زلزلتْshook ضرطتهhis fart بالصَيْمرَهْin al-Saymarah
زلزلتْ ضرطته بالصَيْمرَهْ
فأعادتand so turned كلevery دارhouse مقبرَهْa graveyard
فأعادت كل دار مقبرَهْ
His fart shook al-Saymarah,
and so turned every house into a graveyard.
وأماand as for لولاwere it not for محاباةُfavoring الفتىthe young man
وأما لولا محاباةُ الفتى
لأبيهtoward his father كانhe would have been فيمنamong those whom دمَّرهhe destroyed him
لأبيه كان فيمن دمَّره
And yet, were it not for the young man's favor
toward his father, his father would have been among those he destroyed.
ضرطةٌa fart حابتfavored أباthe father of ضارطهاits farter
ضرطةٌ حابت أبا ضارطها
أثبتوهاrecord it فيamong البنينthe sons البررهdutiful
أثبتوها في البنين البرره
A fart that favored its farter's father—
list it among the dutiful sons.
واحذرواand beware of ضرطةa fart وهبWahb بعدهاafter it
واحذروا ضرطة وهب بعدها
إنهاindeed it is ريحٌa wind عقيمbarren منكرهdreadful
إنها ريحٌ عقيم منكره
And beware of Wahb's fart after that:
indeed, it is a barren, dreadful wind.