للكاتبِthe scribe has الشيخِthe sheikh عينٌan eye مسّهاafflicted it عمشٌbleariness
للكاتبِ الشيخِ عينٌ مسّها عمشٌ
كأنّهاas though it were كوّةٌa small window دارتْcircled بهاaround it النحْلُthe bees
كأنّها كوّةٌ دارتْ بها النحْلُ
The scribe, the sheikh, has an eye afflicted with bleariness,
as though it were a small window with bees circling round it.
ومنخَرٌand a nostril يجذبُhe draws الأنفاسَthe breaths منهthrough it كماas
ومنخَرٌ يجذبُ الأنفاسَ منه كما
طُجاذبُyou tug at (text uncertain) الساقَthe leg كعباًan ankle ضمّهgripped it الوحْلُthe mud
طُجاذبُ الساقَ كعباً ضمّه الوحْلُ
And a nostril through which he draws his breaths, as
you tug at a leg whose ankle is gripped by mud.
وكنتُand I used to أعهدُهknow him خُنثىa hermaphrodite فصارthen he began بهbecause of it
وكنتُ أعهدُه خُنثى فصار به
يرغوhe bellows الىuntil أنthat شهِدْناwe bore witness أنهthat he was الفحْلُthe stud
يرغو الى أن شهِدْنا أنه الفحْلُ
And I used to know him as a hermaphrodite; then, because of it, he began
bellowing, until we bore witness that he was the stud.
Sol 6.1