إِنَّكَindeed, you لَمdid not تَكُbe كَاِبنِlike the son of الشَريدِal-Sharid
إِنَّكَ لَم تَكُ كَاِبنِ الشَريدِ
وَلَكِنand yet أَبوكَyour father أَبوAbu (father of) سالِمِSalim
وَلَكِن أَبوكَ أَبو سالِمِ
Indeed, you were not like Ibn al-Sharid;
But your father is Abu Salim.
حَمَلتَyou loaded المِئينَthe hundreds وَأَثقالَهاand their burdens
حَمَلتَ المِئينَ وَأَثقالَها
عَلىupon أُذُنَيthe two ears of قُنفُذٍa hedgehog رازِمِcrouching
عَلى أُذُنَي قُنفُذٍ رازِمِ
You loaded the hundreds and their burdens
Upon the two ears of a crouching hedgehog.
وَأَشبَهتَand you resembled جَدَّكَyour grandfather شَرَّthe worst of الجُدوthe forefathers (continued next line)
وَأَشبَهتَ جَدَّكَ شَرَّ الجُدو
دِcompletion of 'forefathers' وَالعِرقُand ancestral blood يَسريflows إِلىto النائِمِthe sleeper
دِ وَالعِرقُ يَسري إِلى النائِمِ
And you resembled your grandfather, the worst of fore-
fathers; and ancestral blood flows to the sleeper.
Sol 6.1