ونابحٍand a barker قَدِindeed افتَرىfabricated lies
ونابحٍ قَدِ افتَرى
تَشَبُّهاًin imitation بالشُّعراof the poets
تَشَبُّهاً بالشُّعرا
And a barking fellow has fabricated lies,
in imitation of the poets.
يلوكhe chews شعراًverse يابساًdry
يلوك شعراً يابساً
منfrom طبعةimprint; natural cast مُحجِّراmaking stone-hard
من طبعة مُحجِّرا
He chews dry verse,
making it stone-hard by nature.
وَوَلعُand the infatuation الوطواطِof the bat بالشّمسِwith the sun
وَوَلعُ الوطواطِ بالشّمسِ
يَضُرُّharms البَصراeyesight
يَضُرُّ البَصرا
And the bat’s passion for the sun
harms its eyesight.
زَقْزَقَةٌchirping أعرِفُهاI recognize it
زَقْزَقَةٌ أعرِفُها
منهُfrom him إذاwhen ماemphatic particle فَشّراhe blustered
منهُ إذا ما فَشّرا
A chirping I recognize
from him whenever he blusters.
كانَhe was جديراًwell advised منfrom شُعاray (continued)
كانَ جديراً من شُعا
عِcompletion of “ray” الشّمسِthe sun لوif تَستّراhe concealed himself
عِ الشّمسِ لو تَستّرا
He would have done well, from the rays
of the sun, to hide himself.
بَلْrather عَيْنُهhis eye قَوِيّةٌstrong
بَلْ عَيْنُه قَوِيّةٌ
صّماءُhard; unyielding تحكيit resembles الحجراstone
صّماءُ تحكي الحجرا
Yet his eye is strong,
unyielding, resembling stone.
فَقُلْso tell لهُto him يكفُّhe should desist عنfrom
فَقُلْ لهُ يكفُّ عن
هذاthis مُقَصِّراfalling short
هذا مُقَصِّرا
So tell him to desist from
this, deficient as he is.
إذْfor; since شعرُهُhis verse
إذْ شعرُهُ
كَذَقنهُlike his chin مثلُlike (unfinished)
كَذَقنهُ مثلُ
For his verse
is like his chin, like...
Sol 6.1