ياO مَنْyou who أَحَلَّbrought down بهupon him الرَّزِيَّهthe calamity
يا مَنْ أَحَلَّ به الرَّزِيَّه
وأَعادَand turned نِعْمَتهhis blessing بَلِيَّهan affliction
وأَعادَ نِعْمَته بَلِيَّه
O you upon whom calamity has been brought,
and whose blessing has been turned into affliction!
حَظِيَwas fortunate الرَّدىdeath بِكَwith you إِذْwhen غَدَتْshe became
حَظِيَ الرَّدى بِكَ إِذْ غَدَتْ
لَكَfor you بِنْتُthe daughter عَمّارٍof ʿAmmār حَظيَّهa favored woman
لَكَ بِنْتُ عَمّارٍ حَظيَّه
Death was fortunate to have you when
ʿAmmār’s daughter became your favorite.
قُلْtell ليto me وَكَيْفَand how سلاhe found solace
قُلْ لي وَكَيْفَ سلا
مَعَwith ذُلِّthe lowliness قَامَتِكَof your stature القَميَّهthe stunted
مَعَ ذُلِّ قَامَتِكَ القَميَّه
Tell me: how did he find solace,
with your lowly, stunted stature?
أًنْتَyou البَعوضَةُthe mosquito قِلَّةًin smallness
أًنْتَ البَعوضَةُ قِلَّةً
وكَأَنَّهاand she is like جَمَلُa camel الضَّحيَّهof sacrifice
وكَأَنَّها جَمَلُ الضَّحيَّه
You are a mosquito in size,
while she is like a sacrificial camel.
نُبِئْتُهاI was told of her قالَتْshe said وقَدْand already
نُبِئْتُها قالَتْ وقَدْ
بَصُرَتْshe caught sight بِأَركَof your penis كَالشَّظيَّهlike a splinter
بَصُرَتْ بِأَركَ كَالشَّظيَّه
I was told she said, when
she saw your penis, like a splinter:
مَنْwhoever لَيْسَis not تُشْبِعُهُit satisfies him الهَريسَthe wheat-and-meat porridge
مَنْ لَيْسَ تُشْبِعُهُ الهَريسَ
ةُword ending; no independent meaning كَيْفَhow تُشْبِعُهُit satisfies him القَليَّهthe fried food
ةُ كَيْفَ تُشْبِعُهُ القَليَّه
"Whoever is not filled by wheat-and-meat porridge—
how can fried food fill him?"
فَلَوْso if اطَّلَعْتَyou had looked عَلَيْهِماupon the two of them
فَلَوْ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِما
عِنْدَat the time of ارْتِكابِهِماtheir committing الخَطيَّهthe sin
عِنْدَ ارْتِكابِهِما الخَطيَّه
So if you had looked upon the two of them
in the act of committing the sin,
لَذَكَرْتَyou would have recalled فيin شَخْصيهِماtheir two figures الthe
لَذَكَرْتَ في شَخْصيهِما ال
عَنْقاءَʿAnqāʾ, a mythical bird قَدْalready خَطَفَتْshe snatched up صَبيَّهa little girl
عَنْقاءَ قَدْ خَطَفَتْ صَبيَّه
you would have recalled, in their two figures, the
ʿAnqāʾ that had snatched up a little girl.