تَقولُshe says يَوماًonce حَبَّذاhow lovely! ماwhat بالُهاis the matter with her
تَقولُ يَوماً حَبَّذا ما بالُها
قَدindeed عَرَّضَتنيshe exposed me عِندat شيبيmy graying لِلأَذىto harm
قَد عَرَّضَتني عِند شيبي لِلأَذى
She once said, 'How lovely!' What has come over her?
One day you will say, how good it would have been
She has exposed me to harm now that my hair is gray.
If she had not exposed me to harm in my old age
تَقولُshe says سُحقاًbegone! بَعدafter أَنthat كانَتshe used to وَكنand was…
تَقولُ سُحقاً بَعد أَن كانَت وَكن
تُI (suffix completing 'was') كَحلَkohl عَينَيهاher two eyes فَصِرتُand so I became كَالقَذىlike a speck of grit
تُ كَحلَ عَينَيها فَصِرتُ كَالقَذى
She says, 'Begone!' after once saying otherwise—and I was
You will say, curse it, after she was a shelter
the kohl of her eyes, but became like a speck of grit.
She puts kohl in her eyes, and I became like dust
Sol 6.1