لاdo not تحسبنthink (emphatic) أنيthat I هجوlampoon- (verb fragment)
لا تحسبن أني هجو
تكI … you (verb ending) فالهجاءfor satire يجلis too noble عنكاfor you
تك فالهجاء يجل عنكا
Do not suppose that I have satirized—
Do not think that I have lampooned
—you; for satire disdains to stoop to you.
you; satire is too noble for you.
لكنrather صفعتI slapped بكwith you الذيthe one who
لكن صفعت بك الذي
نفثاتهhis spittings يعرفنare recognized منكاfrom you
نفثاته يعرفن منكا
Rather, I used you to slap the one
Rather, with you I slapped the one
whose venomous outpourings are recognized as coming from you.
whose spittings are recognized through you.
Sol 6.1