تزوَّجَmarried الشيخُthe old man أبيmy father زوجةًa wife
تزوَّجَ الشيخُ أبي زوجةً
ليسthere is not لهاfor her عقلٌreason ولاnor ذهنُwit
ليس لها عقلٌ ولا ذهنُ
My father, the old man, took a wife.
She has neither reason nor wit.
لوif برزتappeared صُورَتهاher form فيin الدُّجَىthe darkness
لو برزت صُورَتها في الدُّجَى
ماnot جَسُرَتwould dare تبصُرهاto see her الجنُّthe jinn
ما جَسُرَت تبصُرها الجنُّ
Were her form to appear in the darkness,
The jinn would not dare look at her.
كأنَّهاas though she were فيin فرشهاher bedding رمَّةٌa decaying corpse
كأنَّها في فرشها رمَّةٌ
وشعرهاand her hair منfrom حَولَهاaround her قُطنُcotton
وشعرها من حَولَها قُطنُ
She is like a decaying corpse in her bedding,
And her hair is cotton all around her.
وقاتلٍand a killer (as written) قلtell ليme ماسِنُّهاwhat is her age?
وقاتلٍ قل لي ماسِنُّها
فقلتُso I said ماnot فيin فمهاher mouth سِنُّa tooth
فقلتُ ما في فمها سِنُّ
And a killer said, “Tell me, how old is she?”
So I said, “There is not a tooth in her mouth.”
Sol 6.1