شِلِيرٌShilīr لَعَمْريby my life أَسَاءَacted badly الْجِوَارَاneighborliness
شِلِيرٌ لَعَمْري أَسَاءَ الْجِوَارَا
وَسَدَّand blocked عَلَيَّto me رَحِيبَspacious الْفَضَاthe open expanse
وَسَدَّ عَلَيَّ رَحِيبَ الْفَضَا
Shilīr, by my life, has been a bad neighbor,
By my life, my neighbor has brought misery
and has shut me off from the wide-open expanse.
And closed to me the open space.
هُوَhe الشَّيْخُthe old man أَبْرَدُcoldest شَيْءٍthing يُرَىis seen
هُوَ الشَّيْخُ أَبْرَدُ شَيْءٍ يُرَى
إِذَاwhen لَبِسَhe dons البُرْنُسَthe burnous (hooded cloak) الأَبْيَضَاwhite
إِذَا لَبِسَ البُرْنُسَ الأَبْيَضَا
He is the old man, the coldest thing to be seen,
He is the sheikh, the coldest thing to behold
when he dons the white burnous.
When he dons the white burnoose.
Sol 6.1