أَتانيcame to me بِإِسنادِهِwith his chain of transmission مُخبِرٌan informant
أَتاني بِإِسنادِهِ مُخبِرٌ
وَقَدand already بانَbecame clear ليto me كَذبُfalsehood الناقِلِthe transmitter
وَقَد بانَ لي كَذبُ الناقِلِ
An informant came to me with his chain of transmission,
though the transmitter’s falsehood had become clear to me.
أَذوis one endowed with العِصمَةِinfallibility العاقِلُrational الآدَميُّthe human
أَذو العِصمَةِ العاقِلُ الآدَميُّ
إِلّاanything but كَذيlike one possessing العُصمَةِwhite foreleg markings العاقِلِseeking refuge in the mountains
إِلّا كَذي العُصمَةِ العاقِلِ
Is the rational human, endowed with infallibility,
anything but like the white-forelegged ibex seeking refuge on high?
وَلاand there is no فَضلَmerit فيناin us وَلَكِنَّهاand yet they are
وَلا فَضلَ فينا وَلَكِنَّها
حُظوظٌshares of fortune مِنَfrom الفَلَكِthe celestial sphere الصاقِلِthe burnishing one
حُظوظٌ مِنَ الفَلَكِ الصاقِلِ
There is no merit in us; these are only
shares of fortune from the burnishing celestial sphere.
فَهَذاso this one كَسَحبانَlike Sahban لَمّاwhen اِحتَبىhe sat clasping his raised knees
فَهَذا كَسَحبانَ لَمّا اِحتَبى
وَذَلِكَand that one فيin سَمَلَيthe two threadbare garments of باقِلِBaqil
وَذَلِكَ في سَمَلَي باقِلِ
So this one is like Sahban when he sat clasping his knees,
and that one is in Baqil’s two threadbare garments.