رَغيفُa loaf of bread سَعيدٍSa‘id’s عِندَهُto him عِدلُthe equal of نَفسِهِhis own life
رَغيفُ سَعيدٍ عِندَهُ عِدلُ نَفسِهِ
يُقَلِّبُهُhe turns it over طَوراًat one time وَطَوراًand at another time يُلاعِبُهhe plays with it
يُقَلِّبُهُ طَوراً وَطَوراً يُلاعِبُه
Sa‘id’s loaf is worth as much to him as his own life.
The loaf of Sa'id is to him his self's justice.
To Sa'id, his loaf of bread holds all the value of his soul,
At times he turns it over; at others he plays with it.
He turns it around playing with it.
He turns it over now and then, and plays with it in playful role.
وَيُخرِجُهُand he takes it out مِنfrom كِمِّهِhis sleeve فَيَشِمَّهُthen he sniffs it
وَيُخرِجُهُ مِن كِمِّهِ فَيَشِمَّهُ
وَيُجلِسَهُand he seats it فيin حِجرِهِhis lap وَيُخاطِبُهand he addresses it
وَيُجلِسَهُ في حِجرِهِ وَيُخاطِبُه
And he takes it out of his sleeve, then sniffs it.
He takes it out of his sleeve and smells it.
He draws it from his sleeve to smell, inhaling deep the scent he seeks,
And he seats it in his lap and addresses it.
He sits it in his lap addressing it.
He seats it squarely in his lap, and to the bread he fondly speaks.
وَإِنand if جائَهُhe comes to him المَسكينُthe poor man يَطلُبُasking for فَضلَهُhis surplus
وَإِن جائَهُ المَسكينُ يَطلُبُ فَضلَهُ
فَقَدthen surely ثَكَلَتهُshe has been bereaved of him أُمُّهُhis mother وَأَقارِبُهand his relatives
فَقَد ثَكَلَتهُ أُمُّهُ وَأَقارِبُه
And if a poor man comes to him asking for what he can spare,
If a beggar came to him seeking its crumbs
But if a wretch should come to him to ask a favor or a crust,
then his mother and kin have surely been bereaved of him.
Then his mother and kin have abandoned him.
Then has his mother lost her son, his kinsmen mourn him in the dust.
يَكِرُّstrikes repeatedly عَلَيهِupon him السَوطُthe whip مِنfrom كُلِّevery جانِبٍside
يَكِرُّ عَلَيهِ السَوطُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ
وَتُكسَرُand are broken رِجلاهُhis two legs وَيُنتَفُand is plucked out شارِبُهhis moustache
وَتُكسَرُ رِجلاهُ وَيُنتَفُ شارِبُه
The whip strikes him repeatedly from every side,
The whip turns upon him from every side.
The whip returns to strike his back, attacking him from every side,
and both his legs are broken, and his moustache is plucked out.
His legs are broken and his moustache plucked.
His legs are broken by the blows, his mustache plucked to strip his pride.