قدْindeed طبَّقَcovered الأرضَthe earth الوباthe plague
قدْ طبَّقَ الأرضَ الوبا
وقدْand indeed بداappeared فيin حَلَباAleppo
وقدْ بدا في حَلَبا
The plague has covered the earth,
The plague has spread across the land
and has appeared in Aleppo.
And appeared in Aleppo
قالواthey said لهit has علىagainst الورىmankind
قالوا له على الورى
كافٌthe letter kāf (k) وراand rāʾ (r) قلتُI said وباand bāʾ (b), punning on “plague”
كافٌ ورا قلتُ وبا
They said, “Against mankind it has
They said to him in the world
a kāf and a rāʾ.” I said, “And a bāʾ.”
Enough, behind, I said alas
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