شَكاcomplained الخصرُthe waist مِنهُof him ماwhat يُلاقيit suffers برِدفهfrom his hips
شَكا الخصرُ مِنهُ ما يُلاقي برِدفه
وَيُضعِفُand weakens غُصنَthe branch of البانِthe bān tree جَرُّdragging كَثيبِa sand dune
وَيُضعِفُ غُصنَ البانِ جَرُّ كَثيبِ
His waist complained of what it suffers from his hips;
His waist complained of what it endures from him
And dragging a sand dune weakens the bān-tree branch.
And the bending of the slender branch weakens it
إِذاif كانَis مِنهُof him البَعضُone part يَظلِمُwrongs بَعضُهanother part of him
إِذا كانَ مِنهُ البَعضُ يَظلِمُ بَعضُه
فَماthen what حالُthe plight of مشتطِّfar removed الدِيارِhome غَريبِa stranger
فَما حالُ مشتطِّ الدِيارِ غَريبِ
If one part of him wrongs another,
When some of it oppresses the other
What, then, is the plight of a stranger far from home?
Then what is the state of the foreign land’s traveler
Sol 6.1