ماذاwhat يُريبُكَtroubles you مِنabout غُرابٍa crow طارَflew عَنfrom
ماذا يُريبُكَ مِن غُرابٍ طارَ عَن
وَكرٍa nest يَكونُthere is بِهِin it لِبازٍfor a hawk مَسقَطُa place to alight
وَكرٍ يَكونُ بِهِ لِبازٍ مَسقَطُ
What troubles you about a crow that flew from
What makes you suspicious of a raven that flew from
A nest where a hawk has a place to alight?
A nest that would be for a falcon a perch
واoh! فَضحَتاwhat shame! لَكَupon you فيin شِمالِكَyour left hand غادِياًsetting out in the morning
وا فَضحَتا لَكَ في شِمالِكَ غادِياً
عودُhandle المِراةِthe mirror وَفيand in يَمينِكَyour right hand مِلقَطُtweezers
عودُ المِراةِ وَفي يَمينِكَ مِلقَطُ
Oh, shame on you! As you set out in the morning, in your left hand
Oh shame that in your left hand going
Is a mirror’s handle, and in your right, tweezers.
Is the mirror's handle, and in your right hand tweezers
أَوَماand have you not? قَرَأتَyou read سِجِلَّthe scroll دَهرِكَyour lifetime ناطِقاًspeaking
أَوَما قَرَأتَ سِجِلَّ دَهرِكَ ناطِقاً
بِالهُلكِof doom يُشَكَّلُis given vowel marks بِالخُطوبِby calamities وَيُنقَطُand is dotted
بِالهُلكِ يُشَكَّلُ بِالخُطوبِ وَيُنقَطُ
And have you not read the scroll of your life, speaking
Or have you not read the scroll of your fate speaking
Of doom, vowel-marked by calamities and dotted?
Of ruin shaped by disasters and marked by dots
Sol 6.1