وَلَمْand did not أَرَI see كالكسكاكِlike kaskāk إذْwhen راقَgleamed دُهُنُهُits fat
وَلَمْ أَرَ كالكسكاكِ إذْ راقَ دُهُنُهُ
وَلاحَand appeared لهُbelonging to it نَشْرٌa scent وَفَاحَand wafted لَهُbelonging to it نَشْرُa fragrance
وَلاحَ لهُ نَشْرٌ وَفَاحَ لَهُ نَشْرُ
And I have seen nothing like kaskāk when its fat gleamed,
I have not seen the flask like the flask of Kiskak
And its scent revealed itself, and its fragrance wafted.
When its oil drips, it has no clarity, but it has clarity when it diffuses.
وماand not عَدَلَwas fair الطَّبَّاخُthe cook فيهِin it وَجَوْرُهُand his unfairness
وما عَدَلَ الطَّبَّاخُ فيهِ وَجَوْرُهُ
هَوَit is العَدْلُfairness فَافهَمْso understand مَاwhat تَضمَّنهُcontained it الشِّعْرُthe verse
هَوَ العَدْلُ فَافهَمْ مَا تَضمَّنهُ الشِّعْرُ
And the cook was not fair with it, yet his unfairness
The cook was not just in it, yet his injustice
Is fairness itself—so understand what the verse contains.
Is justice, so understand what the poetry implies.
وَتِسعَةُand nine أَعْشَارٍtenths لَعَمْرُكَby your life لَحْمةٌmeat
وَتِسعَةُ أَعْشَارٍ لَعَمْرُكَ لَحْمةٌ
وَمَاand not فِيهِin it مِنof بُرٍّwheat لَعَمْرِىby my life وَلاand not even عُشْرُa tenth
وَمَا فِيهِ مِن بُرٍّ لَعَمْرِى وَلا عُشْرُ
And nine tenths, by your life, are meat;
Nine tenths of you, by your life, are flesh
And the wheat in it, by my life, is not even a tenth.
And what is in you of virtue, by my life, is not even a tenth.
Sol 6.1