إِنَّindeed الخَضيبَthe man who dyes himself أَقَلُّthe least ماwhat يُبلىhe is afflicted بِهِwith it
إِنَّ الخَضيبَ أَقَلُّ ما يُبلى بِهِ
أَلّاthat ... not يَزالُhe ceases مُسَوَّدَblackened الأَطرافِthe extremities
أَلّا يَزالُ مُسَوَّدَ الأَطرافِ
Indeed, the least affliction of one who dyes himself
Is that his extremities are forever blackened.
فَدَعِso abandon الخِضابَthe dye فَلَيسَfor ... is not قيمَةُthe worth لَونِهِits color
فَدَعِ الخِضابَ فَلَيسَ قيمَةُ لَونِهِ
أَنthat يُترَكَbe left العَطّارُthe perfumer كَالإِسكافيlike the cobbler
أَن يُترَكَ العَطّارُ كَالإِسكافي
So abandon dye: its color is not worth
Leaving the perfumer like a cobbler.