إِنَّماonly لِقحَتُنَاour milk-giving she-camel بَاطِيَةٌa wine bowl
إِنَّما لِقحَتُنَا بَاطِيَةٌ
فَإِذاand when ما(emphatic particle) مُزِجَتit is mixed كَانَتit becomes عَجَبa marvel
فَإِذا ما مُزِجَت كَانَت عَجَب
Our milch camel is but a wine bowl;
and when it is mixed, it becomes a marvel:
لَبَنٌmilk أَصفَرُyellow صافٍclear لَونُهُits color
لَبَنٌ أَصفَرُ صافٍ لَونُهُ
يَنزَعُit pulls out الباسورَhemorrhoids مِنfrom عَجبِthe base of الذَنَبthe tail
يَنزَعُ الباسورَ مِن عَجبِ الذَنَب
yellow milk, clear in hue,
that pulls hemorrhoids from the tailbone.
سَأَلَasked الشُرطِيُّthe policeman أَنthat نَسقِيَهُwe give him drink
سَأَلَ الشُرطِيُّ أَن نَسقِيَهُ
فَسَقَيناهُso we gave him drink بِأُنبوبِthrough a tube of القَصَبreed
فَسَقَيناهُ بِأُنبوبِ القَصَب
The policeman asked us to give him a drink,
so we gave him drink through a reed tube.
إِنَّماonly نَشرَبُwe drink مِنfrom أَموالِناour money
إِنَّما نَشرَبُ مِن أَموالِنا
فَسَلواso ask الشُرطِيَّthe policeman ماwhat هَذاthis الغَضَبthe anger
فَسَلوا الشُرطِيَّ ما هَذا الغَضَب
We drink only at our own expense,
so ask the policeman: what is this anger?
Sol 6.1