جاءناhe came to us يحملُcarrying ذقْناًa beard; literally, a chin
جاءنا يحملُ ذقْناً
حسبُكsufficient for you اللهُGod وحسْبيand sufficient for me
حسبُك اللهُ وحسْبي
He came to us carrying a beard.
He came to us carrying a beard
God is enough for you, and for me.
God suffice you and me
شعرُهاits hair لوif كانwere شِعراًpoetry
شعرُها لو كان شِعراً
كانit would be مثلَlike المتنبيal-Mutanabbi
كان مثلَ المتنبي
Its hair, if it were poetry,
If her hair were poetry
would be like al-Mutanabbi.
It would be like Al-Mutanabbi's
تركتْit left صُدرتَهُhis waistcoat السوْthe black (word begins)
تركتْ صُدرتَهُ السوْ
داءَcompletion of 'black' منهاof it تحتunder قَبِّa cloak
داءَ منها تحت قَبِّ
It left his waistcoat—the black
She left his chest tanned
one—beneath a cloak of its own hair.
With a mark under his shirt
وهيand it فوقَover الصّدرِthe chest قدalready سدcovered (verb begins)
وهي فوقَ الصّدرِ قد سد
تْهُit (with the ending of 'covered') منfrom شرقٍeast لغَرْبِto west
تْهُ من شرقٍ لغَرْبِ
And over the chest it had covered
And above his chest she blocked
it from east to west.
Him from east to west
لحيةٌa beard ردّتْهُreduced him فيamong الناthe people (word begins)
لحيةٌ ردّتْهُ في النا
سِcompletion of 'people' ولاand not even ضرطةَa fart وهْبِWahb’s
سِ ولا ضرطةَ وهْبِ
A beard that reduced him among
A beard that made people reject him
people to less than Wahb’s fart.
No police record or grant
Sol 6.1