أأتركshall I abandon? إنif قلتdwindled دراهمdirhams خالدKhalid
أأترك إن قلت دراهم خالد
زيارتهvisiting him إنيindeed I إذاًthen للئيمsurely base
زيارته إني إذاً للئيم
Shall I abandon—if Khalid's dirhams dwindle—
Shall I abandon Khalid if he said dirhams
Visiting him? I would then indeed be base.
His visit I would then be ignoble
وقدand indeed يسلعimpoverishes المرءthe man الكريمgenerous اصطناعهhis beneficence
وقد يسلع المرء الكريم اصطناعه
ويعتلand falters نقدready money المرءof the man وهوwhile he كريمgenerous
ويعتل نقد المرء وهو كريم
A generous man's beneficence may indeed impoverish him,
And a noble man may feign to be kind
And a man's ready money may falter, though he remains generous.
And a man's money runs low though he's noble
فتىa youth واسطof noble standing فيamong ابنيthe two sons of نزارNizar محببbeloved
فتى واسط في ابني نزار محبب
الىto ابنيthe two sons of نزارNizar فيin الخطوبcalamities عميمbountiful to all
الى ابني نزار في الخطوب عميم
A youth of noble standing among Nizar's two sons, beloved
A lad of Wāsiṭ is ibn Nizar beloved
By Nizar's two sons, with bounty for all in times of trouble.
To ibn Nizar among fiances bountiful
فليتso would that ببرديهin his two cloaks لناours كانwere خالدKhalid
فليت ببرديه لنا كان خالد
وكانand were لبكرBakr's فيin الثراءwealth تميمTamim
وكان لبكر في الثراء تميم
Would that Khalid, in his two cloaks, were ours,
Would that in his wealth for us were Khalid
And Tamim, with its wealth, were Bakr's.
And to Bakr in riches were Tameem
فيصبحthen would be فيناamong us سابقa winning racer متمهلunhurried
فيصبح فينا سابق متمهل
ويصبحand would be فيamong بكرBakr أغمshaggy-browed بهيمunmarked
ويصبح في بكر أغم بهيم
Then among us would be a winning racer, though unhurried,
Then among us would be a slow pace-setter
And among Bakr a shaggy-browed, unmarked one.
And in Bakr a beast heavy and dull