سَمحْتُ بَيْعاً لِمَمْلُوكٍ يُعانِدُني

سَمحْتُ بَيْعاً لِمَمْلُوكٍ يُعانِدُني

وَلَوْ تَعدَّى عِنَادِي ما تَعدَّاني

وَلَوْ تَعدَّى عِنَادِي ما تَعدَّاني

I agreed to sell a slave who defies me.

I allowed the sale of a slave who defies me

And had he ceased defying me, he would not have left me.

Even if his defiance exceeded mine, it would not exceed me

قالُوا أَيُنْسَبُ لِلْعِلانِ قُلْتَ لَهُمْ

قالُوا أَيُنْسَبُ لِلْعِلانِ قُلْتَ لَهُمْ

مَا كُنْتُ بائِعَهُ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَّاني

مَا كُنْتُ بائِعَهُ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَّاني

They asked, “Is he of the Alans?” You said to them:

They said, does he belong to the open minded? I said to them

“I would not have sold him had he raised me up.”

I would not have sold him if he had enlightened me