هلdid ...? رأيتyou see النجومthe stars اغنتavailed عنfor المأal-Ma’– (name fragment)
هل رأيت النجوم اغنت عن المأ
مون–mun (completing al-Ma’mun) شيئاًanything وملكهand his kingdom المأسوسfirmly founded
مون شيئاً وملكه المأسوس
Have you seen the stars avail al-Ma’—
mun at all—or his firmly founded kingdom?
خلفوهthey left him behind بعرصتيin the two courtyards of طرطوسTarsus
خلفوه بعرصتي طرطوس
مثلماjust as خلفواthey left behind أباهhis father بطوسin Tus
مثلما خلفوا أباه بطوس
They left him behind in the two courtyards of Tarsus,
just as they left his father in Tus.
Sol 6.1