قَدalready أَهمَلَتshe neglected لِلخِياطِfor sewing إِبرَتَهاher needle
قَد أَهمَلَت لِلخِياطِ إِبرَتَها
فَصادَفَتthen she encountered إِبرَةًa needle لِعَقرَبِهاbelonging to her scorpion
فَصادَفَت إِبرَةً لِعَقرَبِها
She had neglected her sewing needle,
Then encountered her scorpion’s needle.
فَهيَso she تُسَقّىis given to drink الحَليبَmilk لَيلَتَهاduring her night
فَهيَ تُسَقّى الحَليبَ لَيلَتَها
وَلَمand not يَكُنit was مِنamong لَذيذِthe pleasant part of مَشرَبِهاher drink
وَلَم يَكُن مِن لَذيذِ مَشرَبِها
So she is given milk to drink that night,
And it was not among the drinks she relished.
وَإِنَّماand merely الخَودَthe maiden فيin مَسارِبِهاher pathways
وَإِنَّما الخَودَ في مَسارِبِها
كَرَبَّةِlike the mistress of السُمِّvenom فيin تَسَرُّبِهاher creeping
كَرَبَّةِ السُمِّ في تَسَرُّبِها
And the maiden, in her pathways, is merely
Like the mistress of venom as she creeps along.
فَلاso do not تَكونيbe (addressing a woman) مِثلَlike الَّتيthe one who لَدَغَتstung
فَلا تَكوني مِثلَ الَّتي لَدَغَت
تَبدَأُshe begins فيin شَرِّهاher evil بِأَقرَبِهاwith the one nearest her
تَبدَأُ في شَرِّها بِأَقرَبِها
So do not be like the one that stung,
Who begins her evil with the one nearest her.
Sol 6.1