يظلمwrongs الناسthe people يعلمknows اللهGod أفْرَىAfra
يظلم الناس يعلم الله أفْرَى
أنتyou بالكشخfor cuckoldry منهthan he أولىmore deserving وأحْرَىand more suited
أنت بالكشخ منه أولى وأحْرَى
People wrong Afra—God knows.
God knows who oppresses people, yet pretends otherwise
You are more deserving of cuckoldry than he, and more suited to it.
You are more deserving and fitting of power than he
كانthere was للكرْكدنِّfor the rhinoceros قَرنa horn فأضحىand it became
كان للكرْكدنِّ قَرن فأضحى
قرنهits horn اليومtoday عندbeside قرنكyour horn مِدرَىa hair-combing pin
قرنه اليوم عند قرنك مِدرَى
The rhinoceros had a horn, but now
The gourd once had a horn, but now
its horn today is a hairpin beside yours.
Its horn pales next to yours
منwhoever يكنِis تاجهhis crown كتاجكlike your crown هذاthis
من يكنِ تاجه كتاجك هذا
فليكنthen let be بابهhis doorway كإيوانlike the vaulted hall of كسرىKhosrow
فليكن بابه كإيوان كسرى
Whoever's crown is like this crown of yours,
He whose crown is like yours
let his doorway be like Khosrow's vaulted hall.
Let his court rival Kisra's
لاmay you not عدمتَbe deprived of القرونthe horns ياO ابنson of حُريثٍHurayth
لا عدمتَ القرون يا ابن حُريثٍ
إنّindeed فيin طولهاtheir length لأرفعَsurely the loftiest ذكرىrenown
إنّ في طولها لأرفعَ ذكرى
May you never lose your horns, son of Hurayth!
Long live you, son of Hurayth
Surely in their length lies the loftiest renown.
For through you glory is made sublime
لوif تخفّفتَyou made yourself lighter بالقيادةthrough pimping ماas much as اسطعcould (continued next line)
لو تخفّفتَ بالقيادة ما اسطع
تyou (ending of the preceding verb) لكنتyou would surely be الثقيلthe ponderous one ياO تلّmound of محرىMahra
ت لكنت الثقيل يا تلّ محرى
If you lightened yourself through pimping as much as you could,
Had you eased your grip on power you'd not have shone so bright
you would still be ponderous, O mound of Mahra.
Yet you are weighty, O mound of Muhriyy!
لهتكتَyou would surely strip away الحياءmodesty عنكfrom yourself فأبدىand so reveal
لهتكتَ الحياء عنك فأبدى
لكfor you وجهاًa face كوجهlike the face of أمِّكyour mother سكرىdrunk
لك وجهاً كوجه أمِّك سكرى
You would strip modesty from yourself, revealing
You cast off all shame
a face like your mother's when she is drunk.
And show a face like your mother Sakra's
شرُّthe vilest ماءٍfluid (semen) صراهhe retained it فيin شرthe vilest صُلبloins
شرُّ ماءٍ صراه في شر صُلب
شرُّthe vilest فحلٍsire قراهhe lodged it فيin شرِّthe vilest مَقْرَىlodging
شرُّ فحلٍ قراه في شرِّ مَقْرَى
The vilest fluid was stored in the vilest loins
The worst water is what he squeezed in the worst of loins
by the vilest sire, who lodged it in the vilest lodging.
The worst stallion he bred in the worst of pastures
خالطmingled with اللؤمَbaseness فيin فقارthe vertebrae of أبيهhis father
خالط اللؤمَ في فقار أبيه
فجرىso flowed اللؤمbaseness منهfrom it فيthrough كلevery مجرىchannel
فجرى اللؤم منه في كل مجرى
It mingled with baseness in his father's vertebrae,
He mingled with riffraff in his father's backbone
so baseness flowed from it through every channel.
So riffraff flowed from him through every channel
يدّعيhe claims الشعرpoetry وهوyet he is كفراءkafra (meaning uncertain) وفلكاand falka (meaning uncertain)
يدّعي الشعر وهو كفراء وفلكا
منfrom جؤاثاJu'atha عليهupon him كزّىkazza (meaning uncertain) وهَطْرىand hatra (meaning uncertain)
من جؤاثا عليه كزّى وهَطْرى
He claims poetry, yet he is kafra and falka,
He claims poetry though he is dull and ignorant
from Ju'atha, with kazza and hatra upon him.
Draped in borrowed garb and affectation
بَلْغميُّphlegmatic الطباعin temperament قدalready أضخمتهmade him swollen
بَلْغميُّ الطباع قد أضخمته
لقوةٌfacial palsy لاnot تحيكtakes effect فيهاagainst it الشُّوصَرّىshusarra (a medicinal remedy)
لقوةٌ لا تحيك فيها الشُّوصَرّى
Phlegmatic in temperament, he has been bloated
Blemished in nature, puffed up
by a facial palsy that shusarra cannot touch.
With a force not even al-Shawashari could capture
Sol 6.1