أُلامُI am blamed عَلىfor بُغضيmy hatred لِماfor what بَينَbetween حَيَّةٍa snake
أُلامُ عَلى بُغضي لِما بَينَ حَيَّةٍ
وَضَبعٍand a hyena وَتِمساحٍand a crocodile تَغَشّاكَoverwhelmed you مِنfrom بَحرِa sea
وَضَبعٍ وَتِمساحٍ تَغَشّاكَ مِن بَحرِ
I am blamed for hating what lies between a snake
I grieve for hating what's between viper
and a hyena and a crocodile that overwhelmed you from the sea.
And hyena, crocodile deceiving you from the sea
تُحاكيshe resembles نَعيماًNaʿīm زالَZāl فيin قُبحِugliness وَجهِهاher face
تُحاكي نَعيماً زالَ في قُبحِ وَجهِها
وَصَفحَتُهاand her cheek لَمّاwhen بَدَتit appeared سَطوَةُonslaught الدَهرِtime
وَصَفحَتُها لَمّا بَدَت سَطوَةُ الدَهرِ
She resembles Naʿīm Zāl in the ugliness of her face,
Feigning bliss gone in its ugly face
and her cheek, when it appeared, was time’s onslaught.
And its page turned when tyranny of fate appeared
هِيَshe الضَرَبانُthe throbbing فيin المَفاصِلِthe joints خالِياًalone
هِيَ الضَرَبانُ في المَفاصِلِ خالِياً
وَشُعبَةُand an offshoot بِرسامٍpleurisy ضَمَمتَyou clasped إِلىto النَحرِthe upper chest
وَشُعبَةُ بِرسامٍ ضَمَمتَ إِلى النَحرِ
She is the throbbing in the joints when you are alone,
It's cutting joints while empty
and an offshoot of pleurisy you have clasped against your chest.
And a branch with painter who squeezed to the throat
إِذاwhen سَفَرَتshe unveiled كانَتshe was لِعَينَيكَfor your two eyes سُخنَةًburning grief
إِذا سَفَرَت كانَت لِعَينَيكَ سُخنَةً
وَإِنand if بُرقِعَتshe was veiled فَالقَفرُthen the barren waste فيin غايَةِutmost extent القَفرِbarrenness
وَإِن بُرقِعَت فَالقَفرُ في غايَةِ القَفرِ
When she unveils, she is a burning grief to your eyes;
When she traveled she was smelly for your eyes
and if she is veiled, she is a barren waste at its most desolate.
And if she's veiled, barrenness is extremely barren
وَإِنand if حَدَّثَتshe spoke كانَتshe was جَميعَall مَصائِبِcalamities
وَإِن حَدَّثَت كانَت جَميعَ مَصائِبِ
مُوَفَّرَةٍabundant تَأتيcomes بِقاصِمَةِwith a breaker of الظَهرِthe back
مُوَفَّرَةٍ تَأتي بِقاصِمَةِ الظَهرِ
And if she speaks, she is a whole host of calamities,
And if she spoke, it was all misfortunes
in abundance, bringing a back-breaking blow.
Agonizing, breaking the back
حَديثٌtalk كَقَلعِlike pulling out الضِرسِthe molar أَوor نَتفَplucking شارِبٍa mustache
حَديثٌ كَقَلعِ الضِرسِ أَو نَتفَ شارِبٍ
وَغُنجٌand coquetry كَحَطمِlike crushing الأَنفِthe nose عيلَwas exhausted بِهِby it صَبريmy patience
وَغُنجٌ كَحَطمِ الأَنفِ عيلَ بِهِ صَبري
Her talk is like pulling a molar or plucking a mustache,
Talk like tearing a molar or plucking a moustache
and her coquetry is like crushing the nose—my patience is exhausted by it.
And nonsense like breaking the nose, my patience bore it
وَتَفتَرُّand she grins عَنrevealing قُلحٍyellowed teeth عَدِمتُmay I be spared حَديثَهاher talk
وَتَفتَرُّ عَن قُلحٍ عَدِمتُ حَديثَها
وَعَنand revealing جَبَلَيthe two mountains of طَيٍّṬayy وَعَنand revealing هَرَميthe two pyramids of مِصرِEgypt
وَعَن جَبَلَي طَيٍّ وَعَن هَرَمي مِصرِ
And she grins, baring yellowed teeth—may I be spared her talk!—
And she pretends to be toothless, I lacked her talk
and the two mountains of Ṭayy, and the two pyramids of Egypt.
And of Mountain Tai and pyramids of Egypt
Sol 6.1