وَمُغَنٍّand a singer بَارِدِcold النَّغْthe mel- (start of 'melody')
وَمُغَنٍّ بَارِدِ النَّغْ
مَةِ-ody (completion of 'melody') مُخْتَلِّclumsy اليَدَيْنِthe two hands
مَةِ مُخْتَلِّ اليَدَيْنِ
And a singer with a cold mel-
A bard with a chilling melody, hands moving fast
-ody, clumsy with both hands;
No one has seen him twice in the homes of a people
مَاnot رَآهُsaw him أَحَدٌّanyone فِيin
مَا رَآهُ أَحَدٌّ فِي
دَارِthe house of قَوْمٍa group of people مَرَّتَيْنِtwice
دَارِ قَوْمٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ
No one has seen him in
His proximity more profitable for souls
any household twice.
Than a morning between us
قُرْبُهُhis nearness أَقْطَعُmore destructive لِلَّذَّto the pleas- (start of 'pleasures')
قُرْبُهُ أَقْطَعُ لِلَّذَّ
اتِ-ures (completion of 'pleasures') مِنْthan صُبْحَةِa morning of بَيْنِparting
اتِ مِنْ صُبْحَةِ بَيْنِ
His nearness is more ruinous to pleas-
-ures than a morning of parting.
Partial English translation: 4 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1