حباهاhe favored her بإحسانٍwith kindness وبادرَand he hastened مُسرعاswiftly
حباها بإحسانٍ وبادرَ مُسرعا
إلىto وَتِدa peg المنقارِthe beak عَلَّقhe hung خُفَّهاher slipper
إلى وَتِد المنقارِ عَلَّق خُفَّها
He favored her with kindness and hastened swiftly
He endowed her with kindness and hastened
To the beak’s peg, where he hung her slipper.
To hang her slipper on the beak of the tent.
وكانand he would إذاwhen ماever (emphatic particle) غاظَهangered him قبحُthe ugliness فِعلِهاof her conduct
وكان إذا ما غاظَه قبحُ فِعلِها
يَبُلُّhe wets قفاهُthe back of his neck ثمthen يَصفَعhe slaps كَفَّهاher palm
يَبُلُّ قفاهُ ثم يَصفَع كَفَّها
And whenever the ugliness of her conduct angered him,
And whenever her ugly deed aggrieved him,
He would wet the back of his neck, then slap her palm.
He would wet the back of his hand and then slap her face.