ماnot أَرىI see إِنif ذبحتI slaughter شاةَa ewe سَعيدٍof Sa‘id
ما أَرى إِن ذبحت شاةَ سَعيدٍ
حاصِلاًobtained فيin يَدَيَّmy two hands غَيرَother than الإِهابِthe hide
حاصِلاً في يَدَيَّ غَيرَ الإِهابِ
I do not see, if I slaughter Sa‘id’s ewe,
anything coming into my hands but the hide.
لَيسَis not إِلّاexcept عِظامُهاher bones لَوif تَراهاyou see her
لَيسَ إِلّا عِظامُها لَو تَراها
قُلتَyou would say هذاthis أَرازِنٌarzan-wood sticks فيin جِرابِa sack
قُلتَ هذا أَرازِنٌ في جِرابِ
She is nothing but bones; if you saw her,
you would say, “These are arzan-wood sticks in a sack!”
مِنamong خِساسِwretched ones الشاءِthe sheep اللَواتيwhich إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle
مِن خِساسِ الشاءِ اللَواتي إِذا ما
أَبصَروهُنَّthey saw them قيلَit was said شاءُsheep النِهابِplunder
أَبصَروهُنَّ قيلَ شاءُ النِهابِ
One of those wretched sheep which, whenever
people see them, are called “plundered sheep.”
سَتَراهُنَّyou will see them كَيفَhow يَبصُقنَthey spit فيin وَجface (word beginning)
سَتَراهُنَّ كَيفَ يَبصُقنَ في وَج
هِface (word ending) المُضَحّيthe sacrificer بِهِنَّwith them as offerings يَومَthe day الحِسابِof reckoning
هِ المُضَحّي بِهِنَّ يَومَ الحِسابِ
You will see how they spit in the face
of the one who sacrifices them, on the Day of Reckoning.
كَمhow often تَغَنَّتshe sang لَدَيهِمُin their presence حينَwhen لَمnot (past negation) تُطshe was fed (word beginning)
كَم تَغَنَّت لَدَيهِمُ حينَ لَم تُط
عَمshe was fed (word ending) وَلَمand not (past negation) تَرعَshe grazed غَيرَother than مَحضِsheer التُرابِdust
عَم وَلَم تَرعَ غَيرَ مَحضِ التُرابِ
How often she sang before them, when she was not
fed, and grazed on nothing but sheer dust:
رَبِّmy Lord لاno صَبرَpatience ليfor me عَلىfor ذاthis العَذابِtorment
رَبِّ لا صَبرَ لي عَلى ذا العَذابِ
قَدindeed بَرىhas worn away مُهجَتيmy soul وَأَبلىand worn out شَبابيmy youth
قَد بَرى مُهجَتي وَأَبلى شَبابي
“My Lord, I have no patience for this torment;
it has worn away my soul and withered my youth.”
Sol 6.1