ياO خالدKhalid بنson of الخالداتِthe everlasting ones مَخازياًdisgraces
يا خالد بن الخالداتِ مَخازياً
ماas long as دامremains فوقَabove الأرضِthe earth ظلُّshadow سماءِsky
ما دام فوقَ الأرضِ ظلُّ سماءِ
O Khalid, son of those whose disgraces endure,
As long as the sky's shadow remains above the earth.
للَّهto God دَرُّكَyour excellence أيُّwhat a صاحبِmaster of حيلةٍa stratagem
للَّه دَرُّكَ أيُّ صاحبِ حيلةٍ
أصبحتَyou have become فيهاin it واحدَone of الحكماءِthe sages
أصبحتَ فيها واحدَ الحكماءِ
God bless you—what a master of cunning!
In this, you have become one of the sages.
لماwhen غداbecame العارُthe disgrace الذيwhich سُرْبِلْتَهُyou were clothed in it
لما غدا العارُ الذي سُرْبِلْتَهُ
أحدوثةَthe talk of الرُّكبانِthe riders والأَمْلاءِand the assemblies
أحدوثةَ الرُّكبانِ والأَمْلاءِ
When the disgrace in which you were clothed became
The talk of riders and assemblies,
عرَّضْتَyou exposed للشعراءِto the poets عرضَكyour honor عامِداًdeliberately
عرَّضْتَ للشعراءِ عرضَك عامِداً
كَيْماso that يُقالَit might be said تَكذُّبُthe fabrication of الشعراءِthe poets
كَيْما يُقالَ تَكذُّبُ الشعراءِ
You deliberately exposed your honor to the poets,
So that it might be called the poets' fabrication.
لاdo not يُعجبنَّكplease you ماwhat صنعتَyou have done فإنماfor only
لا يُعجبنَّك ما صنعتَ فإنما
داويتَyou treated داءَكyour ailment ياO شقيُّwretch بداءِwith an ailment
داويتَ داءَك يا شقيُّ بداءِ
Do not be pleased with what you have done, for you have only
Treated your ailment, O wretch, with another ailment.
Translation model: Sol 6.1