فَقُلتُ لَهُ كَلَّفَتني فَوقَ صَنعَتي

فَقُلتُ لَهُ كَلَّفَتني فَوقَ صَنعَتي

كَما قَلَّدوا فَصلَ القَضاءِ يُخامِرا

كَما قَلَّدوا فَصلَ القَضاءِ يُخامِرا

So I told him, “You have tasked me beyond my craft,

I said to him, "You have burdened me beyond my capacity,

just as they entrusted Yukhāmir with passing judgment.”

As they burdened the judge with responsibilities.

فَأَصبَحَ قَد حارَت بِهِ طُرقُ الهَوى

فَأَصبَحَ قَد حارَت بِهِ طُرقُ الهَوى

يُكابِدُ لُجِيّاً مِنَ البَحرِ زاخِرا

يُكابِدُ لُجِيّاً مِنَ البَحرِ زاخِرا

So he became bewildered amid the paths of caprice,

So he became perplexed by the paths of passion,

struggling with a deep, surging expanse of the sea.

Battling the sea's tumultuous waves.

فَقُلتُ لَو اِستَعفَيتَ مِنها فَقالَ لي

فَقُلتُ لَو اِستَعفَيتَ مِنها فَقالَ لي

سَأَفضَحُ ما قَد كانَ مِنكَ مُغايِرا

سَأَفضَحُ ما قَد كانَ مِنكَ مُغايِرا

So I said, “If only you sought release from it!” He told me,

I said, 'If you resigned from this, he said to me,

“I shall expose whatever you have done amiss.”

'I will expose what was concealed from you.'

فَقُلتُ لَهُ رَأسَ الفُضوحِ إِقامَةً

فَقُلتُ لَهُ رَأسَ الفُضوحِ إِقامَةً

عَلَينا كَذا مِن غَيرِ عِلمٍ مُكابِرا

عَلَينا كَذا مِن غَيرِ عِلمٍ مُكابِرا

So I told him, “The height of disgrace is your remaining

So I said to him, 'To carry on so without knowledge

over us like this, without knowledge, stubbornly defiant,

Is to bring scandal upon us.'

وَخَبطُكَ في دينِ الإِلَهِ عَلى عَمىً

وَخَبطُكَ في دينِ الإِلَهِ عَلى عَمىً

خِباطَةِ سِكرانِ تَكَلَّمَ سادِرا

خِباطَةِ سِكرانِ تَكَلَّمَ سادِرا

and your blind blundering in God’s religion—

And your stumbling blindly in the faith of God

like the blundering of a drunkard who spoke heedlessly.

Is like a drunk man babbling nonsense.

فَلَن تَحمِلَ الصخر الذُبابُ وَلَن تَرى السْ

فَلَن تَحمِلَ الصخر الذُبابُ وَلَن تَرى السْ

سلاحِفُ يُزجينَ السَفينَ المَواخِرا

سلاحِفُ يُزجينَ السَفينَ المَواخِرا

For flies will never carry rocks, nor will you see the

A fly cannot carry a boulder, nor will

tortoises propelling the ships that cleave the waves.”

Turtles chase down ships under full sail."