فمُmouth الغَويريِّof al-Ghawayri اِذاwhen
فمُ الغَويريِّ اِذا
فَتَّشتَهُyou examine it أَنتَنُthe foulest-smelling فَمmouth
فَتَّشتَهُ أَنتَنُ فَم
Al-Ghawayri’s mouth, when
you examine it, is the foulest of mouths.
كَمhow often قُلتُI said اِذwhen كَلَّمَنيhe spoke to me
كَم قُلتُ اِذ كَلَّمَني
واoh! أَسَفيmy sorrow عَلىfor الخَشمthe inability to smell
وا أَسَفي عَلى الخَشم
How often I said, when he spoke to me:
“Oh, how I long to be unable to smell!”
Sol 6.1