صِرْتَyou have become بَيْنَbetween الصّادَيْنِthe two ṣāds يَاO بْنَson of الْمُجَلِّيal-Mujallī
صِرْتَ بَيْنَ الصّادَيْنِ يَا بْنَ الْمُجَلِّي
بَيْنَbetween صَفْعٍslapping يُوهِيweakens قَفاكَyour nape وَصَرْفِand rejection
بَيْنَ صَفْعٍ يُوهِي قَفاكَ وَصَرْفِ
You have ended up between the two ṣāds, O son of al-Mujallī,
Between slapping that weakens your nape and rejection,
بَعْدَafter باءَيْنَtwo bāʾs مِنْof بِغُاءٍprostitution وَبَرْدٍand coldness
بَعْدَ باءَيْنَ مِنْ بِغُاءٍ وَبَرْدٍ
حِلْفَan ally of ضادَيْنِtwo ḍāds فِيكَwithin you وَضُعْفِand weakness
حِلْفَ ضادَيْنِ فِيكَ وَضُعْفِ
After two bāʾs: prostitution and coldness,
An ally of two ḍāds within you, and weakness;
ثُمَّthen شِينَيْنِtwo shīns شُؤْمِill luck جَدٍّfortune وَشِعْرٍand verse
ثُمَّ شِينَيْنِ شُؤْمِ جَدٍّ وَشِعْرٍ
لَمِغِيضٍfor a cesspit فِيهِin it يَنابِيعُsprings كُنْفِprivies
لَمِغِيضٍ فِيهِ يَنابِيعُ كُنْفِ
Then two shīns: ill-starred fortune and verse
For a cesspit with springs of privies;
قِرْنَcompanion to عَيْنَيْنِtwo ʿayns عُدْمِlack of عَقْلٍreason وَمالٍand wealth
قِرْنَ عَيْنَيْنِ عُدْمِ عَقْلٍ وَمالٍ
وَعَمىًand blindness عاجِلٍimmediate بِوَقْعِfrom the impact of الأَكُفِّthe palms
وَعَمىً عاجِلٍ بِوَقْعِ الأَكُفِّ
Companion to two ʿayns: lack of reason and wealth,
And sudden blindness from the blows of palms.
وَسَتأْتِيand will come الْفاءَانِthe two fāʾs فَقْدُكَyour loss بَلْrather فَقْpov-
وَسَتأْتِي الْفاءَانِ فَقْدُكَ بَلْ فَقْ
رُكَ-erty of yours إِثْرَafter الْحاءَيْنِthe two ḥāʾs حُرْفٍprivation وَحَتْفٍand death
رُكَ إِثْرَ الْحاءَيْنِ حُرْفٍ وَحَتْفٍ
And the two fāʾs will come: your loss—rather, your pov-
erty—after the two ḥāʾs: privation and death.
وَإِذاand when ماan emphatic particle السِّيناتُthe sīns حُزْنَكَthey encompass you ياO حُزْsor-
وَإِذا ما السِّيناتُ حُزْنَكَ يا حُزْ
نَ-row ذَوِيthose engaged in الصَّرْفِmoney-changing قُمْتَyou stood مِنْfrom غَيْرِabsence of خُلْفِfailure
نَ ذَوِي الصَّرْفِ قُمْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ خُلْفِ
And when the sīns encompass you, O sor-
row of the money-changers, you stand without fail:
سَفَهٌfolly فِيin سَفالَةٍbaseness فِيin سُقُوطٍa downfall
سَفَهٌ فِي سَفالَةٍ فِي سُقُوطٍ
دائمٍunending فيin سَوادٍblackness وَجْهٍa face وسُخْفِand stupidity
دائمٍ في سَوادٍ وَجْهٍ وسُخْفِ
Folly in baseness, in a downfall
Unending, in blackness of face and stupidity.
Sol 6.1