رَأَيتُI saw مِنَamong الكَبائِرِgrave sins قاضِيَينِtwo judges
رَأَيتُ مِنَ الكَبائِرِ قاضِيَينِ
هُماthe two of them أُحدوثَةٌa subject of talk فيin الخافِقَينِthe East and West
هُما أُحدوثَةٌ في الخافِقَينِ
I have seen two judges among the enormities;
they are the talk of East and West.
هُماthe two of them اِقتَسَماthey divided between themselves العَمىblindness نِصفَينِinto two halves قَدراًin measure
هُما اِقتَسَما العَمى نِصفَينِ قَدراً
كَماjust as اِقتَسَماthey divided between themselves قَضاءَjurisdiction over الجانِبَينِthe two sides
كَما اِقتَسَما قَضاءَ الجانِبَينِ
They divided blindness between them in equal halves,
just as they divided jurisdiction over the two sides.
وَتَحسَبُand you would think مِنهُماof the two of them مَنwhoever هَزَّshakes رَأساًa head
وَتَحسَبُ مِنهُما مَن هَزَّ رَأساً
لِيَنظُرَso he may examine فيinto مَواريثٍinheritances وَدَينِand debt
لِيَنظُرَ في مَواريثٍ وَدَينِ
And it seems to you, when either of them shakes his head
to look into inheritances and debt,
كَأَنَّكَas though you قَدalready جَعَلتَyou placed عَلَيهِupon him دَنّاًa wine jar
كَأَنَّكَ قَد جَعَلتَ عَلَيهِ دَنّاً
فَتَحتَyou opened بِزالَهُits tap مِنthrough فَردِa single عَينِeye
فَتَحتَ بِزالَهُ مِن فَردِ عَينِ
as though you had set a wine jar upon him,
and opened its tap through a single eye.
هُماthe two of them فَألُan omen الزَمانِthe age بِهُلكِof the doom of يَحيىYahya
هُما فَألُ الزَمانِ بِهُلكِ يَحيى
إِذsince اِفتَتَحَhe began القَضاءَthe administration of justice بِأَعوَرَينِwith two one-eyed men
إِذ اِفتَتَحَ القَضاءَ بِأَعوَرَينِ
They are the age’s omen of Yahya’s doom,
since he began dispensing justice with two one-eyed men.
Sol 6.1