وماand not ثَنَىturned aside رَثيَانٌRathyan مِنهُمُfrom among them غَضَبىmy wrath
وما ثَنَى رَثيَانٌ مِنهُمُ غَضَبى
ولاnor بَنوthe sons of قُنفُذQunfudh فَسوُthe farting of العصافيرِsparrows
ولا بَنو قُنفُذ فَسوُ العصافيرِ
And Rathyan among them did not turn aside my wrath,
Nor did the sons of Qunfudh—the farts of sparrows.
قَومٌa people إذاwhen غَضِبُواthey grow angry دَقَّتare hammered أُنوفُهمtheir noses
قَومٌ إذا غَضِبُوا دَقَّت أُنوفُهم
دَقَّthe hammering of المُضَبِّبِthe clamp-fitting metalworker أَستاهَthe backsides of المساميرِthe nails
دَقَّ المُضَبِّبِ أَستاهَ المساميرِ
A people whose noses, when they rage, are hammered
As a metalworker hammers the backsides of nails.
Sol 6.1