ياO مُستَرِدّاًone reclaiming قَليلَthe little نائِلِهِof his bounty
يا مُستَرِدّاً قَليلَ نائِلِهِ
أَكُلُّis all ...? هَذاthis حِرصاًout of greed عَلىfor العَشرَهthe ten
أَكُلُّ هَذا حِرصاً عَلى العَشرَه
O you who reclaim your paltry bounty,
O you who take back little of what you obtain
Is all this out of greed for the ten?
Is all this avarice for the sake of ten?
ظَنَنتَyou thought فيهاin it الغِنىwealth فَتَأخُذَهاso you take it
ظَنَنتَ فيها الغِنى فَتَأخُذَها
مِنfrom شاعِرٍa poet أَمor حَسِبتَهاyou thought it كَمَرَهa glans (penis-head)
مِن شاعِرٍ أَم حَسِبتَها كَمَرَه
Did you think wealth lay in it, that you should take it
You thought it was wealth, so you took it
from a poet—or did you think it a penis-head?
From a poet or did you think it was a vineyard?
دونَكَهاtake it إِنَّهاindeed it is مُصَرَّفَةٌtransformed
دونَكَها إِنَّها مُصَرَّفَةٌ
عَقارِباًscorpions فيin البِلادِthe land مُنتَشِرَهscattered
عَقارِباً في البِلادِ مُنتَشِرَه
Take it: it has been transformed
Leave it be, for it circulates
into scorpions scattered throughout the land.
Like scorpions spreading through the lands
جادَwas generous لَناto us مِنone who (contextual reading) غُلامَهُhis servant-boy أَبَداًalways
جادَ لَنا مِن غُلامَهُ أَبَداً
يَغرِسُplants فيin جانِبِthe side of إِستِهِhis arse جَزَرَهa carrot
يَغرِسُ في جانِبِ إِستِهِ جَزَرَه
Generous to us was he whose servant-boy forever
His lad was always generous to us
plants a carrot at the side of his arse.
Planting carrots on the side of his tent
Sol 6.1