عَجِبتُI marveled منat الأُنثىthe female ففيfor during حينِthe time of طَلقِهاher labor pains
عَجِبتُ من الأُنثى ففي حينِ طَلقِها
تمجُّshe spews المناياdeath منfrom كُؤوسِcups حِياضِهاits pools
تمجُّ المنايا من كُؤوسِ حِياضِها
I marveled at the woman, for during her labor
I'm amazed by women - when divorced
she spews death from the cups of its pools.
Death drinks from the cups of her life
وإِمَّاand when تَقضَّىended ذاكَthat عادتshe returned لبعلِهاto her husband
وإِمَّا تَقضَّى ذاكَ عادت لبعلِها
وتَنسىand she forgets الذيwhat لاقتهُshe endured it عندَduring مَخاضِهاher labor
وتَنسى الذي لاقتهُ عندَ مَخاضِها
And when that is over, she returns to her husband
And when that passes, she returns to her husband
and forgets what she endured during her labor.
Forgetting what she endured in childbirth
فمُذso when حارَwas baffled فِكريmy mind منby سريعِthe swiftness of انقلابهاher reversal
فمُذ حارَ فِكري من سريعِ انقلابها
وفَرطِand the excess of تَواليsuccession بسطِهاher expansion وانقِباضهاand her contraction
وفَرطِ تَوالي بسطِها وانقِباضها
So, when my mind was baffled by her swift reversal
So since my mind raced at her quick turning
and the excessive alternation of her expansion and contraction,
And excess expanding and contracting
رَكِبتُI mounted سَنامَthe hump of الإِعتِراضِobjection تعمُّداًdeliberately
رَكِبتُ سَنامَ الإِعتِراضِ تعمُّداً
وقدand indeed جِئتُهاI came to her مستفهماًinquiring باعتراضِهاby challenging her
وقد جِئتُها مستفهماً باعتراضِها
I deliberately mounted the hump of objection,
I rode the camel of objection deliberately
and came to her with a questioning challenge:
And came to her asking about her objection
امالكِwhat ails you? ياO منyou who جُرِّعَتwas made to swallow غُصَصَchoking pangs المَناdeath
امالكِ يا من جُرِّعَت غُصَصَ المَنا
أَطعتِyou obeyed اشتِهاءَthe desire of النفسِthe soul عندَupon انتهاضِهاits stirring
أَطعتِ اشتِهاءَ النفسِ عندَ انتهاضِها
"What ails you, O you who were made to swallow death's choking pangs,
"O you who tasted the bitterness of death
that you obeyed the soul's desire when it stirred?"
Did you obey the soul's desires when it rose?"
فقالتso she said مَهٍEnough! ذيthis حِكمةُthe wisdom of اللَهِGod مَنwho لهُfor Him
فقالت مَهٍ ذي حِكمةُ اللَهِ مَن لهُ
رِضىًpleasure فيin بَقاthe survival of الأَنواعspecies لاnot فيin انقِراضِهاtheir extinction
رِضىً في بَقا الأَنواع لا في انقِراضِها
So she said, "Enough! This is the wisdom of God, whose
She said, "Be gone - the wisdom of God is with those
pleasure lies in the survival of species, not in their extinction."
Pleased by the survival of life, not its extinction."
Sol 6.1