ماnever اِجتَمَعَcame together الشَطرَنجُchess فيin مَجلِسٍan assembly
ما اِجتَمَعَ الشَطرَنجُ في مَجلِسٍ
وَالنَردُand backgammon ذاتُpossessing القيلِgossip وَالقالِand chatter
وَالنَردُ ذاتُ القيلِ وَالقالِ
Chess never met in an assembly
Neither chess nor backgammon players gathered
with backgammon, full of gossip and chatter,
Chatting idly back and forth
إِلّاexcept لَعَنتَyou cursed الشَيخَthe elder نوحاًNoah وَلَمand did not
إِلّا لَعَنتَ الشَيخَ نوحاً وَلَم
أَقصُرI stint مِنَin اللَعنِcursing عَلىagainst الصوليal-Suli
أَقصُر مِنَ اللَعنِ عَلى الصولي
without your cursing the elder Noah; nor did I
Without cursing old Noah
stint in cursing al-Suli,
Nor did their curses fall short of the hag
لِأَنَّهاbecause it لِقُبحِowing to the ugliness of ماwhat عِندَهاit has
لِأَنَّها لِقُبحِ ما عِندَها
تُقَدِّمُit gives precedence to الشاةَthe sheep عَلىover الفَيلِthe elephant
تُقَدِّمُ الشاةَ عَلى الفَيلِ
for, owing to the ugliness of what it contains,
For in their eyes nothing could be more vile
it ranks the sheep above the elephant.
Than to favor a sheep over an elephant
Sol 6.1