ومُعنِّفٍand a reproacher ليto me قالsaid مَهْenough!
ومُعنِّفٍ لي قال مَهْ
كمْhow long ذاthis البكاءُthe weeping عَلىover أَمَهa slave girl
كمْ ذا البكاءُ عَلى أَمَه
And one who rebuked me said, “Enough!
A man who was harsh to me said,
How long this weeping over a slave girl?”
Why do you weep for your mother so?
فأَجبتُهso I answered him ماnot بيin me كماas
فأَجبتُه ما بي كما
بِكin you منof عَمىًblindness أَوor مِنْof عَمَهْbewilderment
بِك من عَمىً أَو مِنْ عَمَهْ
So I answered him: “I do not suffer, as
I answered him, There is nothing wrong with me,
you do, from blindness or bewilderment.
Nor am I blind or ignorant.
هِيshe حُرَّةٌa free woman حاشاfar be it لأُمِّـfor the mother
هِي حُرَّةٌ حاشا لأُمِّـ
ـكyour إِنْif فطِنْتyou understand ومُسْلِمَهand a Muslim woman
ـك إِنْ فطِنْت ومُسْلِمَه
She is a free woman—unlike that mother
She is a free woman, far from being
of yours, if you understand—and a Muslim.”
Your mother, if you understand, O Muslim.
Sol 6.1