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I challenge you, what is a beard but abundant growth

أحاجيكم ما لحية غير كثة

1. I challenge you, what is a beard but abundant growth
And its foliage has shunned joining of the cheeks

١. أُحاجِيكُمُ ما لحيةٌ غير كثةٍ
وَنَى عن لحوقِ العَارِضَينِ نَبَاتُها

2. Obligatory to grease every eye with its lotion
And its firmness is dispelled by the grease

٢. على كل عينٍ أوجَبَ الحالُ دهنَها
وتطردُ عند الدهن عنها ثُبَاتُها

3. Even if the laymen grease their cheeks
Their scruffy beards hope from their cheeks' grease

٣. وإن دَهَنَ الفَالونَ مِن جَنَباتُها
رَجَّى شعثت من دهنهم جَنَبَاتُها

4. Taxes are forcibly collected for its presence
As if the people's collectors are its beard's lice

٤. لِحضرَتِها تُجبَى الجِبَاياتُ عنوةً
كَأنَّ جُبَاةَالناسِ طُرَّا جُبَاتُها

5. The orbits of the spindle have won their race
When their orbits become equal in their task

٥. قَضَت حلباتُ التُّرهات بِسَبِقهَا
إذَا ما استَوَت في شَأوِهَا حلباتُها

6. It has anguishes in the hearts that hurt
If only its anguishes could be relieved

٦. لها كُرُباتٌ في القلوب مُرِبَّةٌ
فياليتها قد فًرِّجت كُربَاتُهَا

7. If only scissors were made available to trim it
To shorten from some of the people its growth

٧. ويا ليتَ مِقراضاً أتِيحَ لِحضزِّهَا
لِتَقصُرَ عن بعضِ الوَرَى وَثَبَاتُها

8. Never to grow again in our country afterwards
For its growth is torment in the countries

٨. ولا نَبَتَت مِن بَعدٍ ذا ببلادنا
فَإنَّ عَذَاباً في البلاد نَبَاتُها