خيَّبmay thwart اللهُGod سَعيَthe striving of أَوفىAwfa بنِson of حصنٍHisn
خيَّب اللهُ سَعيَ أَوفى بنِ حصنٍ
حينَwhen أضحىhe became فَرّوجَةَa pullet الرقَّاءِthe spellcaster
حينَ أضحى فَرّوجَةَ الرقَّاءِ
May God thwart the striving of Awfa ibn Hisn,
May Allah foil the effort of Awf, son of Hosn,
when he became the spellcaster’s pullet.
When he turned the women of Ruqqa into merchandise.
قادَهُled him الحَينَdoom والشقاءُand misery إلىto ليlion (first fragment)
قادَهُ الحَينَ والشقاءُ إلى لي
ثlion (final fragment) عرينlair وحيَّةٍand a serpent صَمَّاءِdeaf
ث عرين وحيَّةٍ صَمَّاءِ
Doom and misery led him to a li-
Misery and misfortune led him to the lair
on of the lair and a deaf serpent.
Of a deaf viper and a blind serpent.