ياO زعيمZaʿīm (leader) الدينal-Dīn (of the faith) لاdo not تنfirst part of 'forget'
يا زعيم الدين لا تن
سىfinal part of 'forget' منof الطهرthe circumcision celebration نصيبيmy share
سى من الطهر نصيبي
O Zaʿīm al-Dīn, do not for-
O leader of faith, forget not
get my share of the circumcision feast.
My share of purity’s lot
عقربيmy scorpion فيin الهجوsatire انif شوfirst part of 'be consulted'
عقربي في الهجو ان شو
ورfinal part of 'be consulted' زَهمانZahmān نصيبيfrom Nisibis
ور زَهمان نصيبي
My scorpion in satire—if one con-
My scorpion, though in rage frothing
sults Zahmān—is from Nisibis.
Remains my fate-met lot