لستَyou are not عنديin my view بقحطبيٍّa Qaḥṭabī ولكنْbut
لستَ عندي بقحطبيٍّ ولكنْ
قحطبيٌّa Qaḥṭabī وغيرُand other than ذلكthat أيضاalso
قحطبيٌّ وغيرُ ذلك أيضا
To me, you are not merely a Qaḥṭabī, but
You are not my firewood, but
a Qaḥṭabī, and something else besides.
My firewood and more
أنتyou للناسof mankind كُلِّهمall of them ولأمٍّand of a mother
أنت للناس كُلِّهم ولأمٍّ
غاضsank away فِيهاin her ماءwater البريةof all creation غيضاa sinking away
غاض فِيها ماء البرية غيضا
You are the son of all mankind, and of a mother
You are for all people and a mother
into whom the water of all creation sank away.
Whose wilderness water has ebbed
ياO لئيمvile one اللّئامِof the vile لستُI am not مُريداًwishing
يا لئيم اللّئامِ لستُ مُريداً
لكfor you لؤماbaseness بلؤْمكَin exchange for your baseness الدهرَfor all time قَيْضاas a substitute
لك لؤما بلؤْمكَ الدهرَ قَيْضا
O vilest of the vile, I do not wish
O you vile of villains, I do not want
you, ever, a baseness to exchange for your own.
Any harm from your lifelong harm
لوif تمسَّحتَyou rubbed yourself بالحطيمagainst the Ḥaṭīm لحاضتْshe would surely menstruate
لو تمسَّحتَ بالحطيم لحاضتْ
كعبةُthe Kaaba اللَّهِof God منbecause of مخازيكyour shameful deeds حَيْضاmenstruation
كعبةُ اللَّهِ من مخازيك حَيْضا
If you rubbed yourself against the Ḥaṭīm, she would surely menstruate—
If you wiped yourself with firewood
God's Kaaba—from your shameful deeds.
God's Kaaba would menstruate from your filth
أيَّwhat شيءٍthing أقولُshall I say أفحمْتَنيyou have silenced me عِيْspeechlessness (word begins here)
أيَّ شيءٍ أقولُ أفحمْتَني عِيْ
ياًcompletion of the word ‘speechlessness’ وبحريand my sea يفيضُoverflows بالشّعرwith poetry فيضاin a flood
ياً وبحري يفيضُ بالشّعر فيضا
What can I say? You have reduced me to
What can I say, you have silenced my mouth
speechlessness, though my sea pours forth a flood of verse.
And my sea overflows with poetry abundantly
Sol 6.1