هَرَبَتْran away هِرَّةُthe cat بَيْتيmy house يَوْمَon the day of عِيدِىmy feast
هَرَبَتْ هِرَّةُ بَيْتي يَوْمَ عِيدِى
قَانظُرواso look (apparently فانظروا) هَلْwhether تَمَّis complete هذاthis السَّعِيدِhappy; fortunate
قَانظُروا هَلْ تَمَّ هذا السَّعِيدِ
My housecat ran away on my feast day.
My goat fled my home on my feast day
So look: is this happy day complete?
Look and see, is this fortunate one done?
وَازدَرَتْنيand she scorned me إذْwhen رَأَتْshe saw ليbelonging to me مَطْبَخاًa kitchen
وَازدَرَتْني إذْ رَأَتْ لي مَطْبَخاً
أَبْيضَwhite اللَّونِin color كَقرlike paper (first fragment of كقرطاس) طاسِpaper (remaining fragment of قرطاس) الوَليدِal-Walid
أَبْيضَ اللَّونِ كَقر طاسِ الوَليدِ
She scorned me when she saw my kitchen,
She scorned me when she saw I had a kitchen
White as al-Walid’s sheet of paper,
White as the plaster of Waleed
وَوُجُوهاًand faces مِنfrom among عِياليmy household أصْبَحَتْhad become
وَوُجُوهاً مِن عِيالي أصْبَحَتْ
غَيْرَnot بِيضٍwhite وَقُدوُراًand cooking pots غَيْرَnot سُودِblack
غَيْرَ بِيضٍ وَقُدوُراً غَيْرَ سُودِ
And faces in my household that had become
And faces of my children turned
Not white, and cooking pots not black.
No longer white and pots no longer black
أَفَلاwould she not, then تُمْعِنُgo far عَنَّاaway from us هَرَباًin flight
أَفَلا تُمْعِنُ عَنَّا هَرَباً
وَلَوْeven if أنَّاthat we مُوثقُوهاholding her bound بالقُيُودِwith fetters
وَلَوْ أنَّا مُوثقُوها بالقُيُودِ
Would she not flee far from us,
Why don't you flee from us
Even if we held her bound in fetters?
Even if we had her tied in ropes
أَيْنَwhere أَعْيادِيَّmy feast days واللَّحْمُand the meat بِهاduring them
أَيْنَ أَعْيادِيَّ واللَّحْمُ بِها
يَشْتَويroasts بَيْنَbetween غَرِيضٍfresh meat وَقَدِيدِand dried meat
يَشْتَوي بَيْنَ غَرِيضٍ وَقَدِيدِ
Where are my feast days, when the meat
Where are my feasts with their meat
Would roast, both fresh and dried?
Roasting between embers and coals
وَأَضَاحِيَّand my sacrificial animals التيwhich مِنfrom دَمِهاtheir blood
وَأَضَاحِيَّ التي مِن دَمِها
ظالِماًunjustly ضَرَّجْتُI stained with blood خَدّاًa cheek لِلصَعِيدِof the earth
ظالِماً ضَرَّجْتُ خَدّاً لِلصَعِيدِ
And my sacrificial animals, with whose blood
And my sacrifices which with their blood
I unjustly stained the earth’s cheek?
Unjustly I smeared on the cheek of the ground
تِلكَthose أَيَّاميmy days التيwhich قَادَled لَهاto them
تِلكَ أَيَّامي التي قَادَ لَها
جُودُgenerosity شَمْسٍShams الدّينِal-Din يَاO أَيَّامُdays عُودِيreturn
جُودُ شَمْسٍ الدّينِ يَا أَيَّامُ عُودِي
Those were my days, brought about by
Those were my days which were led
The generosity of Shams al-Din—O days, return!
By the generosity of the shining sun of the faith, O days of my return
Sol 6.1