تعاليcome تكونُbe الكتبُthe letters بَينيbetween me وبينكمand between you
تعالي تكونُ الكتبُ بَيني وبينكم
مُلاحظةًexchanged glances نُوميwe gesture بهاthrough it ونُشِيرُand we signal
مُلاحظةً نُومي بها ونُشِيرُ
Come—let the letters between me and you be
Come, let the letters between me and you
an exchange of glances, through which we gesture and signal.
be exchanged glances, through which we gesture and signal.
فعِنديfor I have منَfrom الكتبthe letters المشومةill-omened حَيرةٌbewilderment
فعِندي منَ الكتب المشومة حَيرةٌ
وعنديَand I have منfrom شؤمill fortune الرسولthe messenger أمورُtroubles
وعنديَ من شؤم الرسول أمورُ
For ill-omened letters leave me bewildered,
For the ill-omened letters leave me bewildered,
and of the messenger’s ill omen I have tales to tell.
and the messenger’s ill fortune brings me troubles.
Sol 6.1