انظرlook إلىat بِنْتكyour daughter ياO خالدُKhalid
انظر إلى بِنْتك يا خالدُ
يُخبركَtells you عنabout غائبكwhat is hidden about you الشاهدُwhat is visible
يُخبركَ عن غائبك الشاهدُ
Look at your daughter, O Khalid.
Look at your daughter, O Khalid
The visible tells you of what is hidden about you.
The witness tells you about your absent one
معروفةknown الأُمthe mother ولكنهاbut she
معروفة الأُم ولكنها
مثلكlike you لمnot يُعرَفwas known لهاfor her والدُa father
مثلك لم يُعرَف لها والدُ
Her mother is known, but she,
The mother is known, but she
Like you, has no known father,
Like you, no father was known for her
إلاexcept فِرَاَشa bed غيرnot ماat all (emphatic) طاهرpure
إلا فِرَاَش غير ما طاهر
ينتابهfrequents it الصادرthe departing one والواردُand the arriving one
ينتابه الصادر والواردُ
Except a bed that is anything but pure,
Except an impure bed
Frequented by those departing and arriving.
Visited by comers and goers
ميلادكyour birth المدخولُtainted ميلادهاher birth
ميلادك المدخولُ ميلادها
وهْوَand it كماas تعلمهyou know it فاسدُcorrupt
وهْوَ كما تعلمه فاسدُ
Your tainted birth is hers,
Your entered birth is her birth
And, as you know, it is corrupt.
And it is, as you know, corrupt
واحدةُone الأمthe mother ولكنَّهاbut she
واحدةُ الأم ولكنَّها
مثلكlike you حاشاهاhas passed her by أبٌa father واحدُsingle
مثلك حاشاها أبٌ واحدُ
She has one mother, but,
The mother is one, but she
Like you, she is denied a single father.
Like you, has no single father