وَذِىand one with دُمَّلٍa boil كالدَّهْرِlike time شِدَّةَintensity of قَسْوَةٍhardness
وَذِى دُمَّلٍ كالدَّهْرِ شِدَّةَ قَسْوَةٍ
مَنيعَimpenetrable حِجابٍa covering عَنagainst بُلُوغthe reaching of المَراهِمthe ointments
مَنيعَ حِجابٍ عَن بُلُوغ المَراهِم
And one with a boil, as fiercely hard as time,
With a heart as hard as the cruel ages,
its covering impenetrable to ointments;
Behind an impenetrable veil, beyond reproach,
عَسَاgrew stiff وَقَسَاand grew hard حتَّىuntil كأَنَّas though مَجَسَّهُits feel
عَسَا وَقَسَا حتَّى كأَنَّ مَجَسَّهُ
يَمِينُthe right hand بَخيلٍof a miser ظَنَّhe thought أَوor قَلبُthe heart ظَالِمِof an oppressor
يَمِينُ بَخيلٍ ظَنَّ أَو قَلبُ ظَالِمِ
it stiffened and hardened, until to the touch it seemed
So tough and harsh, as though shaped
a miser’s right hand—he thought—or an oppressor’s heart.
By the grasping hand of a miser, or the heart of an oppressor.
Sol 6.1