ما اسمُ لِطَيْرٍِ شطُرُهُ بَلْدَةٌ

ما اسمُ لِطَيْرٍِ شطُرُهُ بَلْدَةٌ

في الشّرْقِ مِنْ تصحيفها مَشرَبي

في الشّرْقِ مِنْ تصحيفها مَشرَبي

What is the name of a bird whose one half is a town

What is the name of a bird, half of whose name is a town

in the East, a letter-alteration of which yields my drinking place?

in the East, which, redotted, yields my drinking-place,

وما بَقيِ تَصْحيفُ مقلوِبهِ

وما بَقيِ تَصْحيفُ مقلوِبهِ

مُضَعَّفاً قَوْمٌ مِنَ المَغْرِبِ

مُضَعَّفاً قَوْمٌ مِنَ المَغْرِبِ

And what remains—when its reverse is altered in lettering

while the rest, reversed and redotted,

and doubled—is a people from the Maghreb.

then doubled, names a people of the Maghreb?