صفعوهthey slapped him بالعوانيهwith a mighty slap
صفعوه بالعوانيه
لاnot سِرَّsecretly بَلْbut عَلاَنِيهopenly
لا سِرَّ بَلْ عَلاَنِيه
They slapped him soundly,
They slapped him openly,
not secretly, but openly.
Not in secret but publicly.
وصفعُواand they slapped ناصيةًa forelock
وصفعُوا ناصيةً
كاذبةًlying خاطِيهsinful
كاذبةً خاطِيه
And they slapped a forelock,
And they slapped the cheek
lying and sinful.
Of a lying sinner.
قطَّعواthey cut to shreds قذالهhis nape
قطَّعوا قذاله
بِقرْبةwith a waterskin ورَاوِيهand a water-bag
بِقرْبة ورَاوِيه
They cut his nape to shreds
They cut his nape
with a waterskin and a water-bag.
With a jug and bowl.
فقالso he said كُفُّواstop الصَّفْعthe slapping إِنيindeed I
فقال كُفُّوا الصَّفْع إِني
للحديثِof hadith رَاوِيهa transmitter
للحديثِ رَاوِيه
So he said, “Stop the slapping! I
So he said, "Stop slapping, I'm
am a transmitter of hadith.”
Just a narrator of this talk."
قالُواthey said لَهto him قَضَىordained بِذَاthis الـthe (continued)
قالُوا لَه قَضَى بِذَا الـ
ـجَمْعِgathering جِناسُwordplay القافِيهthe rhyme
ـجَمْعِ جِناسُ القافِيه
They told him, “What called for this
They said to him, "This gathering's judgement
gathering was the rhyme’s wordplay.
Has fulfilled the rhyme's parity."
قدْindeed كُنْتَyou were فيin عافيةٍwell-being
قدْ كُنْتَ في عافيةٍ
فماbut you did not شَكَرْتَgive thanks for العافِيهthe well-being
فما شَكَرْتَ العافِيه
You had been safe and well,
"You were in good health,
but you showed no gratitude for that well-being.
Yet didn't thank wellness.
ودِنْتand you yielded منfrom أَمْرِthe affairs of الهوىpassion
ودِنْت من أَمْرِ الهوى
دهتْكbefell you مِنْهfrom it داهِيهa calamity
دهتْك مِنْه داهِيه
And you yielded to the ways of passion;
And you leaned into passion's affair
a calamity from it befell you.
Until it misguided you astray.
لكنbut تحككتyou provoked بَغاًBaghā
لكن تحككت بَغاً
حتَّىuntil دهتْكbefell you داهِيهa calamity
حتَّى دهتْك داهِيه
Yet you provoked Baghā,
But you persisted stubbornly
until a calamity befell you.
Until it led you astray.
وكمْand how many لهhe has had مِنْof وقْعةٍa beating
وكمْ له مِنْ وقْعةٍ
لمdid not تُبقِleave منهof him بَاقيهa remnant
لم تُبقِ منه بَاقيه
And how many a beating he has suffered
And how many times for him
that left no remnant of him!
There's not any trace left.
وماand not عليهupon him قطُّever مِنfrom
وما عليه قطُّ مِن
صَفْعِslapping النِّعالthe sandals وَاقِيهprotection
صَفْعِ النِّعال وَاقِيه
And never has he had
And no shoe-slap was ever
protection against slaps with sandals.
A protection for him.
وهذهand this عَاشِرَةٌthe tenth
وهذه عَاشِرَةٌ
لاdo not تحسبوهاcount it ثانيهthe second
لا تحسبوها ثانيه
And this is the tenth;
And this is the tenth one,
do not count it as the second.
Don't think it's the second.
لكنهbut he جلْفُrough القذاthe nape (continued)
لكنه جلْفُ القذا
لِcompletion of “nape” وغليظُand coarse الحاشِيهin manner
لِ وغليظُ الحاشِيه
Yet he is rough at the nape,
But he's rough of neck
and coarse in manner.
And thick of temple."
Sol 6.1