فَماso ... not أُمُّmother of الرُدَينِal-Rudayn وَإِنeven though أَدَلَّتshe puts on airs
فَما أُمُّ الرُدَينِ وَإِن أَدَلَّت
بِعالِمَةٍat all knowledgeable بِأَخلاقِof the ways of الكِرامِthe noble
بِعالِمَةٍ بِأَخلاقِ الكِرامِ
Yet Umm al-Rudayn, though she may take liberties,
So Umm al-Rudayn, though she puts on airs,
is not versed in the ways of noble folk.
is not versed in the ways of the noble.
إِذاwhen الشَيطانُthe devil قَصَّعَburrowed فيinto قَفاهاher nape
إِذا الشَيطانُ قَصَّعَ في قَفاها
تَنَفَّقناهُwe flushed him out بِالحَبلِwith the rope التُؤامِdouble-stranded
تَنَفَّقناهُ بِالحَبلِ التُؤامِ
When Satan burrows into the nape of her neck,
When the devil burrows into her nape,
we ferret him out with the twin-stranded rope.
we flush him out with the double-stranded rope.
