ساءَلتُI questioned يوماًone day خالداًKhalid
ساءَلتُ يوماً خالداً
ذاpossessed of المجدglory والبيتand the house الوسيطِnoble
ذا المجد والبيت الوسيطِ
One day I questioned Khalid,
One day I asked Khaled
possessed of glory and a noble house:
The one with glory and the spacious home
لمْwhy ذلَّbecame humbled عِزُكَyour honor للقُمُدْbefore the stout phallus (word continues)
لمْ ذلَّ عِزُكَ للقُمُدْ
دِcompletion of “phallus” فقالand he said قولthe words of المستشيطِthe enraged man
دِ فقال قول المستشيطِ
“Why was your honor humbled before the stout phallus?”
Why has your glory bowed down
He answered like a man enraged:
To tyranny, he replied with lamentation
ميِّزdistinguish بعقلكwith your reason أيَّناwhich of us الthe (detached article)
ميِّز بعقلك أيَّنا ال
مخنوقstrangled فيin بيتthe house of الضَّريطِthe farter
مخنوق في بيت الضَّريطِ
“Use your reason: which of us is the one
Distinguish with your mind which of us
strangled in the farter’s house,
Is strangled in the house of misery
حتىuntil تراهyou see him فيin الخُناthe stranglehold (word continues)
حتى تراه في الخُنا
قِcompletion of “stranglehold” يغطُّhe snores أنواعkinds of الغطيطsnoring
قِ يغطُّ أنواع الغطيط
until you see him in a
Until you see him in disgrace
stranglehold, snoring every kind of snore?
Covering all kinds of wailing
بلrather أيناwhich of us منيof me ومنand of (pronoun follows)
بل أينا مني ومن
هhim (attached pronoun) يُغتُّis plunged فيinto السَّلحshit العبيطfresh
ه يُغتُّ في السَّلح العبيط
Rather, which of us—myself or
But which of us is wronged more
him—is plunged into fresh shit?”
And melted down into worthless iron
قلتُI said القُمُدُّthe stout phallus فقالand he said ليto me
قلتُ القُمُدُّ فقال لي
اسكُتْbe silent إذنthen ياO ابنson of النَّبيطthe Nabataeans
اسكُتْ إذن يا ابن النَّبيط
I said, “The phallus.” He said to me:
I said: the tyranny, he told me
“Then be silent, son of the Nabataeans!
Be silent, o son of vileness
لِمwhy لُمتنيyou blamed me متغطْرساًacting arrogantly
لِم لُمتني متغطْرساً
لاmay not درّflow درُّكyour milk منas a خليطcompanion
لا درّ درُّك من خليط
Why did you blame me so arrogantly?
Why did you accuse me arrogantly
May your milk run dry, companion!”
You know nothing of my agony
صدقspoke the truth المفوَّهُthe eloquent one خالدٌKhalid
صدق المفوَّهُ خالدٌ
ذوpossessed of المِقولthe tongue العضبkeen البسيطfluent
ذو المِقول العضب البسيط
Eloquent Khalid spoke the truth,
Truthful are the words of Khaled
possessed of a keen, fluent tongue:
Of eloquent, wrathful, simple speech
إنindeed المُحاطَthe one encircled بهaround him لأوsurely more deserving (word continues)
إن المُحاطَ به لأو
لىcompletion of “more deserving” بالذليلof being called abased منthan المُحيطِthe one encircling
لى بالذليل من المُحيطِ
Surely the one enclosed is more
For he who is surrounded is more worthy
deserving of being called abased than the one enclosing him.
Of the disgraced than the surroundings
Sol 6.1