مَنwho مُبلِغٌone who informs صَفوانَṢafwān أَنَّthat عَجوزُهُhis old woman
مَن مُبلِغٌ صَفوانَ أَنَّ عَجوزُهُ
أَمَةٌa slave woman لِجارَةِbelonging to the female neighbor of مَعمَرِMaʿmar بنِson of حَبيبِḤabīb
أَمَةٌ لِجارَةِ مَعمَرِ بنِ حَبيبِ
Who will tell Ṣafwān that his old woman
is a slave woman belonging to the female neighbor of Maʿmar ibn Ḥabīb?
أَمَةٌa slave woman يُقالُit is said مِنَfrom البَراجِمِal-Barājim أَصلُهاher origin
أَمَةٌ يُقالُ مِنَ البَراجِمِ أَصلُها
نَسَبٌa lineage مِنَamong الأَنسابِthe lineages غَيرُnot قَريبِclose
نَسَبٌ مِنَ الأَنسابِ غَيرُ قَريبِ
A slave woman whose origin, they say, is from al-Barājim—
a lineage among lineages, far removed.
سائِلask بِحَنبَلَabout Ḥanbal إِنif أَرَدتَyou wish بَيانَهاan account of her
سائِل بِحَنبَلَ إِن أَرَدتَ بَيانَها
ماذاwhat أَرادَhe intended بِخُربِهاwith her opening المَنقوبِpierced
ماذا أَرادَ بِخُربِها المَنقوبِ
Ask about Ḥanbal, if you wish to know her story:
what did he intend with her pierced opening?
لوْلاwere it not for السفارُtravel وبُعْدُand the distance of خَرْقٍٍa desert expanse مُمَهْمَهٍvast and trackless
لوْلا السفارُ وبُعْدُ خَرْقٍٍ مُمَهْمَهٍ
لَتَرَكْتُهاI would have left her تَحْبوshe crawls علىon العُرْقوبِthe hock
لَتَرَكْتُها تَحْبو على العُرْقوبِ
Were it not for travel and the long stretch of a vast, trackless waste,
I would have left her crawling on her hock.
Sol 6.1