ليfor me جَدَّةٌa grandmother تَرأَفُshe is kind بيto me
لي جَدَّةٌ تَرأَفُ بي
أَحنىmore tender عَلَيَّtoward me مِنthan أَبيmy father
أَحنى عَلَيَّ مِن أَبي
I have a grandmother who is kind to me,
I have a grandmother who has mercy on me
more tender toward me than my father.
She leaned over me more than my father did
وَكُلُّand every شَيءٍthing سَرَّنيpleased me
وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ سَرَّني
تَذهَبُshe goes فيهِin it مَذهَبيmy way
تَذهَبُ فيهِ مَذهَبي
And whatever brings me joy,
And everything that delighted me
she shares my view of it.
Would be my way
إِنif غَضِبَgrew angry الأَهلُthe family عَلَـat—
إِن غَضِبَ الأَهلُ عَلَـ
ـيَ—me كُلُّهُمall of them لَمdid not تَغضَبِshe gets angry
ـيَ كُلُّهُم لَم تَغضَبِ
If the family grew angry with
If my family got angry at me
me—all of them—she would not.
They all did, but not her
مَشىwalked أَبيmy father يَوماًone day إِلَـtoward—
مَشى أَبي يَوماً إِلَـ
ـيَ—me مِشيَةَthe gait of المُؤَدِّبِthe disciplinarian
ـيَ مِشيَةَ المُؤَدِّبِ
One day my father walked toward
My father walked up to me one day
me, with a disciplinarian's gait,
With the stride of a disciplinarian
غَضبانَangry قَدhad هَدَّدَhe threatened بِالضَرwith beating (first part)
غَضبانَ قَد هَدَّدَ بِالضَر
بِcompletion of 'beating' وَإِنand although لَمdid not يَضرِبِhe strikes
بِ وَإِن لَم يَضرِبِ
angry; he had threatened a beating,
Angry and having threatened to hit
though he did not strike.
And that he would actually hit
فَلَمso ... not أَجِدI found لِيَfor myself مِنهُfrom him غَيـother than (first part)
فَلَم أَجِد لِيَ مِنهُ غَيـ
ـرَcompletion of 'other than' جَدَّتيmy grandmother مِنany مَهرَبِrefuge
ـرَ جَدَّتي مِن مَهرَبِ
So I found, to escape him, none but
So I found no refuge from him
my grandmother as a refuge.
Other than my grandmother as an escape
فَجَعَلتنيso she put me خَلفَهاbehind her
فَجَعَلتني خَلفَها
أَنجوI escape بِهاthrough her وَأَختَبيand I hide
أَنجو بِها وَأَختَبي
So she put me behind her;
She put me behind her
I found safety with her and hid,
So I would be safe with her and hide
وَهيَwhile she تَقولُsays لِأَبيto my father
وَهيَ تَقولُ لِأَبي
بِلَهجَةِin the tone of المُؤَنِّبِthe reprover
بِلَهجَةِ المُؤَنِّبِ
while she said to my father,
And she said to my father
in a reproachful tone:
In a reprimanding tone
وَيحٌalas! لَهُfor him وَيحٌalas! لِهَـfor this (first part)
وَيحٌ لَهُ وَيحٌ لِهَـ
ـذاcompletion of 'this' الوَلدِthe boy المُعَذَّبِtormented
ـذا الوَلدِ المُعَذَّبِ
"Alas for him! Alas for this
Oh, woe to him, woe to
tormented boy!
This tortured boy
أَلَمdid ... not? تَكُنyou used to be تَصنَعُyou do ماwhat
أَلَم تَكُن تَصنَعُ ما
يَصنَعُhe does إِذاwhen أَنتَyou صَبيa boy
يَصنَعُ إِذا أَنتَ صَبي
Did you not use to do what
Did you not use to do
he does, when you were a boy?"
What you do, when you were a child
Sol 6.1