تُرىI wonder لِقَزوينَfor Qazvin عِندَbefore اللَهِGod صالِحَةٌa good deed
تُرى لِقَزوينَ عِندَ اللَهِ صالِحَةٌ
وَقَدand already تَوَلّىhas taken charge of طِماسٌṬimās أَرضَthe land of قَزوينِQazvin
وَقَد تَوَلّى طِماسٌ أَرضَ قَزوينِ
Has Qazvin, I wonder, any good deed to its credit with God,
Does Qazvin have any virtue in God's sight
when Ṭimās has taken charge of the land of Qazvin?
When Timas took over the land of Qazvin
ماwhat لِلنَدامىwith the drinking companions تَشَكّواthey complained مِنهُof him أُبَّهَةًpomp
ما لِلنَدامى تَشَكّوا مِنهُ أُبَّهَةً
فيهاin it تَطاوُسُpeacock-like strutting عاتيinsolent الجَهلِignorance مَجنونِmad
فيها تَطاوُسُ عاتي الجَهلِ مَجنونِ
What ails the drinking companions, that they complain of his pomp,
Why do the repentant complain about it
in which a madman, brazen in his ignorance, struts like a peacock?
Where the ignorant madmen are exchanging power
لَنwill not يَحمَدوكَthey praise you عَلىfor خَلقٍphysical appearance وَلاnor خُلُقٍcharacter
لَن يَحمَدوكَ عَلى خَلقٍ وَلا خُلُقٍ
إِذاwhen رَأَوكَthey see you بِلاwithout عَقلٍreason وَلاnor دينِfaith
إِذا رَأَوكَ بِلا عَقلٍ وَلا دينِ
They will not praise you for either looks or character,
They will not praise you for manners or character
when they see you with neither sense nor faith.
If they see you without reason or religion
بِأَيِّwith what مُخزِيَةٍshameful thing جَمَّشتَyou fondled قَينَتَهُمtheir singing-girl
بِأَيِّ مُخزِيَةٍ جَمَّشتَ قَينَتَهُم
أَبِاِستِwith the arse of ...? مُستَحلِقٍa passive sodomite أَمor أَيرِthe cock of عِنّينِan impotent man
أَبِاِستِ مُستَحلِقٍ أَم أَيرِ عِنّينِ
With what shameful thing did you fondle their singing-girl—
With what disgrace have you defiled their community
with a passive sodomite’s arse, or an impotent man’s cock?
Like a shaved maggot or a feeble leader
وَلِمand why تَخَرسَنتَyou acted like a Khurasani ياO مَلعونُaccursed one بَينَهُمُamong them
وَلِم تَخَرسَنتَ يا مَلعونُ بَينَهُمُ
وَأَنتَwhile you are كورٌblind (Persian kūr) عَليلُailing الكيرِthe cock (Persian kīr) وَالكونِand the arse (Persian kūn)
وَأَنتَ كورٌ عَليلُ الكيرِ وَالكونِ
And why did you act like a Khurasani among them, accursed one,
Why are you silent, accursed, among them
while you are blind, with cock and arse alike ailing?
When you are a blind invalid of loss and existence
Sol 6.1