وَمَولىًand an ally عَصانيdisobeyed me وَاِستَبَدَّand acted independently بِرَأيِهِon his own judgment
وَمَولىً عَصاني وَاِستَبَدَّ بِرَأيِهِ
كَماjust as لَمnot يُطَعwas obeyed بِالبَقَّتَينِat al-Baqqatayn قَصيرُQasir
كَما لَم يُطَع بِالبَقَّتَينِ قَصيرُ
And an ally disobeyed me and relied solely on his own judgment,
A rebellious slave who imposed his will
Just as Qasir went unheeded at al-Baqqatayn.
As none were ever obeyed in this trivial land
فَلَمّاso when رَأىhe saw ماwhat غِبُّthe outcome of أَمريmy counsel وَأَمرِهِand his counsel
فَلَمّا رَأى ما غِبُّ أَمري وَأَمرِهِ
وَوَلَّتand departed بِأَعجازِwith the ends of الأُمورِthe affairs صُدورُbeginnings
وَوَلَّت بِأَعجازِ الأُمورِ صُدورُ
So when he saw what came of my counsel and his,
When he saw the strange turns of my affairs and his
And the beginnings of affairs had passed away with their ends,
And how events had turned their backs and fled
تَمَنّىhe wished نَئيشاًbelatedly أَنthat يَكونَhe would have أَطاعَنيobeyed me
تَمَنّى نَئيشاً أَن يَكونَ أَطاعَني
وَقَدand already حَدَثَتhad arisen بَعدَafter الأُمورِthe affairs أُمورُaffairs
وَقَد حَدَثَت بَعدَ الأُمورِ أُمورُ
He wished, too late, that he had obeyed me,
He wished, in anguish, he had obeyed me
Though further affairs had already arisen after those affairs.
For after those events, others occurred