وَمُغَنٍّand a singer ضَربُهُhis playing أَوmore painful (first part)
وَمُغَنٍّ ضَربُهُ أَو
جَعُmore painful (completion) مِنthan ضَربِthe blows of السِياطِthe whips
جَعُ مِن ضَربِ السِياطِ
And a singer whose playing is more
painful than the blows of whips.
إِنif بَداappears مِنهُfrom him خُروجٌan off-key note
إِن بَدا مِنهُ خُروجٌ
خَرَجَتdeparts نَفسُthe spirit of النَشاطِliveliness
خَرَجَت نَفسُ النَشاطِ
If an off-key note comes from him,
the spirit of liveliness departs.
مَنwhoever دعاهُinvites him إِنَّماonly يُجseats him (first part)
مَن دعاهُ إِنَّما يُج
لِسُهُseats him (completion) دونَoff البِساطِthe carpet
لِسُهُ دونَ البِساطِ
Whoever invites him merely seats
him off the carpet,
لِلَّذيbecause of what يَفرِطُescapes مِنهُfrom him
لِلَّذي يَفرِطُ مِنهُ
مِنof بِصاقٍspittle وَمُخاطِand mucus
مِن بِصاقٍ وَمُخاطِ
because of what escapes from him—
spittle and mucus.
وَلَهُand he has بَينَamong الهَزّاراthe nightingales (first part)
وَلَهُ بَينَ الهَزّارا
تِthe nightingales (completion) هَزارٌa nightingale مِنof ضِراطِfarting
تِ هَزارٌ مِن ضِراطِ
And among the nightingales he has
a nightingale of farts,
مِثلَlike ماthe way يَستَعجِلُhurries الخَيthe tailor (first part)
مِثلَ ما يَستَعجِلُ الخَي
ياطُthe tailor (completion) فيin شَقِّtearing القَباطيCoptic cloth
ياطُ في شَقِّ القَباطي
as the tailor hurries
to rip Coptic cloth.
Sol 6.1