ألاAh! اقْبحhow vile! بدهلكَDahlak منas بلدةa town
ألا اقْبح بدهلكَ من بلدة
فكلُّfor every امرئٍman حلّهاsettled in it هالِكُperishing
فكلُّ امرئٍ حلّها هالِكُ
Ah, how vile a town is Dahlak!
How ugly is your city, so wretched a place,
For every man who settles there perishes.
Where all who enter are doomed to disgrace.
كفاكَsuffices you دليلٌproof علىof أنهاthat it is
كفاكَ دليلٌ على أنها
جحيمٌHell وخازنُهاand its keeper مالكُMalik
جحيمٌ وخازنُها مالكُ
You have proof enough that it is
Proof you are of a hellish abode,
Hell: its keeper is Malik.
With Malik as the keeper of roads.
Sol 6.1