وزارَةُvizierate بُسْتٍBust وِزرُهاits burden قاصِمُbreaker of الظَّهرِthe back
وزارَةُ بُسْتٍ وِزرُها قاصِمُ الظَّهرِ
ومُدَّتُهاand its duration مُنذُfrom الغَداةِthe morning إلىuntil الظَّهرِnoon
ومُدَّتُها مُنذُ الغَداةِ إلى الظَّهرِ
The vizierate of Bust—its burden breaks the back;
and its tenure runs from morning until noon.
فلاso do not تَخطُبَنْهاwoo it إنَّهاindeed, it is ضَرَّةُa rival wife of النُّهىreason
فلا تَخطُبَنْها إنَّها ضَرَّةُ النُّهى
وبُغيَتُهاand what it seeks روحُthe life of البُعولَةِthe husbands فيas المَهرِthe dowry
وبُغيَتُها روحُ البُعولَةِ في المَهرِ
So do not woo it: it is reason’s rival wife,
and it seeks its husbands’ lives as its dowry.
Sol 6.1