ضامنُcontracted collector مكسٍof a toll tax قدْhas already أتىarrived
ضامنُ مكسٍ قدْ أتى
فيin خلعةٍa robe of honor ملفَّقهْpatched together
في خلعةٍ ملفَّقهْ
A tax farmer has arrived,
A patched coat wearer has come
in a patched-together robe of honor.
In a tattered robe
فقلتُso I said ماذيthis is no خلعةٌrobe of honor
فقلتُ ماذي خلعةٌ
بلbut rather لعنةٌa curse مزوَّقهْembellished
بل لعنةٌ مزوَّقهْ
So I said, “This is no robe of honor,
So I said, what a robe is this?
but an embellished curse.”
Rather a decorated curse