فَماso why لكَhave you عَينيthe two eyes of خارِئٍone defecating فيin هَشيمهِhis dry brushwood
فَما لكَ عَيني خارِئٍ في هَشيمهِ
رأيhe saw حَيَّةًa snake فيin جُحرهاits burrow فَهوso he يَزجُرُcries out
رأي حَيَّةً في جُحرها فَهو يَزجُرُ
Why, then, have you the eyes of one defecating in his dry brushwood,
Why do you gaze with tears, my eyes, at the wreckage,
who saw a snake in its burrow and so cries out?
As though seeing a serpent in its lair roaring threats?