وَكَأَنَّand as though الزِقَّthe wineskin مَملوءاًfull إِذاwhen
وَكَأَنَّ الزِقَّ مَملوءاً إِذا
ماemphatic particle بَطَحناwe laid flat الزِقَّthe wineskin زِنجِيٌّa Zanj man سَرَقstole
ما بَطَحنا الزِقَّ زِنجِيٌّ سَرَق
And the full wineskin seems, when
we lay the wineskin flat, like a Zanj man who stole,
شُدَّwas bound بِالحَبلِwith the rope وَلَقّواand they twisted فَضلَهُits slack
شُدَّ بِالحَبلِ وَلَقّوا فَضلَهُ
فَوقَabove أَعلىthe top of حَلقِهِhis throat حَتّىuntil اِختَنَقhe suffocated
فَوقَ أَعلى حَلقِهِ حَتّى اِختَنَق
bound with a rope, and they twisted its slack
above the top of his throat until he suffocated.
Sol 6.1