ألاbehold إنَّindeed مدحاًpraise غداhas become حليةًan adornment
ألا إنَّ مدحاً غدا حليةً
علىupon سُرَّSurra (was delighted) منMan (whoever) راRa (saw) وسكّانِهاand its inhabitants
على سُرَّ من را وسكّانِها
Behold, indeed, praise that has become an adornment
for Surra Man Ra and its inhabitants
لأضيعُsurely more ill-spent منthan ذهبٍgold ضبَّبتْshe capped
لأضيعُ من ذهبٍ ضبَّبتْ
عجوزٌan old woman بهwith it قُلْحَyellowed أسنانِهاher teeth
عجوزٌ به قُلْحَ أسنانِها
is surely more ill-spent than gold with which
an old woman has capped her yellowed teeth.
بلادُa land أناسٍof people ترىyou see كلبهاits dog
بلادُ أناسٍ ترى كلبها
يعافُfinds repugnant خلائقَthe character of إنسانهاits human inhabitants
يعافُ خلائقَ إنسانها
A land of people—you see its dog
recoil from the character of its human inhabitants.
ولولاand were it not for أبوAbu (father of) الصقرal-Saqr (the falcon) لمwould not تَسقهمwater them
ولولا أبو الصقر لم تَسقهم
سواقيthe channels of السحابthe clouds بَتَهْتانهاwith their pouring rain
سواقي السحاب بَتَهْتانها
And but for Abu al-Saqr, they would not be watered
by the channels of the clouds with their pouring rain.
Sol 6.1