قلناwe said لِذيto one with عودٍa lute يظلُّkeeps مُشاغِباًquarrelling
قلنا لِذي عودٍ يظلُّ مُشاغِباً
ابداًalways لَهُwith it مثلlike المغيطthe angered one المُحنقِenraged
ابداً لَهُ مثل المغيط المُحنقِ
We said to a man with a lute who keeps quarrelling
We said to him of perfumed wood, he remains annoying
with it endlessly, like an angered, enraged man,
Forever to him like tight shackles
ويذيقُهُand makes it taste لكزاًjabs وَوَكزاًand punches آخِذاًseizing
ويذيقُهُ لكزاً وَوَكزاً آخِذاً
بخناقهِby its throat اخذَthe seizing of العدوّthe enemy الازرقِblue-eyed
بخناقهِ اخذَ العدوّ الازرقِ
and making it taste jabs and punches, seizing
And makes him taste beating after beating
it by the throat as one seizes a blue-eyed foe,
Grabbing him by the neck, the enemy took the blue one
وكأَنَّهُand as though he ابداًalways يطالبهُdemands of it بماsomething that
وكأَنَّهُ ابداً يطالبهُ بما
يعصيهِit disobeys him فيهِin it فكانَso he was ليسnot بمُشفقِat all compassionate
يعصيهِ فيهِ فكانَ ليس بمُشفقِ
and as though he were always demanding of it something
As if he is forever asking him for what
in which it disobeys him, so he showed no pity:
Disobeys him in it, so he was not merciful
أعصاكَhas it disobeyed you? فيin شيءٍanything فَقالso he said وَكَيفَand how? لاnot
أعصاكَ في شيءٍ فَقال وَكَيفَ لا
أَوَand ...? ماnot سمعتمyou have heard كَمhow often أَقولُI say لَهُto it انطِقِspeak!
أَوَ ما سمعتم كَم أَقولُ لَهُ انطِقِ
“Has it disobeyed you in anything?” He said, “How could it not?
Did he disobey you in something, so he said how not
And have you not heard how often I tell it, ‘Speak!’?”
Or have you not heard how much I say to him, speak
Sol 6.1