خفيease off فماfor ... not أنتyou بمعذورهat all excused
خفي فما أنت بمعذوره
ولاnor علىfor نصحكyour counsel مشكورهthanked
ولا على نصحك مشكوره
Ease off, for you have no excuse,
You're to blame, no excuses will clear you,
Nor are you thanked for your counsel.
Nor will your advice earn you gratitude.
أذاكthe hurt you cause كمhow often يصدعis cracked قلبيmy heart بهby it
أذاك كم يصدع قلبي به
وإنماand ... only قلبيmy heart قارورهa glass bottle
وإنما قلبي قاروره
The hurt you cause—how often my heart is cracked by it!
How you torment my heart!
And my heart is only a glass bottle.
Yet my heart is but a flask.
فيin كلevery شيءmatter أنتyou ياO هذهyou there
في كل شيء أنت يا هذه
مغمومةٌdistressed بيbecause of me غيرnot مسرورهpleased
مغمومةٌ بي غير مسروره
In every matter, you, woman,
In everything, o you, I'm distraught,
Are distressed by me, not pleased,
Cheerless because of you.
حتىeven مسناتيmy embankment التيwhich أصبحتhas become
حتى مسناتي التي أصبحت
هيit خرابُa ruin غيرnot معمورهrepaired
هي خرابُ غير معموره
Even over my embankment, which has become
Even my old age, now become
A ruin, left unrepaired.
A ruin no longer lived in.
أيتهاO المرأةthe woman لاdo not تقلقيworry
أيتها المرأة لا تقلقي
منfrom قبلbefore أنthat تستعمليyou use الصورهthe plan
من قبل أن تستعملي الصوره
O woman, do not worry
O woman, don't fret,
Before you put the plan into practice.
Before you alter your image.
ليI have سيدa patron أضحتhas become عنايتهhis care
لي سيد أضحت عنايته
علىupon مسناتيmy embankment موفورهabundant
على مسناتي موفوره
I have a patron whose care is now
I have a lord whose care
Bestowed abundantly on my embankment.
For my old age is abundant.
ناهدتهI agreed to share costs with him فيهاfor it علىon condition أنهاthat it
ناهدته فيها على أنها
تجعلbe made بالصاروجwith waterproof mortar كافورهa piece of camphor
تجعل بالصاروج كافوره
I agreed to share its costs with him, on condition that it
I've seen that it makes wrinkles
Be made with saruj mortar, white as camphor.
Like camphor dissolved in al-sārūj.
منيfrom me أناI myself لاnot شيءanything ومنand from سيديmy patron الthe
مني أنا لا شيء ومن سيدي ال
آجرbricks والصناعand the craftsmen والنورهand the lime
آجر والصناع والنوره
From me myself, nothing; and from my patron, the
From me, nothing; from my lord, only
Bricks, the craftsmen, and the lime.
Wages, creation, light.
Sol 6.1