إنindeed عبْدَservant of القَوِيِّthe Strong One ذاكَthat man المُكَنَّىthe one nicknamed
إن عبْدَ القَوِيِّ ذاكَ المُكَنَّى
بسُوَيْدٍas Suwayd أراهI see him يمتارُprocures provisions سَمِّيmy venom
بسُوَيْدٍ أراه يمتارُ سَمِّي
Indeed, that ʿAbd al-Qawī, the man nicknamed
Suwayd—I see him stocking up on my venom.
عبدُa slave سوءٍwickedness مُجاهرٌbrazen بالمعاصيin sinful acts
عبدُ سوءٍ مُجاهرٌ بالمعاصي
لاnot يعمِّيconceals الفحشاءَlewdness فيمنْamong those who يُعمِّيconceal
لا يعمِّي الفحشاءَ فيمنْ يُعمِّي
A wicked slave, brazen in sin,
he is not among those who conceal their lewdness.
ثمmoreover لوif كانhe had been فاعلاًthe active partner لتسلَّيْwould have been consoled (continued)
ثم لو كان فاعلاً لتسلَّيْ
تُI (preceding verb’s ending) ولكنand yet لعكسهbecause of his reversing الفعلَthe act غمِّيmy grief
تُ ولكن لعكسه الفعلَ غمِّي
Moreover, had he been the active partner, I would have been consoled;
but his reversing the act is what grieves me.
لوif يُسمَّىhe were named بنصفِwith half of كنيتِهِhis byname الأعْthe upper or first (continued)
لو يُسمَّى بنصفِ كنيتِهِ الأعْ
لىcompletes 'upper or first' ونِصفِand half of اسمهِhis name أصابَhit the mark المُسمِّيthe namer
لى ونِصفِ اسمهِ أصابَ المُسمِّي
If he were named with the first half of his byname
and half his name, the namer would have hit the mark.
Sol 6.1