يُدافِعُنيputs me off مَهرانُMahran فيover نَقدِpaying دِرهَمٍa dirham
يُدافِعُني مَهرانُ في نَقدِ دِرهَمٍ
كَأَنَّكَas though you فيover شَيءٍa matter كَبيرٍgreat تُدافِعُstall
كَأَنَّكَ في شَيءٍ كَبيرٍ تُدافِعُ
Mahran puts me off over paying a dirham,
as though you were stalling over some great matter.
فَكَيفَthen how وَقَدwhen already زُوِّجتَyou have been wed to خَوداًa tender young woman كَأَنَّهاas though she were
فَكَيفَ وَقَد زُوِّجتَ خَوداً كَأَنَّها
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle مَشَتshe walks فيin الدارِthe house أَدماءُa white she-camel ظالِعُlimping
إِذا ما مَشَت في الدارِ أَدماءُ ظالِعُ
Then how, now you are wed to a young woman, as though she were—
when she walks about the house—a limping white she-camel?
تَطيفُyou circle بِهاabout her كَأَنَّماas though أَنتَyou آزِمٌgripping with your teeth
تَطيفُ بِها كَأَنَّما أَنتَ آزِمٌ
بِفَروَةِonto the pelt of كَبشٍa ram قُدَّwere cut away مِنهُfrom it الأَكارِعُthe shanks
بِفَروَةِ كَبشٍ قُدَّ مِنهُ الأَكارِعُ
You circle about her as though you were gripping with your teeth
a ram’s pelt whose shanks have been cut away.
Sol 6.1