أَلقىhe laid down عَصاهُhis staff وَأَرخىand he let hang loose مِنpart of عِمامَتِهِhis turban
أَلقى عَصاهُ وَأَرخى مِن عِمامَتِهِ
وَقالَand he said ضَيفٌa guest فَقُلتُso I said الشَيبُgray hair قالَhe said أَجَلyes
وَقالَ ضَيفٌ فَقُلتُ الشَيبُ قالَ أَجَل
He laid down his staff and let part of his turban hang loose.
He cast down his staff and loosened his turban
And he said, “A guest.” I said, “Gray hair?” He said, “Yes.”
And said, "A guest," so I said, "Old age," he said, "Yes indeed."
فَقُلتُso I said أَخطَأتَyou mistook دارَthe dwelling of الحَيِّthe clan قالَhe said وَلِمand why?
فَقُلتُ أَخطَأتَ دارَ الحَيِّ قالَ وَلِم
مَضَتhave passed لَكَfor you الأَربَعونَthe forty years الوُفرُfull ثُمَّthen نَزَلhe settled down
مَضَت لَكَ الأَربَعونَ الوُفرُ ثُمَّ نَزَل
So I said, “You have mistaken the clan’s dwelling.” He said, “And why?”
So I said, "You missed the abode of the living," he said, "And why?"
“Your full forty years have passed.” Then he settled down.
"You’ve passed forty, exuberant hair has descended."
فَماso not شَجيتُI grieved بِشَيءٍover anything ماas much as شَجيتُI grieved بِهِover him
فَما شَجيتُ بِشَيءٍ ما شَجيتُ بِهِ
كَأَنَّماas though اِعتَمَّput on a turban مِنهُbecause of him مَفرِقيthe crown of my head بِجَبَلwith a mountain
كَأَنَّما اِعتَمَّ مِنهُ مَفرِقي بِجَبَل
So I grieved over nothing as deeply as I grieved over him.
So I was not saddened by anything, not saddened
As though, because of him, the crown of my head wore a mountain for a turban.
As if blocked from it was the parting of my head by a mountain.
Sol 6.1