هاجيone who lampoons بَنيthe sons of بُحتُرٍBuhtur وَطَيِّئِهاand their Tayy
هاجي بَني بُحتُرٍ وَطَيِّئِها
حائِنُa doomed man قَومٍa people يَحُزُّcuts فيinto كَبِدِهhis liver
حائِنُ قَومٍ يَحُزُّ في كَبِدِه
Whoever lampoons the sons of Buhtur and their tribe, Tayy,
is a doomed tribesman, cutting into his own liver.
وَليand I have جَليسٌa companion لَولاwere it not for خَساسَتُهُhis baseness
وَلي جَليسٌ لَولا خَساسَتُهُ
لَقَدsurely أَقامَstraightened الهِجاءُsatire مِنof أَوَدِهhis crookedness
لَقَد أَقامَ الهِجاءُ مِن أَوَدِه
And I have a companion: were it not for his baseness,
satire would surely have straightened his crookedness.
أَرفَعُI raise قَدريmy standing عَنهُabove him وَيَحسِبُنيand he thinks that I
أَرفَعُ قَدري عَنهُ وَيَحسِبُني
أَترُكُهُI leave him alone لِلمُقامِfor staying فيin بَلَدِهhis town
أَترُكُهُ لِلمُقامِ في بَلَدِه
I hold my dignity above him, yet he thinks I
spare him for the sake of staying in his town.
أَجفَرَhas grown impotent غُرمولُهُhis penis فَقَدfor indeed كَثُرَتhave become numerous
أَجفَرَ غُرمولُهُ فَقَد كَثُرَت
أَشباهُlikenesses غِلمانِهِof his slave boys عَلىupon وَلَدِهhis offspring
أَشباهُ غِلمانِهِ عَلى وَلَدِه
His penis has grown impotent, for there are many
likenesses of his slave boys in his offspring.
Sol 6.1