حمَّامُناour bathhouse ليسَis not فيهin it ماءٌwater
حمَّامُنا ليسَ فيه ماءٌ
وبَردُهُand its cold ماnot لَهُfor it انقِضاءُan end
وبَردُهُ ما لَهُ انقِضاءُ
Our bathhouse has no water,
and its cold has no end.
ماnot ينفَعُis of use القُطنُcotton فيهِin it شيئاًat all
ما ينفَعُ القُطنُ فيهِ شيئاً
ولاnor اللَّبابيدُfelt cloaks والفِراءُand furs
ولا اللَّبابيدُ والفِراءُ
Cotton is of no use there,
nor are felt cloaks and furs.
ترعدُyou shiver فيin الصَّيفِsummer فيهِin it برداًfrom cold
ترعدُ في الصَّيفِ فيهِ برداً
فصيفُfor the summer of حمَّامناour bathhouse شِتاءُwinter
فصيفُ حمَّامنا شِتاءُ
You shiver there from cold in summer,
for summer in our bathhouse is winter.
فلمso did not نردْهُwe visit it لِدفعِto ward off داءٍan illness
فلم نردْهُ لِدفعِ داءٍ
هلْdoes ...? يدفعُward off الدّاءَthe illness وهوَwhile it is داءُan illness
هلْ يدفعُ الدّاءَ وهوَ داءُ
So we did not visit it to ward off illness;
does it ward off illness when it is itself an illness?
Sol 6.1