وَباتَand he spent the night كَماas سَرَّdelighted أَعداءَهُhis enemies
وَباتَ كَما سَرَّ أَعداءَهُ
إِذاwhenever رامَhe sought قوتاًsustenance مِنَfrom النَومِsleep شَذَّit slipped away
إِذا رامَ قوتاً مِنَ النَومِ شَذَّ
And he spent the night to his enemies’ delight:
Whenever he sought a morsel of sleep, it slipped away.
تُغَيِّرُهُalter him نَزَواتُsudden leaps البَعوضِthe mosquitoes
تُغَيِّرُهُ نَزَواتُ البَعوضِ
فيin قَمَرٍmoonlight مِثلِlike ظَهرِthe back of الجُرَذthe rat
في قَمَرٍ مِثلِ ظَهرِ الجُرَذ
The mosquitoes’ sudden leaps unsettled him
In moonlight like a rat’s back.
Sol 6.1