دِبسِيَّةُDibsiyyah الاِسمِthe name لَكِنbut (continued)
دِبسِيَّةُ الاِسمِ لَكِن
نَcompletes 'but' صَوتَهاher voice صَوتُthe voice of عَيرِan ass
نَ صَوتَها صَوتُ عَيرِ
Dibsiyyah by name, but
Her name is Doe though her voice
her voice is the voice of an ass.
Is a screech like a camel's bray
قَبّاضَةٌone who grasps tightly كُلَّevery أَمرٍmatter
قَبّاضَةٌ كُلَّ أَمرٍ
كَقَبضِlike the grasp of بازِa hawk الطَيرِthe birds
كَقَبضِ بازِ الطَيرِ
She seizes on every matter
Grasping is her every deed
as a hawk seizes birds.
Like a hawk seizing prey
قالَتshe said لَناto us كَيفَhow أَنتُمyou (plural)
قالَت لَنا كَيفَ أَنتُم
عَينيmy eye (an endearment) وَنَحنُand we بِخَيرِin good health
عَيني وَنَحنُ بِخَيرِ
She said to us, 'How are you,
She asked us how are you
my dear?' And we were well.
My eyes while we are well
أَمرَضتِyou (feminine) sickened قَلبيmy heart فَماso ... not إِنreinforces the negation
أَمرَضتِ قَلبي فَما إِن
يُطيقُcan bear خِدمَةَservice ديرِa monastery
يُطيقُ خِدمَةَ ديرِ
You have sickened my heart, so it cannot
You have sickened my heart so it
bear service in a monastery.
Can no longer serve the cell
Sol 6.1