أَتَعْجَبُdo you marvel منat أتَانِكَyour she-ass حِينَwhen أَنَّتْshe groaned
أَتَعْجَبُ من أتَانِكَ حِينَ أَنَّتْ
بِرَاكِبهَاbeneath her rider وزَايلَهَاand deserted her النَّشَاطُvigor
بِرَاكِبهَا وزَايلَهَا النَّشَاطُ
Do you marvel at your she-ass when she groaned
Do you wonder that she came to you when
beneath her rider, and her vigor deserted her?
She carried her rider and lost her vigor?
لأَضْغَطَهَاsurely squeezed her رُكُوبُكَyour riding فاسْتأنَّتْso she groaned
لأَضْغَطَهَا رُكُوبُكَ فاسْتأنَّتْ
نحيطَthe pained groan of الطِّفْلِthe child أضْغَطهُsqueezed him القُمَاطُthe swaddling bands
نحيطَ الطِّفْلِ أضْغَطهُ القُمَاطُ
Your riding surely squeezed her, so she groaned
For your riding has burdened her, so she took her time
like a child squeezed by its swaddling bands.
As a child's diaper weighs down the child.
فَلاَso do not تَسْتَنكِرَنَّever find strange ضِرَاطَthe farting of أُتْنٍshe-asses
فَلاَ تَسْتَنكِرَنَّ ضِرَاطَ أُتْنٍ
حَمَلْنَكَthey carried you إنَّindeed غَايتَهاtheir utmost الضُّرَاطُfarting
حَمَلْنَكَ إنَّ غَايتَها الضُّرَاطُ
So never find strange the farting of she-asses
So do not disdain the braying of the she-ass
that carried you; indeed, all they can do is fart.
When she carried you, for her goal is but to bray.
ثَقُلَتْshe grew heavy فَلَوْso if كَسَوْتَyou clothed الرَّحلَthe saddle ظَهْرَthe back of الصْthe (beginning of 'the Ṣirāṭ')
ثَقُلَتْ فَلَوْ كَسَوْتَ الرَّحلَ ظَهْرَ الصْ
صِرَاطِṢirāṭ (continuing the preceding fragment) أليَّةًI swear ضَرَطَfarted الضُّرَاطُfarting
صِرَاطِ أليَّةً ضَرَطَ الضُّرَاطُ
She grew heavy; if you placed the saddle on the back of the
She grew heavy, so had you covered the saddle with silk
Ṣirāṭ, I swear, farting itself would fart.
Brocatelle, the ornate saddle would rend the brocatelle.
ولَوand if أصْبَحتَyou found yourself وحْدَكَalone فيon بِسَاطِthe carpet of ابْson (first fragment)
ولَو أصْبَحتَ وحْدَكَ في بِسَاطِ ابْ
نِcompletion of 'son' دَاوودٍDavid لَمَالَwould tilt بِكَwith you البِسَاطُthe carpet
نِ دَاوودٍ لَمَالَ بِكَ البِسَاطُ
And if you found yourself alone on the carpet of the son
And had you been alone on the carpet of the son of
of David, the carpet would tilt beneath you.
David, the carpet would have inclined towards you.