أَميرَO Commander المؤمِنينَof the Faithful جُزيتَmay you be rewarded خَيراًwith good
أَميرَ المؤمِنينَ جُزيتَ خَيراً
أَرِحناrelieve us مِنof قُباعِQubāʿ بَنيthe sons of المُغيرَهal-Mughīra
أَرِحنا مِن قُباعِ بَني المُغيرَه
O Commander of the Faithful, may you be well rewarded—
Commander of the Faithful, may you be rewarded with good.
relieve us of Qubāʿ of the Banū al-Mughīra.
Relieve us of Qubāʿ of Banū al-Mughīra.
بَلَوناهُwe tested him وَلُمناهُand we reproached him فَأَعياbut he proved too difficult
بَلَوناهُ وَلُمناهُ فَأَعيا
عَلَيناfor us ماnot يُمِرُّhe twists tight لَناfor us مَريرَهhis stout cord
عَلَينا ما يُمِرُّ لَنا مَريرَه
We have tried him and reproached him, yet he has proved too much for us;
We tested him and reproached him, but he proved too much
how bitterly he makes us taste his bitterness!
For us; he does not twist his cord tight for us.
عَلىdespite أَنَّthe fact that الفَتىthe fellow نِكحٌsexually voracious أَكولٌgluttonous
عَلى أَنَّ الفَتى نِكحٌ أَكولٌ
وَمِسهابٌand a chatterbox مَذاهِبُهُhis ways كَثيرَهmany
وَمِسهابٌ مَذاهِبُهُ كَثيرَه
And yet the fellow is lustful and gluttonous,
Though the fellow is lustful and gluttonous,
garrulous too, with endless ways about him.
And a chatterbox, whose ways are many.
كَأَنّاas though we حينَwhen جِئناهُwe came to him أَطَفناwe gathered around
كَأَنّا حينَ جِئناهُ أَطَفنا
بِضَبعانٍaround a male hyena تَوَرَّطُbecame trapped فيin حَظيرَهa pen
بِضَبعانٍ تَوَرَّطُ في حَظيرَه
It is as though, when we came to him, we circled
It was as though, when we came to him, we had gathered
a male hyena trapped inside a pen.
Around a male hyena trapped in a pen.
Sol 6.1