إِنّindeed عاراًa shame عليَّupon me أخبثَthe foulest عارِshame
إِنّ عاراً عليَّ أخبثَ عارِ
وشناراًand a disgrace أقْبِحْhow hideous بهit is مِنْas شَنَارِa disgrace
وشناراً أقْبِحْ به مِنْ شَنَارِ
Indeed, a shame upon me—the foulest shame—
It is a disgrace upon me, the worst disgrace
And a disgrace—how hideous a disgrace!—
And a scarf, uglier with it than scarves
اعتراضيكmy assailing you بالهجاءwith satire وتقذيand defiling (start)
اعتراضيك بالهجاء وتقذي
ريَmy defiling (completion) شعريmy poetry بقُذْرَةِwith the filth الأقدارthe fates
ريَ شعري بقُذْرَةِ الأقدار
Is my assailing you with satire and defiling
Your insults to my poetry and defilement
My poetry with the filth of fate.
Of the irrigation of my poetry with vileness
غيرَyet أَنَّthat الكريمthe noble man والحرَّand the freeborn man قدmay يُبْis afflicted (start)
غيرَ أَنَّ الكريم والحرَّ قد يُبْ
لىis afflicted (completion) بغيرِby those other than الكرامِthe noble والأحرارand the freeborn
لى بغيرِ الكرامِ والأحرار
Yet the noble and the freeborn may be afflicted
Yet the noble and the free may be
By those neither noble nor freeborn.
Afflicted without nobility or freemen
ياO خبيثَvile النجارin lineage ياO ابنَson of أبيAbu حHammad (start)
يا خبيثَ النجار يا ابنَ أبي ح
مّادٍHammad (completion) المقتدَيthe one following بخبثِin the vileness of النجارthe lineage
مّادٍ المقتدَي بخبثِ النجار
O you of vile stock, O son of Abu Hammad,
O wicked carpenter, o son of Abu Hammad
Taking after that vile stock!
Emulating the wickedness of the carpenter
أَخُفوفاًa rushing? كذاthus إليَّtoward me علىin جهignorance (start)
أَخُفوفاً كذا إليَّ على جه
لٍignorance (completion) خفوفَthe rushing of الفراشِmoths نحوَtoward النارthe fire
لٍ خفوفَ الفراشِ نحوَ النار
Do you rush toward me thus, in
Attacking me suddenly in ignorance
Ignorance, as moths rush toward the fire,
Like the bedbugs' rush towards fire
وهجوماًand an assault علىupon هجائيsatirizing me كماjust as قدhas
وهجوماً على هجائي كما قد
عاينَwitnessed الليثُthe lion منof هجومِthe assault of الحمارthe donkey
عاينَ الليثُ من هجومِ الحمار
And charge in to satirize me, as
And assaulting my satire as the
The lion has seen a donkey charge,
Donkey witnessed the lion's assault
كاشفاًuncovering عنof مُثَقِّفاتِchastening القوافيrhymes
كاشفاً عن مُثَقِّفاتِ القوافي
كَشْفَthe uncovering of بعضِsome of الشياهِthe sheep بعضَsome of الشِّفارthe knife-blades
كَشْفَ بعضِ الشياهِ بعضَ الشِّفار
Uncovering the chastening rhymes,
Exposing the cultural pretensions
As some sheep uncover certain knife-blades?
As some foxes expose each other's burrows
ياO صغيراًa little one لدىin the eyes of الأنامِmankind وإنand though كاhe is (start)
يا صغيراً لدى الأنامِ وإن كا
نhe is (completion) لديهمْamong them منamong التيوسِthe he-goats الكبارthe great
ن لديهمْ من التيوسِ الكبار
O little one in mankind's eyes, though
O small to the people even if
Among them, one of the great he-goats!
To them you are among the big
وحقيراًand a contemptible one فماso not يؤولُhe amounts إلىto وزweight (start)
وحقيراً فما يؤولُ إلى وز
نٍweight (completion) ولاnor قيمةٍworth ولاnor مقدارstanding
نٍ ولا قيمةٍ ولا مقدار
And contemptible, amounting to no
And despicable, amounting not to
Weight, no worth, no standing.
Any value or worth
داخلاًentering فيamong التِّجارthe merchants وهوand he إذاwhen فتّexamined (start)
داخلاً في التِّجار وهو إذا فتّ
شَهُexamined him (completion) الناسُthe people منamong زُيوفthe counterfeits of التِّجارthe merchants
شَهُ الناسُ من زُيوف التِّجار
Entering the merchants' ranks, yet when
Partaking with the merchants, and if
People examine him, he is a counterfeit among merchants.
People examine the merchandise of merchants
لحيةٌa beard مثلlike شعرةa hair of التيسِthe he-goat لاnot تُشْresembles (start)
لحيةٌ مثل شعرة التيسِ لا تُشْ
بِهresembles (completion) فيin حُذْوِهاits shape لِحَىthe beards of الأبرارthe righteous
بِه في حُذْوِها لِحَى الأبرار
A beard like a he-goat's hair, which does not
A beard like the hair of a billy-goat, not resembling
Resemble in shape the beards of righteous men;
In its scrub the beards of the righteous
ثمthen وجهاًa face قِسْنَاwe compared القرودَthe monkeys إليهwith it
ثم وجهاً قِسْنَا القرودَ إليه
فوجدناand so we found القرودَthe monkeys كالأقمارlike moons
فوجدنا القرودَ كالأقمار
Then a face: we compared monkeys with it
Then a face, we compared monkeys to it
And found the monkeys like moons.
And found the monkeys like moons
فيin سوادٍblackness وصفرةٍand yellowness دعتِprompted الناthe people (start)
في سوادٍ وصفرةٍ دعتِ النا
سَthe people (completion) إلىto أنthat دَعَوْهُthey called him جُعْسَdung المرارthe bitter marar herb
سَ إلى أن دَعَوْهُ جُعْسَ المرار
Its blackness and yellowness prompted
In blackness and yellowness, which called people
People to call him 'bitter-herb dung.'
To call him bitter garlic
ذاكthat داءٌa disease وماand no لداءِfor the disease of البراذيthe packhorses (start)
ذاك داءٌ وما لداءِ البراذي
نِthe packhorses (completion) دواءٌa remedy إِلاّexcept لدىwith البَيْطَارthe veterinarian
نِ دواءٌ إِلاّ لدى البَيْطَار
That is a disease; for the disease of packhorses
That is a disease, and the disease of mange
There is no remedy except with the veterinarian.
Has no cure but with the veterinarian
Sol 6.1