وَشاطِرٍand a rogue صَكَّهُstruck him تَطَيُّرُهُhis superstition
وَشاطِرٍ صَكَّهُ تَطَيُّرُهُ
ماas long as عاشَhe lived مِنfrom كَفِّthe palm of راجِلِthe foot soldier of الواليthe governor
ما عاشَ مِن كَفِّ راجِلِ الوالي
And a rogue—his superstition struck him,
A crafty one whose hammering showed his flightiness
All his life, by the palm of the governor’s foot soldier.
He lived not by the command of the governor's man
لَمhas not تَرَهُseen him قَدalready عَينُthe eye of شارِعِهِhis street
لَم تَرَهُ قَد عَينُ شارِعِهِ
يُطفِئُputting out فيهِin it سِراجَthe lamp of بَقّالِa grocer
يُطفِئُ فيهِ سِراجَ بَقّالِ
The eye of his street has not seen him
You did not see him, his street's spy
Putting out a grocer’s lamp there.
Extinguishing in it the lamp of the grocer
Sol 6.1