وسائلٍand one asking عنabout حِماريّmy two donkeys كيفhow جَالُهمَاtheir condition
وسائلٍ عن حِماريّ كيف جَالُهمَا
سَلْنيask me فَعِنديfor I have حقيقهُthe truth of الخبرِthe report
سَلْني فَعِندي حقيقهُ الخبرِ
You who ask about my two donkeys and how they fare,
ask me, for I have the truth of the matter.
لاَno خيرَgood فيin صاعدٍṢāʿid فتطلبهso you might seek it
لاَ خيرَ في صاعدٍ فتطلبه
والخيرُand good يأتيكcomes to you منfrom يَدَيthe two hands of مطرِMaṭar
والخيرُ يأتيك من يَدَي مطرِ
There is no good in Ṣāʿid for you to seek;
and good comes to you from Maṭar’s two hands.
وأيّand what خيرgood يأتيكcomes to you منfrom رجلٍa man
وأيّ خير يأتيك من رجلٍ
ليسis not لأنثىto a female يُدْعىhe is ascribed ولاnor ذكرِa male
ليس لأنثى يُدْعى ولا ذكرِ
And what good can come to you from a man
whose descent is traced to neither woman nor man?
ليسَthere is not لهfor him غيرَother than نفسهhimself نَسَبٌlineage
ليسَ له غيرَ نفسه نَسَبٌ
كأنهas though he were آدمٌAdam أبوthe father of البشرِmankind
كأنه آدمٌ أبو البشرِ
He has no lineage but himself,
as though he were Adam, the father of mankind.