يقولُhe says إذwhen أشكوI complain of لهto him زَفرَتيmy sigh
يقولُ إذ أشكو له زَفرَتي
لاno بدَّescape للجزَّارِfor al-Jazzar (the butcher) منfrom زَفرَهa meaty reek (a pun on ‘sigh’)
لا بدَّ للجزَّارِ من زَفرَه
He says, when I complain to him of my sigh,
When I complain to him of my suffering,
“Al-Jazzar—the butcher—cannot escape a meaty reek.”
The butcher must sigh too.
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