أَعَبدَO Abd اللَهِAllah إِنif سَبَّتكَshe insulted you عِرسيmy wife
أَعَبدَ اللَهِ إِن سَبَّتكَ عِرسي
تَساقَطَfell away بَعضُpart of لَحميmy flesh قَبلَbefore بَعضِanother part
تَساقَطَ بَعضُ لَحمي قَبلَ بَعضِ
O Abd Allah, if my wife insults you,
I worship Allah, though you abuse me,
May my flesh fall away, one part before another.
And pieces of my flesh fall off before others.
إِذاwhen عِرسُwife of اِمرِئٍa man شَتَمَتshe insulted أَخاهُhis brother
إِذا عِرسُ اِمرِئٍ شَتَمَت أَخاهُ
فَلَيسَthen ... is not فُؤادُheart of شانِئِهِhis enemy بِحَمضِsour herbage
فَلَيسَ فُؤادُ شانِئِهِ بِحَمضِ
When a man's wife insults his brother,
When a man's honour is abused he reviles his abuser;
Then his enemy's heart is no sour herbage.
But his heart has no rancour.
مَعاذَI seek refuge in اللَهِGod أَنthat يَشتُمنَthey (women) insult رَهطيmy clan
مَعاذَ اللَهِ أَن يَشتُمنَ رَهطي
وَأَنand that يَملِكنَthey (women) control إِبراميmy binding وَنَقضيand my unbinding
وَأَن يَملِكنَ إِبرامي وَنَقضي
God forbid that they should insult my clan,
God forbid that my people should abuse me,
And that they should control my binding and unbinding.
Or that I should control my frown and undoing.
Sol 6.1