رُمّانُpomegranates مِصرَEgypt كأنَّهas though it were ذُرَةٌsorghum
رُمّانُ مِصرَ كأنَّه ذُرَةٌ
آكلهُits eater شَاخِصٌstaring fixedly منfrom الغُصَصِchoking fits
آكلهُ شَاخِصٌ من الغُصَصِ
Egypt’s pomegranates are like sorghum;
The pomegranates of Egypt are like particles
Whoever eats them stares fixedly, choking.
Whose eater stands out among the branches
والرّيقُand saliva فيهاin it فَدَعْso leave aside سِواهُanything other than it إذاwhen
والرّيقُ فيها فَدَعْ سِواهُ إذا
أسَاغَهُswallowed it المرءُthe person كانwas بالنّغَصِwith distress
أسَاغَهُ المرءُ كان بالنّغَصِ
And saliva there—let alone anything else—when
The saliva in it, so leave the rest when
A person swallows it, it comes with distress.
A person finds it good, it will be gratifying
ولَيسand is not يَرضَىis content with اللبيبُthe wise man عِيشَتُهhis life
ولَيس يَرضَى اللبيبُ عِيشَتُه
فيهاin it ولكنْbut زُرَيقُZurayq فيin القَفَصِthe cage
فيها ولكنْ زُرَيقُ في القَفَصِ
Nor is the wise man content with his life
The wise man is not content with his life
There; but Zurayq is in the cage.
Among them, but the little one in a cage
Sol 6.1