سألتنا زُمرُّدُ
تلبسُ الخِرقة التي
Zumurrud asked us
to let her don the patched Sufi cloak—the one...
ثمّ لما أجبتُها
لبستْها وولَّت
Then, when I granted her request,
she put it on and wailed,
نحو مصرَ ببنتها
تبتغي سدَّ خلَّة
and, with her daughter, headed toward Egypt,
seeking to satisfy a need.
عندما تمَّ ما نَوَتْ
تركتها وانسلَّت
When what she intended was accomplished,
she left her daughter and slipped away,
تبتغي أرضَ جلَّق
بانكسارٍ وذِلَّة
seeking the land of Jalw
in dejection and abasement,
لبناتٍ لها بها
حينَ ملَّتْ وملَّت
for daughters she had there,
when she had grown weary, utterly weary.
وأتتْ عندما أتتْ
شانها سوءُ فعلة
And she came—when she came—
the vileness of a deed disgraced her.
وتعالت لأنها
بهواها استقلَّت
She bore herself haughtily, because
she went her own way, ruled by her whim.
Sol 5.6