أَلاtake heed أَبلِغاyou two, convey عَنّيfrom me حُصَيناًHuṣayn رِسالَةًa message
أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي حُصَيناً رِسالَةً
فَإِنَّكَfor indeed you مَردودٌreturned عَليكto you خلالُكاyour ways
فَإِنَّكَ مَردودٌ عَليك خلالُكا
Take heed, you two: convey a message from me to Huṣayn:
For your ways are returned to you,
كَرَدِّlike the return of الأَداةِthe implement المُستَعارَةِborrowed إِنَّنيindeed I
كَرَدِّ الأَداةِ المُستَعارَةِ إِنَّني
وَصَلتُكَI maintained ties with you حَتّىuntil عادَbecame صَرماًestrangement وِصالُكاyour friendship
وَصَلتُكَ حَتّى عادَ صَرماً وِصالُكا
like the return of a borrowed implement; indeed, I
kept ties with you until your friendship turned to estrangement.
وَكُنتَand you were إِذاwhenever مَدَّتextended يَمينُكَyour right hand ذَرعَهاits reach
وَكُنتَ إِذا مَدَّت يَمينُكَ ذَرعَها
لِتَفعَلَto do خَيراًgood تَعتَقِبهاholds it back شِمالُكاyour left hand
لِتَفعَلَ خَيراً تَعتَقِبها شِمالُكا
And whenever your right hand extended its reach
to do good, your left hand would hold it back.
لِسانُكَyour tongue مَعسولٌhoneyed وَنَفسُكَand your spirit بَشَّةٌcheerful
لِسانُكَ مَعسولٌ وَنَفسُكَ بَشَّةٌ
وَعِندَand at الثُريّاthe Pleiades مِنfrom صَديقِكَyour friend مالُكاyour wealth
وَعِندَ الثُريّا مِن صَديقِكَ مالُكا
Your tongue is honeyed, and your spirit is cheerful,
yet your wealth lies by the Pleiades, far from your friend.
Translation model: Sol 6.1