هدّدِنيthreatened me جهلاًin ignorance رقاشRaqāsh وليتنيand would that I
هدّدِني جهلاً رقاش وليتني
وكُلّand every رقاشيٍّRaqāshī علىon الأرضthe earth فيin الحبلِthe rope
وكُلّ رقاشيٍّ على الأرض في الحبلِ
Raqāsh threatened me in ignorance; would that I
In ignorance, Raqash threatened me - would that
and every Raqāshī on earth were bound by one rope!
I and all the Raqashes on earth were tied with rope.
فباستِso, in the arse of حُضينḤuḍayn واستand the arse of أمٍّa mother رمتcast forth بهhim
فباستِ حُضين واست أمٍّ رمت به
فبئسso wretched is محلُّthe lodging of الضيفِthe guest فيin الزمنthe time المحلdrought-stricken
فبئس محلُّ الضيفِ في الزمن المحل
So, up Ḥuḍayn’s arse, and the arse of the mother who cast him forth!
They were raised tenderly by a loving mother,
What a wretched lodging for a guest in a time of drought!
Yet how evil is the guest's refuge in this vile age!
وإنand if أناI لمdo not أتركleave رقاشRaqāsh وجمعهمand their host
وإن أنا لم أترك رقاش وجمعهم
أذلَّmore abased علىbeneath وطءthe tread of الهوانhumiliation منthan النعلthe sandal
أذلَّ على وطء الهوان من النعل
And if I do not leave Raqāsh and their host
Had I not left Raqash and gathered them,
more abject beneath humiliation’s tread than a sandal,
I would be more disgraced than a downtrodden sandal.
فشَلَّتthen may they be palsied يدايmy two hands واتبعتand may I follow سوىother than الهدىright guidance
فشَلَّت يداي واتبعت سوى الهدى
سبيلاًa path ولاnor وفّقتmay I be granted success للخيرin goodness والفضلِand virtue
سبيلاً ولا وفّقت للخير والفضلِ
then may my hands be palsied, and may I follow, instead of guidance,
My hands failed me, and I pursued a path
another path, and never be granted success in goodness or virtue!
Other than guidance, without success or merit.
عظامhuge الخُصىtesticles ثُطُّscanty اللحىbeards معدنa mine of الخناobscenity
عظام الخُصى ثُطُّ اللحى معدن الخنا
مباخيلmisers بالأزوادِwith provisions فيin الخصبplenty والأزلِand want
مباخيل بالأزوادِ في الخصب والأزلِ
Huge of testicle, scant of beard, a mine of obscenity,
The ignoble, bearded gluttons, source of malice -
misers with provisions in plenty and in want.
Profligates with provisions in fertility and eternity.
إذاwhen أمنواthey are safe from ضرّاءَthe afflictions of دهرٍtime تعاظلواthey mate with one another
إذا أمنوا ضرّاءَ دهرٍ تعاظلوا
عظالَthe mating of الكلابِdogs فيin الدجنَّةِdarkness والوجلِand fear
عظالَ الكلابِ في الدجنَّةِ والوجلِ
When safe from time’s afflictions, they mate with one another,
When they feel secure from the harms of fate, they rebel -
as dogs mate in darkness and fear.
Like vicious dogs in shelters and thickets.
وإنand if عضَّهمbites them دهرُtime بنكبةِwith a stroke of حادثٍmisfortune
وإن عضَّهم دهرُ بنكبةِ حادثٍ
فأخورُthen weaker عيداناًin timber منthan المَرخِthe markh shrub والأثلِand tamarisk
فأخورُ عيداناً من المَرخِ والأثلِ
But if time bites them with a stroke of misfortune,
And if fate bites them with the fang of disaster,
then their timber is weaker than markh and tamarisk.
They become withered sticks of tamarisk and saltwort.
أسودُlions شرىًSharā وسطَamid النديthe assembly ثعالبٌfoxes
أسودُ شرىً وسطَ الندي ثعالبٌ
إذاwhen حظرتcloses in حربُwar مراجلهاits cauldrons تغليboil
إذا حظرت حربُ مراجلها تغلي
Lions of Sharā amid the assembly—foxes
Black-fated jackals amid the burial grounds -
when war closes in, its cauldrons boiling.
When war's caldron boils, they gather.
Sol 6.1