ياO بايَخستBāyakhast أَلَستare you not الأَمَthe meanest مَنthose whom بَرىcreated
يا بايَخست أَلَست الأَمَ مَن بَرى
ذوpossessor of العَرشِthe Throne مِنamong إِنسٍhumans وَمِنand among جانِjinn
ذو العَرشِ مِن إِنسٍ وَمِن جانِ
O Bāyakhast, are you not the meanest of all those created
by the Lord of the Throne, among humans and jinn?
أَطعَمتَناyou fed us كشلِيَّةًkashliyya (a dish) حَولِيَّةًa year old
أَطعَمتَنا كشلِيَّةً حَولِيَّةً
وَجَرادِقاًand flatbreads مُسوَدَّةblackened الأَلوانِthe colors
وَجَرادِقاً مُسوَدَّة الأَلوانِ
You fed us year-old kashliyya
and flatbreads blackened in color,
ذُخِرتwere stored away وَلكِنand yet فيat ختانِthe circumcision of بَناتِهِhis daughters
ذُخِرت وَلكِن في ختانِ بَناتِهِ
فَتُورِّثَتand so were inherited مِنfrom فَضلَةِthe leftovers of الختّانِthe circumciser
فَتُورِّثَت مِن فَضلَةِ الختّانِ
stored away—but at his daughters’ circumcision—
then passed down from the circumciser’s leftovers.
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen عَرِيbecame bare الخِوانُthe dining table وَلَمand not يَكُنwas
حَتّى إِذا عَرِي الخِوانُ وَلَم يَكُن
يَعرَىbe bare وَإِنand even if قَلَّwas scarce الطَّعامُthe food خِوانيmy dining table
يَعرَى وَإِن قَلَّ الطَّعامُ خِواني
Until the table lay bare—though never
had my table been bare, even when food was scarce.
لكِنbut كَفَّكَyour palm فيon الخِوانِthe dining table وَقَدand already رمتthrust
لكِن كَفَّكَ في الخِوانِ وَقَد رمت
فيهِonto it بِآلامِwith pains (perhaps intended: with the meanest) راحَةٍa palm وَبَنانِand fingers
فيهِ بِآلامِ راحَةٍ وَبَنانِ
But your hand upon the table, having thrust
onto it the [meanest?] palm and fingers,
رُخٌّa rook يَحُشُّmows down بَنادِقاpellets (here, pawns) مَبثوثَةًscattered
رُخٌّ يَحُشُّ بَنادِقا مَبثوثَةً
بَعُدَتwere far عَنِfrom الفَرَسَينِthe two knights وَالفرزانِand the vizier
بَعُدَت عَنِ الفَرَسَينِ وَالفرزانِ
is a rook mowing down scattered pawns
far from the two knights and the vizier.
وَإِذاand if كَسَرتَyou break لبايَخستbelonging to Bāyakhast قُلَّةًa water jar
وَإِذا كَسَرتَ لبايَخست قُلَّةً
جاءَتcame كعوبُKaʿūb بِكَفِّهاin her hand عَصَوانِtwo sticks
جاءَت كعوبُ بِكَفِّها عَصَوانِ
And if you break a water jar of Bāyakhast’s,
Kaʿūb comes with two sticks in her hand.
Sol 6.1