وَباكِيَةٍ تَقولُ بَغى

وَباكِيَةٍ تَقولُ بَغى

عَلى اِبنِكَ صنوُهُ وسطا

عَلى اِبنِكَ صنوُهُ وسطا

And a weeping woman says, “Wrong was done

A crying woman says in despair

And a weeping woman crying out: "He has transgressed

to your son by his brother, who assaulted him.

Your son has strayed from the right path

Against your son—his own brother—and assaulted him!"

فَلَيتَ أَخاهُ حينَ عَدا

فَلَيتَ أَخاهُ حينَ عَدا

غَدا مِن رَأسِهِ وَسطا

غَدا مِن رَأسِهِ وَسطا

Would that his brother, when he attacked,

If only when he transgressed

Would that his brother, at the moment he attacked,

had been cleft from his head down the middle!”

His brother had struck him on the head

Had been cleft in two from his head down the middle.