هبكgrant that you are الفراتthe Euphrates الذيwhose بالرومin Roman lands مطلَعُهُits source
هبك الفرات الذي بالروم مطلَعُهُ
أليسis it not? والدجلةand the Tigris العوراءthe one-eyed تقطعُهُcuts across it
أليس والدجلة العوراء تقطعُهُ
Grant that you are the Euphrates, whose source lies in Roman lands;
The Euphrates whose source is in Rome waters you,
And does not the one-eyed Tigris cut across it?
Isn't it cut by the blind Tigris?
منwho أنتyou ياO منone whose أبوهhis father نصفhalf ساقيةan irrigation channel
من أنت يا من أبوه نصف ساقية
منfrom باشِكوتىBashikuta وكيفand how الأرضthe earth ترضعهsuckles him
من باشِكوتى وكيف الأرض ترضعه
Who are you, O you whose father is half an irrigation channel
Who are you, whose father is half a canal,
from Bashikuta—and how does the earth suckle him?
From Bishkek, how did the land nurture you?
أماwere you not? رضيتyou were content بأنwith the fact that تحظىyou obtain ببيدرةwith a threshing floor
أما رضيت بأن تحظى ببيدرة
منfrom كوخa hut مصلحةan office بالقلسwith the rope تذرعهyou measure it in cubits
من كوخ مصلحة بالقلس تذرعه
Were you not content to obtain a threshing floor
Haven't you been satisfied with a plain
from an office hut that you measure in cubits with a rope,
From the hut of interest clad with rags?
حتىuntil وليتyou took charge of رقابthe necks الناسthe people كلهمall of them
حتى وليت رقاب الناس كلهم
منwhomever شئتyou wished تخفضهyou bring him low منهمamong them وترفعهand you raise him up
من شئت تخفضه منهم وترفعه
that you went so far as to rule over the necks of all the people,
So that you controlled people’s necks
bringing low and raising up whomever among them you please?
Lowering whom you want, raising whom you want.
Sol 6.1