قُل لِاِبنِ حَربٍ طَيلَسا
نُكَ قَومُ نوحٍ مِنهُ أَحدَث
Tell Ibn Harb: your shawl—
Tell the son of war, Talisa
Noah’s people are younger than it.
Your people are like Noah's, he is one of them
أَفنى القُرونَ وَلَم يَزَل
عَمَّن مَضى مِن قَبلُ يُورَث
It has outlasted generations, and has never ceased
He erased generations, and still
to be inherited from those who passed away before.
Inherits from those who passed before
وَإِذا العُيونُ لَحَظنَهُ
فَكَأَنَّهُ بِاللَحظِ يُحرَث
And when eyes glance at it,
When eyes glance upon him
it is as though their glance ploughs it.
It's as if with that glance he is tilled
يودي إِذا لَم أَرفُهُ
فَإِذا رَفَوتُ فَلَيسَ يَلبَث
It perishes if I do not darn it,
He wants when I don't nurture him
and when I darn it, it does not last.
And when I nurture him he doesn't last long
كَالكَلبِ إِن تَحمِل عَلَي
هِ الدَهرَ أَو تَترُكهُ يَلهَث
Like a dog: if you bear down upon
Like a dog, if you set upon it
it forever, or leave it alone, it pants.
A lifetime, or leave it panting
Sol 6.1