إذاif ماemphatic particle جمعتمyou agreed on أمركمyour course of action وهممتموand you resolved
إذا ما جمعتم أمركم وهممتمو
بتقديمto present شئٍsomething للوكيلto the Agent ثمينprecious
بتقديم شئٍ للوكيل ثمين
If you have agreed on your course and resolved
If you gather your affairs and intend
to present the Agent with something precious,
To present something precious to the governor
خذواtake حبلrope مشنوقٍa hanged man بغيرwithout جريرةa crime
خذوا حبل مشنوقٍ بغير جريرة
وسروالand trousers مجلودٍa flogged man وقيدand a fetter سجينa prisoner
وسروال مجلودٍ وقيد سجين
take the rope of a man hanged for no crime,
Take a noose without a victim
and the trousers of a flogged man and a prisoner's fetter.
And tanned pants and a prisoner's shackles
ولاand do not تعرضواshow شعريmy poetry عليهto him فحسبهfor it is enough for him
ولا تعرضوا شعري عليه فحسبه
منof الشعرpoetry حكمa sentence خطهhe penned it بيمينwith his right hand
من الشعر حكم خطه بيمين
And do not show him my poetry, for enough for him
But do not present my poetry to him, for he
of poetry is a sentence he penned with his right hand.
Judges poetry by its script with his right hand
ولاand do not تقرأوهrecite it فيin شبردShepheard's بلrather اقرأواrecite
ولا تقرأوه في شبرد بل اقرأوا
علىbefore ملأa gathering منfrom دنشوايDinshaway حزينgrieving
على ملأ من دنشواي حزين
And do not recite it at Shepheard's; rather, recite it
And do not read it in private, rather read
before a grieving gathering from Dinshaway.
Publicly to the sorrowful people of Denmark