ياAh رُبhow many ضيفانguests قومa people جلدthe skin of هامتهhis pate
يا رُب ضيفان قوم جلد هامته
جلدtough علىagainst الطارقthe caller الطاريthe newly arrived منof الأدمhides; leather
جلد على الطارق الطاري من الأدم
Ah, many a host to his clan’s guests has a hard pate—
Ah, how many guests a people have! The skin of his pate
hide-hard toward the newest caller, leather made from skins.
Is a tough hide against the caller who arrives.
إذاwhen رأىhe sees الدلوَthe bucket فوقabove الرأسthe head أنشدهhe recites to it
إذا رأى الدلوَ فوق الرأس أنشده
ضيفٌa guest ألمّalighted برأسيupon my head غيرnot محتشمmodest; restrained
ضيفٌ ألمّ برأسي غير محتشم
Whenever he saw the bucket above his head, he would declaim:
When he sees the bucket above his head, he recites to it:
“A guest has dropped in on my head, utterly unabashed.”
“A guest has alighted upon my head, unabashed.”
Sol 6.1