شُوَيكَةُShuwayka قَصّابُكُمyour butcher قَدalready أَغارَraided
شُوَيكَةُ قَصّابُكُم قَد أَغارَ
عَلىupon غَنَمٍsheep لِيَbelonging to me يَحتاشُهاrounding them up
عَلى غَنَمٍ لِيَ يَحتاشُها
Shuwayka, your butcher, has raided
my sheep, rounding them up.
فَلاso may ... not أَتَّمَتwound قَدَميmy foot شَوكَةٌa thorn
فَلا أَتَّمَت قَدَمي شَوكَةٌ
وَهَيبَةُwhile the awe وَجهِكَof your face مِنقاشُهاits tweezers
وَهَيبَةُ وَجهِكَ مِنقاشُها
So may no thorn wound my foot,
while the awe of your face is its tweezers.
فَغَرso be indignant أَنthat يَبيتَspend the night مُغيراًraiding عَلىupon
فَغَر أَن يَبيتَ مُغيراً عَلى
خِيارِthe best of الرَعِيَّةِthe subjects أَوباشُهاtheir rabble
خِيارِ الرَعِيَّةِ أَوباشُها
So be indignant at raids by night upon
the best of the subjects by the rabble among them.
فَلَوso even if كانَhe were ذِئبُa wolf غَضاًghaḍā thickets ماnot عَجَزbe unable (verb stem)
فَلَو كانَ ذِئبُ غَضاً ما عَجَز
تَyou (verb suffix) أَنَّكَthat you مِنfrom فيهِhis mouth تَنتاشُهاsnatch them away
تَ أَنَّكَ مِن فيهِ تَنتاشُها
Even were he a wolf of the ghaḍā thickets, you would not fail
to snatch them from his mouth.
Sol 6.1