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They slapped him openly,

صفعوه بالعوانيه

1. They slapped him openly,
Not in secret but publicly.

١. صفعوه بالعوانيه
لا سِرَّ بَلْ عَلاَنِيه

2. And they slapped the cheek
Of a lying sinner.

٢. وصفعُوا ناصيةً
كاذبةً خاطِيه

3. They cut his nape
With a jug and bowl.

٣. قطَّعوا قذاله
بِقرْبة ورَاوِيه

4. So he said, "Stop slapping, I'm
Just a narrator of this talk."

٤. فقال كُفُّوا الصَّفْع إِني
للحديثِ رَاوِيه

5. They said to him, "This gathering's judgement
Has fulfilled the rhyme's parity."

٥. قالُوا لَه قَضَى بِذَا الـ
ـجَمْعِ جِناسُ القافِيه

6. "You were in good health,
Yet didn't thank wellness.

٦. قدْ كُنْتَ في عافيةٍ
فما شَكَرْتَ العافِيه

7. And you leaned into passion's affair
Until it misguided you astray.

٧. ودِنْت من أَمْرِ الهوى
دهتْك مِنْه داهِيه

8. But you persisted stubbornly
Until it led you astray.

٨. لكن تحككت بَغاً
حتَّى دهتْك داهِيه

9. And how many times for him
There's not any trace left.

٩. وكمْ له مِنْ وقْعةٍ
لم تُبقِ منه بَاقيه

10. And no shoe-slap was ever
A protection for him.

١٠. وما عليه قطُّ مِن
صَفْعِ النِّعال وَاقِيه

11. And this is the tenth one,
Don't think it's the second.

١١. وهذه عَاشِرَةٌ
لا تحسبوها ثانيه

12. But he's rough of neck
And thick of temple."

١٢. لكنه جلْفُ القذا
لِ وغليظُ الحاشِيه