إنindeed كفيكَyour two hands لقفلٌsurely a lock
إن كفيكَ لقفلٌ
مُحكمٌfirmly secured ياO ابنson of جُراشهْJurāshah
مُحكمٌ يا ابن جُراشهْ
Indeed, your two hands are a lock,
Tightly secured, O son of Jurāshah.
فعمودُfor the bolt القُفلof the lock يُمناright hand (continued)
فعمودُ القُفل يُمنا
كَyour (completing the preceding word) ويُسراكand your left hand الفَراشهْthe hasp
كَ ويُسراك الفَراشهْ
For the lock's bolt is your right
Hand, and your left its hasp.
ليسnot ينجوescapes الفلسُthe copper coin منfrom كفْbeginning of 'hands'
ليس ينجو الفلسُ من كفْ
فَيْكَcompletion of 'your two hands' إلاexcept بالحُشاشهwith a remnant of life
فَيْكَ إلا بالحُشاشه
No copper coin escapes from your
Two hands save with a last flicker of life.
هكذاthus كلevery لئيمٍbase man
هكذا كل لئيمٍ
خالطpermeated اللؤمُbaseness مُشاشهhis soft bone-ends
خالط اللؤمُ مُشاشه
Such is every base man
Whose very bones baseness has permeated:
ضيِّقnarrow الصدرof breast بخيلٍmiserly
ضيِّق الصدر بخيلٍ
ضيَّقَmay He straiten اللَهُGod معاشهhis livelihood
ضيَّقَ اللَهُ معاشه
Narrow of breast and miserly—
May God straiten his livelihood,
وكساهُand may He clothe him الخوفَin fear والذلand humiliation (continued)
وكساهُ الخوفَ والذل
لةَcompletion of 'humiliation' وابتزand may He strip away رياشهhis finery
لةَ وابتز رياشه
And clothe him in fear and
Humiliation, and strip him of his finery.
Translation model: Sol 6.1