مُفَضَّلٌMufaddal مُستَعجِلٌhasty
مُفَضَّلٌ مُستَعجِلٌ
فيin الحُكمِjudgment والكَلامِand speech
في الحُكمِ والكَلامِ
Mufaḍḍal is hasty
Mufaddal is hasty
in judgment and in speech.
In judgment and speech.
يقولُhe says فيin دقيقَةٍa minute
يقولُ في دقيقَةٍ
ماwhat قَلتَهُyou said it فيin عَامِa year
ما قَلتَهُ في عَامِ
He says in a minute
He says in a minute
what you said in a year.
What you said in a year.
كأنَّماas though يعيشhe lives فيin
كأنَّما يعيش في
ضِيقٍcramped conditions وفيand in زِحامِa crowd
ضِيقٍ وفي زِحامِ
As though he lived in
As though he lives in
straits and in a crush.
Cramped conditions and amid a crowd.
لكنَّbut ماwhat يقُولُهhe says it
لكنَّ ما يقُولُه
أَقوىstronger منَthan الأَوهامِillusions
أَقوى منَ الأَوهامِ
Yet what he says
But what he says
is stronger than delusions.
Is stronger than illusions.
كانَّماas though كلامُهُhis speech
كانَّما كلامُهُ
نَفخٌblowing علىupon الأَنامِmankind
نَفخٌ على الأَنامِ
It is as though his speech
As though his speech
were blown upon all humankind.
Were a blast of air upon mankind.
لاdo not تعجَبُواbe surprised (plural) فَجِسمُهُfor his body
لا تعجَبُوا فَجِسمُهُ
زِمرٌa pipe بلاwithout لِجامِa bridle
زِمرٌ بلا لِجامِ
Do not marvel—for his body
Do not marvel, for his body
is pipe-music with no bridle,
Is a pipe without a bridle,
كقِربَةٍlike a waterskin مَنفوخَةٍinflated
كقِربَةٍ مَنفوخَةٍ
تُداسُis trampled بِالأُقدَامِby feet
تُداسُ بِالأُقدَامِ
like an inflated waterskin
Like an inflated waterskin
trampled underfoot.
Trampled underfoot.
Sol 6.1