ماnot تَمَنّاكhe wished for you جعفرٌJaʿfar ياO مُنَىdesires جعfirst fragment of Jaʿfar
ما تَمَنّاك جعفرٌ يا مُنَى جع
فرَfinal fragment of Jaʿfar إلاّexcept وبئسand wretched is ماwhat قدindeed تَمنَّىhe wished for
فرَ إلاّ وبئس ما قد تَمنَّى
Never did Jaʿfar wish for you, O desires of Jaʿfar,
Jafar did not wish for you, oh Muna, except misfortune
without wishing for something wretched.
He wished nothing but misery for his people
أمغانٍare these dwellings? لشَعْبِهfor his people لاmay not سَقَىwater الغيthe rain (first fragment)
أمغانٍ لشَعْبِه لا سَقَى الغي
ثُrain (final fragment) ولاnor جادَrain generously منamong مغانيكِyour dwellings مَغْنىa dwelling
ثُ ولا جادَ من مغانيكِ مَغْنى
Are these dwellings for his people? May the rain never water them,
No watering the barren wasteland, your treasures brought no riches
nor fall generously upon any of your dwellings.
Oh agony in our eyes, oh grief in our chests, oh sighs that breed sorrow
ياO قذىًa mote فيin العيونthe eyes ياO لوعةًanguish فيin الthe
يا قذىً في العيون يا لوعةً في ال
صدرbreast ياO زفرةًa sigh تولِّدbreeds حُزناsorrow
صدر يا زفرةً تولِّد حُزنا
O mote in the eyes, O anguish in the
The people were barred from your land until to eyes they were but delirium and insanity
breast, O sigh that breeds sorrow!
وَحَّشmade wild الناسthe people قربnearness to أرضكyour land حتّىuntil
وَحَّش الناس قرب أرضك حتّى
أصبحواthey became للعيونto the eyes هاماًowls وجِنّاand jinn
أصبحوا للعيون هاماً وجِنّا
The nearness of your land made people wild, until
they became, to the eye, owls and jinn.
Partial English translation: 5 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1