ياO اِبنَson of المُعَلِّمِal-Mu'allim (the Teacher) ماthere is no لِدائِكَfor your affliction
يا اِبنَ المُعَلِّمِ ما لِدائِكَ
فيin الحَماقَةِstupidity مِنany مُعالِجhealer
في الحَماقَةِ مِن مُعالِج
O Ibn al-Mu'allim, for your affliction
of stupidity there is no healer.
ياO حائِكاًa weaver أَدمىbloodied أَناfingertips (word begins)
يا حائِكاً أَدمى أَنا
مِلَcompletion of 'fingertips' كَفِّهِof his hand كَفُّlining الصَهارِجthe cisterns
مِلَ كَفِّهِ كَفُّ الصَهارِج
O weaver, whose fingertips were bloodied
by the lining of cisterns;
إِنif لَمnot تَكُنyou are بِزرَseed of اليَهودِthe Jews
إِن لَم تَكُن بِزرَ اليَهودِ
فَأَنتَthen you are مِنfrom نَسلِthe offspring of الخَوارِجthe Kharijites
فَأَنتَ مِن نَسلِ الخَوارِج
if you are not the seed of the Jews,
then you are of Kharijite stock.
فَأَصِخso listen closely لِسَفعٍto a scorching فيin هِجائِكَsatirizing you
فَأَصِخ لِسَفعٍ في هِجائِكَ
قَدindeed مَلَأتُI have filled بِهِwith it المَدارِجthe scrolls
قَد مَلَأتُ بِهِ المَدارِج
So listen to the scorching satire against you:
I have filled the scrolls with it.
يَرميكَpelts you شَيطانُthe demon of القَواthe rhymes (word begins)
يَرميكَ شَيطانُ القَوا
فيcompletion of 'rhymes' مِنamong لَوافِحِكَthe blasts that scorch you بِمارِجwith a smokeless flame
في مِن لَوافِحِكَ بِمارِج
The demon of rhyme pelts you
with a smokeless flame among the blasts that scorch you.
يَحلوis sweet هِجاؤُكَsatirizing you ليto me وَأَنthough you (pronoun begins)
يَحلو هِجاؤُكَ لي وَأَن
تَcompletion of 'you' أَمَرُّbitterer مِنthan حُبِّpills of الأَيارِجiyarij, a bitter purgative
تَ أَمَرُّ مِن حُبِّ الأَيارِج
Satirizing you is sweet to me, though you
are bitterer than iyarij pills.
Sol 6.1