ضَعَةٌdebasement لِلزَمانِto the age عِنديin my view وَعَكسُand a reversal
ضَعَةٌ لِلزَمانِ عِندي وَعَكسُ
إِذwhen تَوَلّىtook charge of بِزُرجَسابورَBizurj-Sabur جِبسُa vile fool
إِذ تَوَلّى بِزُرجَسابورَ جِبسُ
To me, a debasement of the age and a reversal,
The times bring me low, yet raise him high
when a vile fool took charge of Bizurj-Sabur.
Since Jibis went off to rule in Zarjusabur.
شَخصُهُhis person المُزدَرىthe despised عِنديin my eyes وَمَخبَرُهُand his inner character المَشthe abhorred (word begins)
شَخصُهُ المُزدَرى عِندي وَمَخبَرُهُ المَش
نوءُabhorred (word completion) قُبحاًfor ugliness وَرَأيُهُand his judgment المُستَخَسُّthe one deemed contemptible
نوءُ قُبحاً وَرَأيُهُ المُستَخَسُّ
His person is despised in my eyes, and his inner character abhorred—
His wretched self I scorn, his words, his views-
for its ugliness—and his judgment held in contempt.
All ugly and mean and vulgarized.
يَتَعاطىhe attempts القَريضَverse وَهوَwhile he is جَمادُinert الthe
يَتَعاطى القَريضَ وَهوَ جَمادُ ال
ذِهنِmind يَجفوturns away عَنِfrom القَريضِverse وَيَعسوand is unyielding
ذِهنِ يَجفو عَنِ القَريضِ وَيَعسو
He attempts verse, though he is dull of
He scribbles verse, this clod without a mind
mind, turning away from verse and remaining unyielding.
Deaf to all poesy, spreading blight.
سَمِعَheard الضارِطونَthe noisy farters فيهِabout him فَأَنشاso he began
سَمِعَ الضارِطونَ فيهِ فَأَنشا
بِغَباءٍin stupidity مِنَfrom الجَهالَةِignorance يَفسوhe farts silently
بِغَباءٍ مِنَ الجَهالَةِ يَفسو
The noisy farters heard about him, so he began,
The ignorant applaud him, and he sings
in stupidity born of ignorance, to fart silently.
More rubbish from his font of idiocy.
Sol 6.1