ليتنيif only I أبصرُcould see المعرةَMaʿarra قاعاًa plain
ليتني أبصرُ المعرةَ قاعاً
صفصفاًbare and level كالكفيرِlike al-Kufayr أوor كسياثاlike Siyatha
صفصفاً كالكفيرِ أو كسياثا
If only I could see Maʿarra as a plain,
I wish I could see the plain as a wasteland
bare and level, like al-Kufayr or Siyatha.
Barren as ashes or thirsty ground
لوif تولىtook office فيon يومِthe day of الاثنينِMonday فيهاin it
لو تولى في يومِ الاثنينِ فيها
أحدٌsomeone طلَّقَwould divorce الحياةَlife الثلاثاon Tuesday
أحدٌ طلَّقَ الحياةَ الثلاثا
Were office taken up there on Monday
If on Monday someone there
by anyone, he would divorce life on Tuesday.
Divorced life thrice
Sol 6.1