وقائلٍand someone saying هلْquestion marker لكَfor you فيabout الthe
وقائلٍ هلْ لكَ في ال
أحوالِcircumstances نظمٌverse ياO أُخيْmy little brother
أحوالِ نظمٌ يا أُخيْ
And someone asked, “Have you, on the
A questioner asked, “My friend, have you
circumstances, any verse, my little brother?”
Any poems for all occasions?”
فقلتُso I said سلْask أوor لاdo not تسلْask
فقلتُ سلْ أو لا تسلْ
ماليَI have no فيabout الأحولِthe cross-eyed man شيْanything
ماليَ في الأحولِ شيْ
So I said, “Ask or do not ask;
I said, “Ask or don’t ask,
I have nothing on the cross-eyed man.”
I care not for such things.”