مَّاas for الخلىdeceit والمسحُand flattery ، إنْif كانَit was منَّةًa favor
مَّا الخلى والمسحُ ، إنْ كانَ منَّةً
عليَّto me ، فإِنّيfor I غَيرُnot خالٍa deceiver وماسِحِnor a flatterer
عليَّ ، فإِنّي غَيرُ خالٍ وماسِحِ
As for deceit and flattery, if they count as a favor
to me, I am neither a deceiver nor a flatterer.
وأَمَّاand as for مَعاذِيرُexcuses الصَّدِيقِthe friend فإِنَّنيthen I
وأَمَّا مَعاذِيرُ الصَّدِيقِ فإِنَّني
سأَبلُغُهاI shall grasp them ، إِنْif كنتَyou are لَستَyou are not بفاصِحِeloquent
سأَبلُغُها ، إِنْ كنتَ لَستَ بفاصِحِ
And as for a friend's excuses, I
shall grasp them, if you cannot speak plainly.
وذِيand one with مِئرةٍrancor مِنَamong الصَّديقِfriends اجتنَبتُهُI avoided him
وذِي مِئرةٍ مِنَ الصَّديقِ اجتنَبتُهُ
وآخرَand another ، قدindeed جاملتهُI treated him courteously وهوَwhile he was كاشحُsecretly hostile
وآخرَ ، قد جاملتهُ وهوَ كاشحُ
And one harboring rancor among friends I avoided;
another I treated courteously, though he concealed hostility.
تحمَّلتهْI endured him عمداًdeliberately ، لأفضلَto show generosity ، بعدماafter
تحمَّلتهْ عمداً ، لأفضلَ ، بعدما
بَدَتْappeared اُبَنٌwood-knots فيin ساقِهِhis trunk وقَوادِحُand wood-borers
بَدَتْ اُبَنٌ في ساقِهِ وقَوادِحُ
I endured him deliberately, to show generosity, after
knots and wood-borers appeared in his trunk.
ومُهتَزعٍand one unsettled حالاًin circumstance ولُؤمَand baseness of خَلِيقةٍcharacter
ومُهتَزعٍ حالاً ولُؤمَ خَلِيقةٍ
صَقَعتُI struck ، بِشَرِّwith harm ، والأَكفُّwhile the palms لواقِحpregnant
صَقَعتُ ، بِشَرِّ ، والأَكفُّ لواقِح
And one unsettled in fortune and base in character
I struck with harm, while palms were pregnant.