ربِّO Lord أطلقset free يديmy hand فيagainst كلِّevery شيخold man
ربِّ أطلق يدي في كلِّ شيخ
ذيpossessed of رياءhypocrisy بسمتِهِin his bearing فسكونِهْand his stillness
ذي رياء بسمتِهِ فسكونِهْ
Lord, loose my hand against every old man
hypocritical in his bearing and his stillness;
تاجرٍa merchant فاجرٍdepraved جَموعٍa relentless hoarder منوعٍa relentless withholder
تاجرٍ فاجرٍ جَموعٍ منوعٍ
يرهقُhe harasses الناسَthe people فيin اقتضاءِcollecting ديونِهْdebts owed to him
يرهقُ الناسَ في اقتضاءِ ديونِهْ
a depraved merchant, forever hoarding and withholding,
who hounds people when collecting debts owed him;
ذيwith عيالٍdependents زبونُهنَّtheir customer منamong الناthe fuckers (word begins)
ذي عيالٍ زبونُهنَّ من النا
كةcompletion of 'fuckers' بعدَafter الهُدوّthe stillness مثلُlike زبونهhis customer
كة بعدَ الهُدوّ مثلُ زبونه
with womenfolk whose customer among those
who fuck, after all is still, is like his own customer.
جمعhe amassed المالthe wealth بالعدالةthrough uprightness فيin الظْاthe outward appearance (word begins)
جمع المال بالعدالة في الظْا
هرِcompletion of 'outward appearance' والموبقاتِand damning sins منfrom مكنونهwhat he keeps hidden
هرِ والموبقاتِ من مكنونه
He amassed wealth through uprightness on the
surface, and through damning sins kept hidden within him.
فيin قَلَنْساتِهِhis caps منof القُطنthe cotton ماthat which يمfills (word begins)
في قَلَنْساتِهِ من القُطن ما يم
لأcompletion of 'fills' عِدلاًa pack-sack يُخالis imagined منfrom عُثنونهhis beard
لأ عِدلاً يُخال من عُثنونه
In his caps is enough cotton to
fill a sack—one might think it came from his beard;
ذاتُhaving جنبينtwo sides وافرينample عظيميenormous (word begins)
ذاتُ جنبين وافرين عظيمي
نcompletion of 'enormous' (dual) وسَمكٍand height أطالهُhe increased it لقرونهfor his horns
ن وسَمكٍ أطالهُ لقرونه
they have two ample, enormous sides
and a height he increased for his horns.
يخزنُhe stores الإرثَthe inheritance دائباًtirelessly لمجيدٍfor one skilled
يخزنُ الإرثَ دائباً لمجيدٍ
فَضّdeflowering أبكارهhis virgins وإفضاءَand sexually tearing open عُونهhis mature, nonvirgin women
فَضّ أبكاره وإفضاءَ عُونه
He tirelessly hoards the inheritance for one adept
at deflowering his virgins and tearing open his matrons.
Sol 6.1