غَضِبَgrew angry الأَحمَقُthe fool إِذwhen مازَحتُهُI teased him
غَضِبَ الأَحمَقُ إِذ مازَحتُهُ
كَيفَwhat then لَوif كُنّاwe had ذَكَرناwe mentioned المَمرَغَهal-Mamraghah (literally, the wallowing-place)
كَيفَ لَو كُنّا ذَكَرنا المَمرَغَه
The fool grew angry when I teased him.
The fool was angered when I jested with him,
What if we had mentioned al-Mamraghah,
How would it have been if we had mentioned the mop,
أَوor ذَكَرناwe mentioned أَنَّهُthat he لاعَبَهاplayed with her
أَو ذَكَرنا أَنَّهُ لاعَبَها
لُعبَةَa game الجِدِّseriousness بِمَزحِwith the jest of الدَّغدَغَهtickling
لُعبَةَ الجِدِّ بِمَزحِ الدَّغدَغَه
or mentioned that he had played with her,
Or mentioned that he was playing with it,
an earnest game with tickling in jest?
The game of seriousness with the jest of tickling.
سَوَّدَmay blacken اللَهُGod بِخَمسٍwith five وَجهَهُhis face
سَوَّدَ اللَهُ بِخَمسٍ وَجهَهُ
دُغُنٍdark ones أَمثالِlike طينِmud الرَدَغَهthe mire
دُغُنٍ أَمثالِ طينِ الرَدَغَه
May God blacken his face with five
May God blacken his face with five marks,
dark things, like the mud of a mire:
The likes of muddy clay of lizard holes,
خُنفُساوانِtwo beetles وَبِنتاand two daughters of جُعَلٍa dung beetle
خُنفُساوانِ وَبِنتا جُعَلٍ
وَالَّتيand the one that تَفتَرُّgrins عَنهاrevealing it وَزَغَهa gecko
وَالَّتي تَفتَرُّ عَنها وَزَغَه
two beetles and two daughters of a dung beetle,
With flat noses and daughters of toads,
and the one a gecko reveals when it grins.
And those from whom frogs burst out.
يَكسِرُbreaks the meter of الشِعرَthe verse وَإِنand if عاتَبتَهُyou reproach him
يَكسِرُ الشِعرَ وَإِن عاتَبتَهُ
فيin مَجالٍa forum قالَhe says هذاthis فيin اللُغَهthe language
في مَجالٍ قالَ هذا في اللُغَه
He breaks the meter of verse, and if you reproach him
He criticizes poetry even if you admonish him,
in a forum, he says, 'This is in the language.'
In a field he says this is linguistics.
Sol 6.1