ياO ربmany a خالmaternal uncle لكof yours مسودblackened القفاthe nape
يا رب خال لك مسود القفا
لاnot يشتكيhe complains منof رجلهhis foot مشيwalking الحفاbarefootedness
لا يشتكي من رجله مشي الحفا
Oh, many a maternal uncle of yours, blackened at the nape,
O Lord, he walked with pride,
does not complain of foot pain from walking barefoot.
His feet never complaining of the miles.
كأنas though عينيهhis two eyes إذاwhen تشوفاhe peered
كأن عينيه إذا تشوفا
عيناthe two eyes of غرابa crow فوقatop نيقa mountain peak أشرفاlooked out from above
عينا غراب فوق نيق أشرفا
His eyes, when he peers, seem like
When he looked, his eyes were like,
the eyes of a crow looking out from a mountain peak.
A crow's surveying from a high palm tree.
Sol 6.1