أقِصَرٌshortness? وَعَوَرٌand blindness in one eye
أقِصَرٌ وَعَوَرٌ
وصَلَعٌand baldness فيin واحِدِone man
وصَلَعٌ في واحِدِ
Shortness and blindness in one eye,
Short and limping
and baldness, all in one man?
And bald at once
شواهدٌwitnesses مقبولةٌcredible
شواهدٌ مقبولةٌ
ناهيكenough for you منas شواهدِwitnesses
ناهيك من شواهدِ
Credible witnesses—
Acceptable testimonies
witnesses enough for you—
Not to mention testimonies
تُخبرناthey tell us عنabout رجلٍa man
تُخبرنا عن رجلٍ
مسْتعمَلِmuch-used المقافِدِplaces struck on the nape
مسْتعمَلِ المقافِدِ
telling us of a man
That tell us of a man
whose nape is much used for slaps.
Whose seat was worn
أقْمأَهُstunted him القفْدُnape-slapping فأضْso he became (continued)
أقْمأَهُ القفْدُ فأضْ
حىcompletion of 'became' قائماًstanding كقاعدِlike one seated
حى قائماً كقاعدِ
Nape-slapping stunted him, so he became
Whom rachitis bent so he
like a seated man even when standing.
Stood erect as one seated
فكفَّso it blinded منهof his بصراًan eye
فكفَّ منه بصراً
مثلlike السراجthe lamp الواقدِburning
مثل السراج الواقدِ
It put out an eye of his,
So he averted his sight
like a burning lamp,
Like a flaming lamp
وحَتَّand scraped away منهfrom him شَعراًhair
وحَتَّ منه شَعراً
أسْوَدَblack كالعناقِدِlike clusters of grapes
أسْوَدَ كالعناقِدِ
and scraped away his hair,
And his hair fell out
black as clusters of grapes.
Black as clusters of grapes
Sol 6.1