ماءَناI am not (ما أنا) بِالواغِلِan uninvited guest at drinks يَوماًever عَلىamong الthe
ماءَنا بِالواغِلِ يَوماً عَلى ال
شَربِdrinkers وَلاand not مِثليone like me بِالوارِشِan uninvited guest at meals
شَربِ وَلا مِثلي بِالوارِشِ
I am never an uninvited guest among the
drinkers, nor is one like me a gatecrasher at meals.
أَعرِشُI roof الجَفرَthe broad pit وَلاand not النَخلَthe date palms فيin الدُنbeginning of الدنيا: the world
أَعرِشُ الجَفرَ وَلا النَخلَ في الدُن
ياcompletion of الدنيا: world وَماand not تَبقىendures يَدُthe hand of العارِشِthe roofer
يا وَما تَبقى يَدُ العارِشِ
I roof the broad pit, not the date palms, in the
world; and the roofer's hand does not endure.
لَستُI am not نَسيباًa kinsman لِقُرَيشٍto Quraysh وَلاand not
لَستُ نَسيباً لِقُرَيشٍ وَلا
أَتبَعُI follow إِثرَthe trail of الرَجُلِthe man القارِشِwho amasses wealth
أَتبَعُ إِثرَ الرَجُلِ القارِشِ
I am no kinsman of Quraysh, nor
do I follow the trail of the man who amasses wealth.
وَالنَسلُand offspring فَرشٌbedding لِهُمومِfor the cares of الفَتىthe young man
وَالنَسلُ فَرشٌ لِهُمومِ الفَتى
وَالعَقلُand reason مَسلوبٌstripped away مِنَfrom الفارِشِthe bedding-spreader
وَالعَقلُ مَسلوبٌ مِنَ الفارِشِ
And offspring are bedding for a young man's cares,
and reason is stripped from the one who spreads it.
لَولاwere it not for أَبوthe father of الضَبِّthe spiny-tailed lizard وَأَجدادُهُand its forebears
لَولا أَبو الضَبِّ وَأَجدادُهُ
لَمwould not يَرتَقِبit watches for كَيداًtrickery مِنَfrom الحارِشِthe lizard-hunter
لَم يَرتَقِب كَيداً مِنَ الحارِشِ
Were it not for the lizard's father and its forebears,
it would not be watching for the hunter's wiles.
فَاِجعَلso make حِذائيmy footwear خَشَباًwood إِنَّنيindeed I
فَاِجعَل حِذائي خَشَباً إِنَّني
أُريدُI wish إِبقاءًsparing عَلىfor الدارِشِthe black leather
أُريدُ إِبقاءً عَلى الدارِشِ
So make my footwear of wood: I
wish to spare the black leather.
كانَit was أَديماًa hide لِمَجَسِّfor a being sensitive to الأَذىpain
كانَ أَديماً لِمَجَسِّ الأَذى
يَلتَمِسُit seeks الرِزقَsustenance مَعَalongside الجارِشِthe livelihood-earner
يَلتَمِسُ الرِزقَ مَعَ الجارِشِ
It was once the hide of a creature that could feel pain,
seeking sustenance alongside the toiler.
Sol 6.1