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He saw a flaw in it though we found

رأى فيه عيبا وإن لم نجد

1. He saw a flaw in it though we found
No fault with the meat but its scarcity.

١. رأى فيه عيبا وإن لم نجد
على اللحم عيبا سوى قلته

2. It was the most tender meat I’d seen
And smelled as sweet as musk, essentially.

٢. فقد كان أنضج لحم رأيت
وقد كان كالمسك في نكهته

3. Yet out of stinginess he opened
And closed the windows while it roasted.

٣. ومن بخله تفتح القهوات
وتغلق وهو على شيشته

4. He whiled away the hours of his day
And night with it, in this way.

٤. يقضى بها طرَفي يومه
ويمضى بها طرفي ليلته