تركواthey left البلادَthe lands وأمْرَهنَّهand their affairs
تركوا البلادَ وأمْرَهنَّه
لخيالto a phantom مسعورrabid بجِنَّهْwith madness
لخيال مسعور بجِنَّهْ
They left the lands and their affairs
to a phantom rabid with madness;
لمغفّلٍto a fool عمّاabout what بهails him
لمغفّلٍ عمّا به
حُمْقاًthrough stupidity فكيفَso how لماas for what بهنَّهails them
حُمْقاً فكيفَ لما بهنَّه
to a fool oblivious to what ails him
through stupidity—how, then, could he know what ails them?
تركواthey left البلادَthe lands وأمرَهُنّهand their affairs
تركوا البلادَ وأمرَهُنّه
للدائراتِto the turns of fate تُديرُهنّهgoverning them
للدائراتِ تُديرُهنّه
They left the lands and their affairs
to the turns of fate that govern them;
وموكَّلٍand one charged بالبائعينwith the vendors
وموكَّلٍ بالبائعين
وبالدُروبand with the streets ورشِّهنَّهand sprinkling them
وبالدُروب ورشِّهنَّه
and to one charged with the vendors,
and with the streets and their sprinkling;
ومرافقand a companion to نُدلَwaiters الفنادقِthe hotels
ومرافق نُدلَ الفنادقِ
بينbetween مَردوخMardukh وحَنّهand Hanna
بين مَردوخ وحَنّه
and a companion to the hotel waiters,
between Mardukh and Hanna.
باللهِby God قلْtell ليto me ياO ابنَson of منتوفِplucked
باللهِ قلْ لي يا ابنَ منتوفِ
السِبالthe moustaches لأنتyou are indeed فتْنَهa menace
السِبال لأنت فتْنَه
By God, tell me, O son of one with plucked
moustaches: you are indeed a menace!
Sol 6.1