ذَهَبَhave gone الَّذينَthose whom أُحِبُّهُمI love them
ذَهَبَ الَّذينَ أُحِبُّهُم
وَبَقيتُand I have remained فيمَنamong those whom لاnot أَحِبُّهI love him
وَبَقيتُ فيمَن لا أَحِبُّه
Those I love have gone,
and I am left among those I do not love.
فيمَنamong those whom أَراهُI see him يَسُبُّنيhe reviles me
فيمَن أَراهُ يَسُبُّني
ظهرَbehind المَغيبِone's absence وَلاand not أَسُبُّهI revile him
ظهرَ المَغيبِ وَلا أَسُبُّه
Among them is one I see reviling me
behind my back, though I do not revile him.
يَبغيhe seeks فَساديmy ruin ماas much as اِستَطاعَhe can
يَبغي فَسادي ما اِستَطاعَ
وَآمُرُهُand I counsel him مِمّاbecause أَرُبُّهI care for him
وَآمُرُهُ مِمّا أَرُبُّه
He seeks my ruin as much as he can,
yet I counsel him out of care for him.
حَنقاًin rancor يَدُبُّhe creeps إِلىtoward الضرّاharm (continued next line)
حَنقاً يَدُبُّ إِلى الضرّا
ءِ(completes 'harm') وَذاكَand that مِمّاof what لاnot أَدُبُّهI creep toward it
ءِ وَذاكَ مِمّا لا أَدُبُّه
In rancor he creeps toward harm,
and that is something I do not creep toward.
وَيَرىand he sees ذُبابَflies الشَرِّof evil مِنfrom
وَيَرى ذُبابَ الشَرِّ مِن
حَوليaround me يَطِنُّit buzzes وَلاand not يَذُبُّهhe drives it away
حَولي يَطِنُّ وَلا يَذُبُّه
And he sees the flies of evil
buzzing around me, yet does not drive them away.
وَإِذاand when خَباdies down وَغرrancor الصُدوbreasts (continued next line)
وَإِذا خَبا وَغر الصُدو
رِ(completes 'breasts') فَلاthen not يَزالُhe ceases بِهِat it يُشِبُّهhe rekindles it
رِ فَلا يَزالُ بِهِ يُشِبُّه
And when the breasts' rancor dies down,
he keeps at it, rekindling it.
أَفَلاwill he not, then يَعيجُtake heed بِعَقلِهِof his reason
أَفَلا يَعيجُ بِعَقلِهِ
أَفَلاwill not, then يَثوبُreturn إِلَيهِto him لُبُّهhis good sense
أَفَلا يَثوبُ إِلَيهِ لُبُّه
Will he not heed his reason?
Will his good sense not return to him?
أَفَلاdoes he not, then يَرىsee أَنthat فِعلهُhis deed
أَفَلا يَرى أَن فِعلهُ
مِمّاof that which يَسورُrushes إِلَيهِtoward him غبُّهits aftermath
مِمّا يَسورُ إِلَيهِ غبُّه
Does he not see that his deed
is something whose aftermath will assail him?
حَسبيenough for me بِرَبّيis my Lord كافِياًsufficing
حَسبي بِرَبّي كافِياً
ماwhat أَختَشيI fear وَالبَغيُand wrongdoing حَسبُهis enough for him
ما أَختَشي وَالبَغيُ حَسبُه
My Lord suffices me against
what I fear; wrongdoing is enough for him.
وَلَعَلَّand perhaps مَنwhoever يَبغيacts wrongfully عَلَيagainst (continued next line)
وَلَعَلَّ مَن يَبغي عَلَي
هِhim فَماthen not كَفاهُhas sufficed him اللَهُGod رَبُّهhis Lord
هِ فَما كَفاهُ اللَهُ رَبُّه
And perhaps whoever transgresses against
him—God, his Lord, has not sufficed him.
Translation model: Sol 6.1