ياO أباfather of أحمدAhmad بنفسيwith my own life أفديI ransom
يا أبا أحمد بنفسي أفدي
كyou وأهليand my family منfrom سائرall الأسواءills
ك وأهلي من سائر الأسواء
O Abu Ahmad, with my life I would ransom
O Abu Ahmad, I would sacrifice myself
you—and with my family—from every ill.
and my family for you from all afflictions
كيفhow كانwas انحطاطdescent جعسكyour shit فيin طاbeginning of 'obedience'
كيف كان انحطاط جعسك في طا
عةend of 'obedience' شربdrinking الدواءthe medicine يومday الدواءthe medicine
عة شرب الدواء يوم الدواء
How did your shit descend in
How was the decline of your digestion
obedience to drinking the medicine on medicine day?
in obeying to drink medicine on medicine day?
كيفhow أمسىbecame by evening سبالwhiskers مبعركyour arsehole النذbeginning of 'vile'
كيف أمسى سبال مبعرك النذ
لend of 'vile' عريقاًdeeply steeped فيin المرةbile الصفراءyellow
ل عريقاً في المرة الصفراء
How did the whiskers of your vile arsehole fare by evening,
How did the saliva of your pure spittle
deeply steeped in yellow bile?
become turbid at the yellow occasion?
ياO أباfather of أحمدAhmad ونصحكand advising you عنديin my view
يا أبا أحمد ونصحك عندي
واجبٌa duty فيin الإخاءbrotherly friendship فاحفظso preserve إخائيmy brotherly friendship
واجبٌ في الإخاء فاحفظ إخائي
O Abu Ahmad, advising you, in my view,
O Abu Ahmad, your advice to me
is a duty of friendship; so cherish my friendship.
is a duty in brotherhood, so keep my brotherhood
ربmany a ريحwind يومday الدواءthe medicine دبورٌa west wind
رب ريح يوم الدواء دبورٌ
شوشتcaused turmoil فيin عصاعصtailbones الأغبياءthe fools
شوشت في عصاعص الأغبياء
Many a wind on medicine day is a west wind
The wind on medicine day is going away
that has thrown fools' tailbones into turmoil.
making noise in the bushes of fools
قدروهاthey reckoned it فساًa fart وقدwhile already كمنlurked الجعbeginning of 'the shit'
قدروها فساً وقد كمن الجع
سend of 'shit' لهمfor them فيin مهبwind's path ذاكthat الفساءthe fart
س لهم في مهب ذاك الفساء
They reckoned it a fart, yet shit had lain hidden
They reckoned it a mischief while jaundice
for them in that fart's path.
lay in ambush for them in the blow of that mischief
فإذاthen suddenly الفرشthe bedding فيin خليجa gulf سلاحٍliquid shit
فإذا الفرش في خليج سلاحٍ
ذائبٌdissolving فيin قوامconsistency جسمsubstance الماءwater
ذائبٌ في قوام جسم الماء
Then suddenly the bedding is in a gulf of shit,
So the mattresses in a gulf of weapons
dissolving in a mass with the consistency of water.
melting in the constitution of the water's body
فاتقso fear اللهGod أنlest تغركdeceive you ريحa wind
فاتق الله أن تغرك ريح
عصفتblew fiercely فيin جوانبsides الأحشاءthe bowels
عصفت في جوانب الأحشاء
So fear God, lest a wind deceive you
So fear Allah that a wind fascinates you
that has raged through the sides of your bowels.
which blew in the sides of intestines
لاdo not تنفسloosen خناقstranglehold سرمكyour arsehole عنهfrom it
لا تنفس خناق سرمك عنه
أوunless تخليyou release سبيلهits way فيin الخلاءthe privy
أو تخلي سبيله في الخلاء
Do not loosen your arsehole's stranglehold on it
Do not breathe gently your colic from it
unless you let it loose in the privy.
or let it go in the toilet
والغذاءand food الغذاءfood فاحذرso beware بأنof the possibility that تفسbeginning of 'you fart'
والغذاء الغذاء فاحذر بأن تفس
وend of 'you fart' فوقon top of الفراشthe bed بعدafter الغذاءfood
و فوق الفراش بعد الغذاء
And food, food! Beware of farting
And food, food so beware that you get spoiled
on the bed after eating.
above the mattress after food
احترسbe on guard إنهاindeed it is نصحيةadvice شيخٍan old man
احترس إنها نصحية شيخٍ
حنكتهseasoned him تجاربtrials الآراءjudgments
حنكته تجارب الآراء
Be on your guard: this is an old man's advice,
Be cautious, it is the advice of a sheikh
whom the testing of judgments has seasoned.
whose wisdom has been seasoned by experiences
Sol 6.1