فتىًa young man لماwhen رأىhe saw الأنسابَlineages عزّاًhonor
فتىً لما رأى الأنسابَ عزّاً
تناولِhe claimed غيرَother than نسبةِthe lineage of والديهِhis parents
تناولِ غيرَ نسبةِ والديهِ
A young man, when he saw honor in ancestry,
claimed a lineage other than that of his parents.
ويَرضىand he is pleased أنthat يقالit be said لهto him شريفٌnoble
ويَرضى أن يقال له شريفٌ
ومنand who يرضىis pleased إذاwhen اكذبواthey lied عليهabout him
ومن يرضى إذا اكذبوا عليه
And he is pleased to be called noble—
but who is pleased when they lie about him?