نَدِمتُI regretted فَلَمbut did not أُطِقhave the power رَدّاa retraction لِشِعريof my verse
نَدِمتُ فَلَم أُطِق رَدّا لِشِعري
كَماjust as لاdoes not يَشعَبُmend الصَنَعُthe craftsman الزُجاجاthe glass
كَما لا يَشعَبُ الصَنَعُ الزُجاجا
I regretted it, but could not take back my verse,
Just as a craftsman cannot mend glass.
فَإِنَّكَfor indeed you كالقَريحَةِlike a newly dug well عامَin the year تُمهىit is dug down to water
فَإِنَّكَ كالقَريحَةِ عامَ تُمهى
شَروبُa copious drinker الماءthe water ثُمَّthen تَعودُyou become ماجاone who spits out
شَروبُ الماء ثُمَّ تَعودُ ماجا
For you are like a newly dug well in the year it strikes water:
You drink water copiously, then turn to spitting it back out.
Sol 6.1