جَعْسوسُكُمْyour contemptible fellow حسَنٌhandsome لوْلاwere it not for شَميمُa scent of أذىًsomething noxious
جَعْسوسُكُمْ حسَنٌ لوْلا شَميمُ أذىً
يشْوِيscorches الأنوفَthe nostrils وداءٌand a sickness فيin الفُؤادِthe heart دَوِيgrievous
يشْوِي الأنوفَ وداءٌ في الفُؤادِ دَوِي
Your wretch is handsome, were it not for a noxious smell
That scorches the nostrils, and a grievous sickness in the heart.
مُعَمَّمٌturbaned فوْقَatop طولٍheight مُفْرِطٍexcessive وضَنىًand emaciation
مُعَمَّمٌ فوْقَ طولٍ مُفْرِطٍ وضَنىً
كَماjust as يعمِّمُwraps a turban around رأسَthe head of الدِّيسَةِthe diss grass القِنَويal-Qinawī
كَما يعمِّمُ رأسَ الدِّيسَةِ القِنَوي
Turbaned atop an excessively tall, emaciated frame,
As al-Qinawī wraps a turban around the head of the diss grass.