الحابِسِthe one holding back الرَوَثَthe dung فيin أَعفاجِthe bowels of بَغلَتِهِhis she-mule
الحابِسِ الرَوَثَ في أَعفاجِ بَغلَتِهِ
خَوفاًout of fear عَلىfor الحُبَّthe grain مِنfrom نَقرِthe pecking of العَصافيرِthe sparrows
خَوفاً عَلى الحُبَّ مِن نَقرِ العَصافيرِ
He who holds back the dung in his she-mule’s bowels,
The one who holds back his spit in the cheeks of his mule,
He who imprisons the dung in the bowels of his mule,
For fear the sparrows might peck at the grain.
Fearing for love from the pecking of sparrows.
For fear that the sparrows might peck at the grain.
Sol 6.1