قَد أَسمَعتَنا غِناءً لا خَلاقَ بِهِ
كَما تُعَرَّكُ آذانَ السَنانيرِ
You have made us hear a song with no grace in it,
as it grates upon the ears of cats.
حَتّى إِذا إِرتَفَعَت في الصَوتِ لا إِرتَفَعَت
أَهدَت لِسَمعِيَ تَهديرَ الخَنازيرِ
Until, when you raised your voice—may you never rise—
you treated my ears to the bellowing of swine.
وَكُلَّما اِنخَفَضَت فيهِ مُزَمزَمَةً
خِلتَ الزَنابيرَ تَشدو في القَواريرِ
And whenever it sank into a low drone,
you would think hornets were singing inside glass bottles.
لا تُخدَعَنَّ بِأَثوابٍ مُصَبَّغَةٍ
نَصَبنَهُنَّ شِباكاً لِلمَدابيرِ
Never be deceived by brightly dyed garments:
women have set them as snares for the decrees of fate.
Sol 5.6