جعْسوسُJaʿsūs زيَّنَadorned خطّةَoffice الحُكْمِjudgment التيwhich
جعْسوسُ زيَّنَ خطّةَ الحُكْمِ التي
شهِدَbore witness العَفافُintegrity لهُfor him بِهاin it والخِيْرُand goodness
شهِدَ العَفافُ لهُ بِها والخِيْرُ
Jaʿsūs adorned the judicial office in which
Integrity and goodness bore witness for him.
فصَلَsettled disputes between الخصومَthe litigants وقامَand he rose يرْكَبُhe mounts نائِماًasleep
فصَلَ الخصومَ وقامَ يرْكَبُ نائِماً
عنْهاaway from it ومدّand spread جَناحَهُhis wing الطّاشورُal-Ṭāshūr
عنْها ومدّ جَناحَهُ الطّاشورُ
He settled the litigants’ disputes and rose to ride, asleep,
Away from it; and al-Ṭāshūr spread his wing.
وكأنّهُand as though he were جُعَلٌa dung beetle يُدَحْرِجُhe rolls جاهِداًlaboriously
وكأنّهُ جُعَلٌ يُدَحْرِجُ جاهِداً
كُرةَa ball الخَراءِof excrement وبعْدَand after ذاكَthat يَطيرُhe flies
كُرةَ الخَراءِ وبعْدَ ذاكَ يَطيرُ
And he seemed a dung beetle, laboriously rolling
A ball of shit, and afterward taking flight.
Sol 6.1