يطولُhe lengthens لحيتهُhis beard كالحبالlike ropes
يطولُ لحيتهُ كالحبال
فياso, oh ليتَwould that عمريmy lifespan منsome of طولهاits length
فيا ليتَ عمري من طولها
He lets his beard grow long as ropes.
His beard grows long like ropes
Oh, would that my life had some of its length!
If only my life was as long as it
كمروحةlike a fan الخيشِburlap فيupon العارضينِthe two cheeks
كمروحة الخيشِ في العارضينِ
نطريwe freshen الهواءَthe air بتبليلهاby wetting it
نطري الهواءَ بتبليلها
Like a burlap fan upon his cheeks,
Like a palm-leaf fan on both cheeks
By wetting it, we freshen the air.
We blow the air to moisten it
وقدand indeed لقبوهاthey nicknamed it بستِّas the Lady of اللحىbeards
وقد لقبوها بستِّ اللحى
لتعظيمهاto exalt it ولتبجيلهاand to revere it
لتعظيمها ولتبجيلها
And they have dubbed it the Lady of Beards,
And they titled it the Mistress of Beards
To exalt it and revere it.
To glorify and extol it
ألستَare you not تراهاseeing it تجرُّdragging الذيولَthe skirts
ألستَ تراها تجرُّ الذيولَ
فيحظىso enjoy the honor الصغارُthe little ones بتقبيلهاof kissing it
فيحظى الصغارُ بتقبيلها
Do you not see it trailing its skirts,
Do you not see it dragging trails
So the little ones have the honor of kissing it?
So children are fortunate to kiss it
وكمand how often بحثَinvestigated الناسُthe people فيinto أصلهاits origin
وكم بحثَ الناسُ في أصلها
وأيand what الوباplague كانَwas فيin جيلهاits generation
وأي الوبا كانَ في جيلها
And how often people have investigated its origin,
And how much people researched its origin
And what plague existed in its generation!
And which plague was in its generation
وكمand how often حكمواthey judged انهاthat it علةٌan ailment
وكم حكموا انها علةٌ
وماand not علةُan affliction غيريof anyone other than me تعليلهاexplaining it
وما علةُ غيري تعليلها
And how often they have pronounced it an ailment,
And how much they ruled it an illness
Yet explaining it is an affliction for me alone.
And no illness other than mine to explain it
Sol 6.1