صُورتُهhis appearance ناعتةٌdescribes خُبْرَهhis inner nature
صُورتُه ناعتةٌ خُبْرَه
مُوعِدةٌthreatening بالشَرِّwith evil لاnot واعِدَهْpromising good
مُوعِدةٌ بالشَرِّ لا واعِدَهْ
His appearance describes his true nature,
threatening evil, not promising good.
يُذْكيhe sets on watch علىover رُغفانهhis loaves عيْنَهhis eye
يُذْكي على رُغفانه عيْنَه
وعينُهand his eye عنregarding عِرْسِهِhis wife راقدَهْasleep
وعينُه عن عِرْسِهِ راقدَهْ
He keeps a vigilant eye upon his loaves,
yet his eye sleeps where his wife is concerned.
لاdo not تعذلوهreproach him لوْif حمىhe guarded فَرْجهاher privates
لا تعذلوه لوْ حمى فَرْجها
لأصبحتْwould then become فقْحتهُhis arsehole كاسدَهْwithout a market
لأصبحتْ فقْحتهُ كاسدَهْ
Do not reproach him: if he guarded her privates,
his arsehole would have no market.
قاتَلهmay He strike him down الرحمنُthe Merciful منwhat a كاتبscribe
قاتَله الرحمنُ من كاتب
تُخزَنُare stored فيهin him الكتبُthe letters الواردَهْincoming
تُخزَنُ فيه الكتبُ الواردَهْ
May the Merciful strike him down—what a scribe,
in whom the incoming letters are stored!
واجتَثَّهُand may He uproot him الخالقthe Creator منfrom خلْقِهHis creation
واجتَثَّهُ الخالق من خلْقِه
فإنهfor he is فيin خلقهHis creation زائدَهْan excrescence
فإنه في خلقه زائدَهْ
And may the Creator uproot him from His creation,
for he is an excrescence in His creation.
أعدىinfected دجاجاًhens عندهin his keeping بُخْلُهُhis miserliness
أعدى دجاجاً عنده بُخْلُهُ
ولُؤْمُand the baseness of تلكthat الشِّيمَةdisposition الجاحدَهْthankless
ولُؤْمُ تلك الشِّيمَة الجاحدَهْ
The hens he kept were infected by his miserliness
and the baseness of that thankless nature.
فأصبحَتْand so came to عَشْرُten دجاجاتهhis hens
فأصبحَتْ عَشْرُ دجاجاته
تبيضُlay eggs فيماin بينهاbetween them واحدَهْone egg
تبيضُ فيما بينها واحدَهْ
So his ten hens came to
lay just one egg among them.
وصارand he came to لاnot يعلفهاfeeds them ذرّةًa speck
وصار لا يعلفها ذرّةً
تُعْلَمdiscernible إلاexcept فضلةَthe leavings of المائدهْthe table
تُعْلَم إلا فضلةَ المائدهْ
And he fed them not a speck
that could be discerned, save the table's leavings—
بلrather فضلةthe leavings of المعدةthe stomach وهيand it is التيthat which
بل فضلة المعدة وهي التي
تنثُرهاscatters them معْدَتُهhis stomach الفاسدهْrotten
تنثُرها معْدَتُه الفاسدهْ
rather, the stomach's leavings, which
his rotten stomach scatters.
ياO عشْرَten أسَتاهarseholes لهاthey have بيضَةٌan egg
يا عشْرَ أسَتاه لها بيضَةٌ
هُنِّئتِcongratulations to you عدْوىcontagion الشْيمةthe disposition الماجدَهْnoble
هُنِّئتِ عدْوى الشْيمة الماجدَهْ
O ten arseholes with a single egg,
congratulations on catching that noble trait!
لاmay not تخْلُbe empty عنof أمثالهothers like him حُفْرةٌa grave
لا تخْلُ عن أمثاله حُفْرةٌ
ولاand may not تَقُمْrise عنfrom مثلهone like him والدهْa mother
ولا تَقُمْ عن مثله والدهْ
May no grave be empty of his kind,
and may no mother rise from childbed with one like him.
Sol 6.1