibly: against me) هكَّبْassailed (uncertain)
أنا مثله وعلى هكَّبْ
He did not know me, yet thinks
that I am like him; and he assailed me [reading uncertain].
أخفتhid كماليmy perfection نارهhis fire
أخفت كمالي ناره
عنهfrom him فدخنso he smoked ليtoward me وعكَّبْand billowed
عنه فدخن لي وعكَّبْ
His fire hid my perfection
from him; so he smoked at me and billowed.
وبزعمهand according to his claim حرناwe were bewildered (uncertain reading) علىover الدthe… (fragment of 'the tears')
وبزعمه حرنا على الد
دمعtears قطَّرَهُhe made it drip وسكَّبْand poured forth
دمع قطَّرَهُ وسكَّبْ
And, he claims, we were bewildered over the
tears he made drip and poured forth.
لاno والذيby the One who هوHe عالمknows
لا والذي هو عالم
بيme كلall ذاthis زورٌfalsehood تركَّبْwas pieced together
بي كل ذا زورٌ تركَّبْ
No—by Him who knows
me, all this is falsehood pieced together.
يدريhe knows وينكرand he denies حالتيmy state
يدري وينكر حالتي
وعليand against me بالطغيانwith tyranny وكَّبْbore down (uncertain)
وعلي بالطغيان وكَّبْ
He knows, yet denies my state,
and bore down on me with tyranny [verb uncertain].
Translation model: Sol 6.1