لاdo not تَقبَلَنَّever accept الشِعرَpoetry ثُمَّthen تَعُقُهُspurn it
لا تَقبَلَنَّ الشِعرَ ثُمَّ تَعُقُهُ
وَتَنامُand you sleep وَالشُعَراءُwhile the poets غَيرُnot نَيامِasleep
وَتَنامُ وَالشُعَراءُ غَيرُ نَيامِ
Do not accept poetry and then spurn it,
and sleep while the poets are awake.
وَاِعلَمand know بِأَنَّهُمthat they إِذاif لَمnot يُنصَفواare treated justly
وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّهُم إِذا لَم يُنصَفوا
حَكَمواthey pass judgment لِأَنفُسِهِمin their own favor عَلىagainst الحُكَّامِthe rulers
حَكَموا لِأَنفُسِهِم عَلى الحُكَّامِ
And know that, if they are not treated justly,
they pass judgment in their own favor against the rulers.
وَجِنايَةُand the offense الجانيthe wrongdoer عَلَيهِمagainst them تَنقَضيcomes to an end
وَجِنايَةُ الجاني عَلَيهِم تَنقَضي
وَعِتابُهُمand their reproach يَبقىendures عَلىthroughout الأَيّامِthe days
وَعِتابُهُم يَبقى عَلى الأَيّامِ
The wrongdoer's offense against them comes to an end,
but their reproach endures through the ages.
Translation model: Sol 6.1