قالواthey said علاrose high التاجAl-Taj (the Crown) فهوso he is قاضa judge
قالوا علا التاج فهو قاض
فقلتso I said ياalas ضيعةsquandering الحقوقِthe rights
فقلت يا ضيعة الحقوقِ
They said: Al-Taj has risen high—he is a judge.
They said the crown makes him the judge supreme
So I said: alas for rights squandered!
I said: O squandered rights!
غايتهhis utmost limit أنهthat he is تويجa little crown
غايته أنه تويج
ملقىcast down علىat مفرقa fork الطريقthe road
ملقى على مفرق الطريق
At most, he is a little crown,
Its end is but a crown
cast down at a fork in the road.
Cast away at the crossroads
Sol 6.1