نبَحَتنيbarked at me الكِلابُthe dogs منfrom كلِّevery سوقٍmarketplace
نبَحَتني الكِلابُ من كلِّ سوقٍ
فَلِماذاso why وليسَand there are not عِنديin my possession عراقُbones
فَلِماذا وليسَ عِندي عراقُ
The dogs barked at me from every marketplace.
But why, when I have no bones?
كَمhow often أَقولُI say اخسَأواbegone, all of you فَلاyet not يَنفَعُavails القَوthe speech (first part)
كَم أَقولُ اخسَأوا فَلا يَنفَعُ القَو
لُcompletion of 'speech' أَضاقَتhave become cramped? عليهمُfor them الأَسواقُthe marketplaces
لُ أَضاقَت عليهمُ الأَسواقُ
How often I say, 'Begone!'—yet speech is of no use;
have the marketplaces grown too cramped for them?
Sol 6.1