Sol 6.1

  1. رزق اللّه ظبية ولداً يو

    ماً فجاءت به إلى خنزيرِ

    God granted a doe a son one day,

    and she brought him to a pig.

  2. ثم قالت بلغت أنك ذو عق

    ل سليم سام وعلم غزيرِ

    Then she said, “I have been told you possess a mind

    sound and lofty, and abundant knowledge.

  3. ولذا اخترت أن تكون المربِّي ال

    معتني بابنيَ العزيز الصغيرِ

    And so I chose you to be the tutor

    who cares for my dear little son.”

  4. ومضت بعد أن دعت لابنها بال

    فوز عند المؤدب المذكورِ

    She departed after praying for her son’s

    success with the tutor just mentioned.

  5. لبث الخشف يقتدي بمربي

    ه ويحذو مثاله في الأمور

    The fawn kept following his tutor

    and following his example in all matters.

  6. وأتت أمه لتنظر ما صا

    ر إليه مفتونة بالغرور

    His mother came to see what had become

    of him, beguiled as she was by delusion.

  7. فرأته ملطخ الجسم بالأق

    ذار كسلان في مكان حقير

    Then she saw him, his body smeared with

    filth, lazy in a wretched place.

  8. ودعته فلم يجبها فزاد ال

    همُّ في قلبها الحزين الكسير

    She called to him, but he did not answer her, increasing

    the sorrow in her sad, broken heart.

  9. جهل الظبي أمه فهي إن تق

    بل عليه لم تلق غير النفور

    The gazelle did not recognize his mother; if she

    approached him, she encountered nothing but aversion.

  10. فبكت حين أيقنت أنها قد

    وقعت في كبائر المحظور

    She wept when she became certain that she had

    fallen into the gravest of wrongs.

  11. ثم صاحت به عدمتك حتى

    لا أعاني شماتة الجمهور

    Then she cried at him, “May I lose you, so that

    I need not endure the public’s gloating!

  12. فامضِ لا شَبَّهَ المُحِبُّ حبيباً

    بك في شعر شاعر مشهور

    So go! May no lover liken a beloved

    to you in the verse of a famous poet.”