أيزيدO Yazid قدindeed لاقيتyou have encountered منكرةa dreadful thing
أيزيد قد لاقيت منكرة
عجلتyou hastened بأمكwith your mother مدخلthe entrance القبرthe grave
عجلت بأمك مدخل القبر
O Yazid, you have encountered a dreadful thing.
You find Munkar, hastening your mother to her grave
You have hastened your mother to the grave's entrance.
She is an ignorant, foolish woman when she speaks
هوجاءreckless جاهلةignorant إذاwhen نطقتshe speaks
هوجاء جاهلة إذا نطقت
ليستshe is not كعاباًa full-breasted maiden بضةtender-skinned الخدرthe secluded chamber
ليست كعاباً بضة الخدر
Reckless and ignorant whenever she speaks,
She is not like a gentle, docile lamb
She is no tender, full-breasted maiden of the secluded chamber.
A black one who never stops being angry
سوداءdark-skinned ماnot تنفكceases متأفةgrumbling
سوداء ما تنفك متأفة
ملأىfull مضببةconcealing resentment علىover غمرa grudge
ملأى مضببة على غمر
Dark-skinned, never ceasing to grumble,
Filled with hatred overflowing with bitterness
Full of spite, harboring a hidden grudge.
Your grandfather was not lowly among women
ماnot كانwas جدكyour fortune فيamong النساءwomen بذيendowed with
ما كان جدك في النساء بذي
فرعa lofty branch عشيةthe evening طيرهاher omen-birds يجريcourse
فرع عشية طيرها يجري
Your fortune among women was not endowed with
An honored branch whose evening birds flow
A lofty branch, that evening when her omen-birds coursed.
She was stingy toward you but the Blessed and Praised
ضنتshe was miserly عليكtoward you فنعمso excellent is ذوthe possessor of
ضنت عليك فنعم ذو
قدرpower الرحمنthe All-Merciful والمحمودand the praised one للأمرfor the outcome
قدر الرحمن والمحمود للأمر
She was miserly toward you; how excellent is the Possessor
Determiner of fate is generous in his command
Of power—the All-Merciful, and the One praised for the outcome.
Partial English translation: 9 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1