رأيتُI saw أذاكُمُyour harm وإنِand even if اعتزلتُمyou withdrew
رأيتُ أذاكُمُ وإنِ اعتزلتُم
جَنوباًa south wind تستديرُcircles علىover ذُراهاits crests
جَنوباً تستديرُ على ذُراها
I saw your harm, even if you kept apart,
I saw you all, though you turned away
as a south wind wheeling over its crests.
Shoulders circling like a gazelle at bay
فأماso as for لؤْمكُمْyour baseness عنaway from كلevery خيرٍgood
فأما لؤْمكُمْ عن كل خيرٍ
فعينُthen the eye الفَهْدof the leopard لاdoes not تَقضِيfinish كَراهاits slumber
فعينُ الفَهْد لا تَقضِي كَراها
As for your baseness, aloof from every good,
Though you shun all good and noble ways
it is the leopard's eye, never having its fill of sleep.
The leopard's eye brooks no delay