يؤلمهit pains him مَضغيَmy chewing منfrom خُبزِهhis bread
يؤلمه مَضغيَ من خُبزِه
كأننيas though I منfrom جسمِهhis body أمضُغُI chew
كأنني من جسمِه أمضُغُ
My chewing some of his bread pains him,
My translation bread pains him
as though I were chewing part of his body.
As though I were chewing his flesh
وقبلَand before أنthat أهويI reach down إلىtoward لقمةٍa morsel
وقبلَ أن أهوي إلى لقمةٍ
يصيحhe cries out ياربِّO my Lord متىwhen يَفرُغُhe finishes
يصيح ياربِّ متى يَفرُغُ
And before I reach for a morsel,
And before I sink teeth into a morsel
he cries, "O my Lord, when will he finish?"
He cries "O Lord, when will I have my fill?"
بينَbetween يديهhis two hands المِيلُthe stylus والتخُand the reckoning board (uncertain form) كيso that
بينَ يديه المِيلُ والتخُ كي
يَحسَhe senses ماwhat يُبلَعُis swallowed كمhow much يبلُغُit amounts to
يَحسَ ما يُبلَعُ كم يبلُغُ
Before him lie the stylus and the [reckoning board], so that
Before him, temptation and doubt
he can gauge how much is being swallowed.
He feels what he swallows, how far it goes
Sol 6.1