وَماand not وَقىprotected اِبنُكَyour son عَبدُAbd (servant) اللَهِAllah (God) أَينُقَهُhis she-camels
وَما وَقى اِبنُكَ عَبدُ اللَهِ أَينُقَهُ
لَمّاwhen اِطَّلَعتَyou looked عَلَيهاat them فيin مَراعيهاtheir pastures
لَمّا اِطَّلَعتَ عَلَيها في مَراعيها
Your son ʿAbd Allah did not shield his she-camels
Nor did your son Abdullah save his she-camels
when you came upon them in their grazing grounds.
When you caught sight of them in their pastures.
هاbehold فيin حِماهُhis protected pasture وَهيَwhile they سارِحَةٌgrazing freely
ها في حِماهُ وَهيَ سارِحَةٌ
مِثلَlike القُصورِthe palaces قَدِindeed اِهتَزَّتswayed أَعاليهاtheir lofty tops
مِثلَ القُصورِ قَدِ اِهتَزَّت أَعاليها
There they were in his preserve, ranging freely,
Behold them in his protected pasture, grazing freely,
like palaces, their lofty tops swaying.
Like palaces, with their lofty tops swaying.
فَقُلتَso you said ماnot كانَwould have عَبدُAbd (servant) اللَهِAllah (God) يُشبِعُهاfed them fully
فَقُلتَ ما كانَ عَبدُ اللَهِ يُشبِعُها
لَوif لَمnot يَكُنhe had been وَلَديmy son أَوor كانَwould have يُرويهاquenched their thirst
لَو لَم يَكُن وَلَدي أَو كانَ يُرويها
Then you said: “ʿAbd Allah could never have fattened them so
So you said: Abdullah would not have fed them fully
had he not been my son—even if he himself gave them drink.
Had he not been my son, nor would he have quenched their thirst.
قَدِindeed اِستَعانَhe sought help بِجاهيthrough my influence فيin تِجارَتِهِhis trade
قَدِ اِستَعانَ بِجاهي في تِجارَتِهِ
وَباتَand kept on بِاِسمِin the name of أَبيAbu (father of) حَفصٍHafs يُنَمّيهاexpanding it
وَباتَ بِاِسمِ أَبي حَفصٍ يُنَمّيها
He sought the aid of my prestige in his trading,
He has drawn on my influence in his trade,
and, through the name Abu Hafs, kept multiplying them.
And kept expanding it in Abu Hafs's name.
رُدّواreturn النِياقَthe she-camels لِبَيتِto the house of المالِwealth إِنَّindeed لَهُit has
رُدّوا النِياقَ لِبَيتِ المالِ إِنَّ لَهُ
حَقَّa right to الزِيادَةِthe increase فيهاin them قَبلَbefore شاريهاtheir purchaser
حَقَّ الزِيادَةِ فيها قَبلَ شاريها
Return the she-camels to the public treasury, for it
Return the she-camels to the public treasury, for it has
has a right to their increase before their purchaser.”
A claim to their increase before their purchaser does.
وَهَذِهِand this خُطَّةٌa policy لِلَّهِfor God (in praise) واضِعُهاits deviser
وَهَذِهِ خُطَّةٌ لِلَّهِ واضِعُها
رَدَّتrestored حُقوقاًrights فَأَغنَتand so enriched مُستَميحيهاthose seeking its bounty
رَدَّت حُقوقاً فَأَغنَت مُستَميحيها
This is a policy whose framer is devoted to God;
And this is a policy—God bless its deviser—
it restored rights and enriched those who sought its bounty.
That restored rights and so enriched those seeking its bounty.
ماnot الاِشتِراكِيَّةُsocialism المَنشودُsought-after جانِبُهاits realm
ما الاِشتِراكِيَّةُ المَنشودُ جانِبُها
بَينَamong الوَرىhumankind غَيرَother than مَبنىًan edifice مِنof مَبانيهاits edifices
بَينَ الوَرى غَيرَ مَبنىً مِن مَبانيها
What is socialism, whose cause is so sought
Socialism, whose realm is sought
among humankind, but one edifice among this policy’s edifices?
Among humankind, is but one edifice among its edifices.
فَإِنso if نَكُنwe are نَحنُwe ourselves أَهليهاits people وَمَنبِتَهاand its birthplace
فَإِن نَكُن نَحنُ أَهليها وَمَنبِتَها
فَإِنَّهُمthen indeed they عَرَفوهاthey knew it قَبلَbefore أَهليهاits people
فَإِنَّهُم عَرَفوها قَبلَ أَهليها
And if we are its people and the soil from which it sprang,
So if we ourselves are its people and its birthplace,
they knew it before its own people did.
They indeed knew it before its own people did.
