أَلاHear now! أبلغtell يَزيدَYazid بنَson of الخَليفَةِthe caliph أَنَّنيthat I
أَلا أبلغ يَزيدَ بنَ الخَليفَةِ أَنَّني
لَقيتُI encountered مِنof الظُلمِinjustice الأَغرَّthe white-blazed المحجَّلاthe white-socked
لَقيتُ مِن الظُلمِ الأَغرَّ المحجَّلا
Lo, tell Yazid, the caliph’s son, that I
Hear now! Tell Yazid, son of the caliph, that I
have suffered flagrant injustice—blaze-faced and white-footed.
have encountered the white-blazed, white-socked kind of injustice.
لَقيتُI encountered بقَيّاسٍat Qayyās مِنfrom الأَمرِthe affair شُقَّةًhardship
لَقيتُ بقَيّاسٍ مِن الأَمرِ شُقَّةً
وَيَوماand a day بِجَوٍّat Jaww كانَwas أَعنىmore wearisome وَأَطوَلاand longer
وَيَوما بِجَوٍّ كانَ أَعنى وَأَطوَلا
At Qayyās I met, in this affair, a grievous hardship,
At Qayyās I encountered hardship in the affair,
and at Jaww a day that was more wearisome and longer.
and a day at Jaww that was more wearisome and longer.
Sol 6.1