سلحةٌa turd بعدafter قرقرهa gurgle
سلحةٌ بعد قرقره
منfrom سلاحexcrement المزورهthe meatless stew (muzawwara)
من سلاح المزوره
A turd after a gurgle,
A weapon after much clatter
from the meatless stew's excrement,
Of fakery's arms -
باتتit spent the night الليلthe night كلهall of it
باتت الليل كله
جوفinside بطنيmy belly مخمرهfermenting
جوف بطني مخمره
spent the whole night
Spent the night churning
fermenting inside my belly.
In my gut's hollow,
ثمthen رامتit sought تخلصاًescape
ثم رامت تخلصاً
فاغتدتand so it became ذاتpossessed of طرطرهsputtering
فاغتدت ذات طرطره
Then it sought escape,
Then sought escape
and so it began to sputter.
And grew haughty and impudent,
ثمthen سارتit sped كأسهمٍlike arrows
ثم سارت كأسهمٍ
عنfrom قسيbows موترهstrung taut
عن قسي موتره
Then it sped like arrows
Then marched like arrows
from bows strung taut,
From a taut bowstring's grip
فأصابتand so it struck بوثبةٍwith a leap
فأصابت بوثبةٍ
جوفthe hollow of ذقنthe chin of ابنIbn (son of) سكرهSukkara
جوف ذقن ابن سكره
and with a leap it struck
And struck with a leap
the hollow of Ibn Sukkara's chin.
The soft chin of a drunkard's son.
Sol 6.1