ماnot سَبَّنيhe reviled me العَوّامُal-ʿAwwām إِلّاexcept لِأَنَّهُbecause he
ما سَبَّني العَوّامُ إِلّا لِأَنَّهُ
أَخوa brother of سَمَكٍfish فيin البَحرِthe sea جارُa neighbor of التَماسِحِthe crocodiles
أَخو سَمَكٍ في البَحرِ جارُ التَماسِحِ
Al-ʿAwwām reviled me only because he is
A brother to fish in the sea, a neighbor to crocodiles.
لَئيمٌbase دَنِيٌّlowly فاحِشٌfoul-mouthed وَاِبنُand a son of فاحِشٍa foul-mouthed man
لَئيمٌ دَنِيٌّ فاحِشٌ وَاِبنُ فاحِشٍ
لَئيمُignoble العُروقِancestral roots أَصلُهُhis origin مُتَنازِحُfar-flung
لَئيمُ العُروقِ أَصلُهُ مُتَنازِحُ
Base, lowly, foul-mouthed, and the son of a foul-mouthed man,
Ignoble in his roots, his ancestry far-flung.
لَهُhe has خَمرَةٌwine فيin بَيتِهِhis house وَجُرَيرَةٌand a little jar
لَهُ خَمرَةٌ في بَيتِهِ وَجُرَيرَةٌ
يُبَيِّعُhe sells فيهاin it فَهوَso he is نَشوانُdrunk سالِحُdefecating
يُبَيِّعُ فيها فَهوَ نَشوانُ سالِحُ
He has wine in his house and a little jar;
He sells wine from it, and so is drunk and shitting.
Sol 6.1