إنَّindeed الدَّقِيقَthe flour وَلَعقَهُand licking it
إنَّ الدَّقِيقَ وَلَعقَهُ
لَمِنَsurely among السَّكِينَهِserenity وَألوَقَارand dignity
لَمِنَ السَّكِينَهِ وَألوَقَار
Indeed, flour and licking it
The judge licked the porridge
are surely part of serenity and dignity.
With calmness and dignity
لِلَّهto God belongs دَرُّكَyour excellence قَاضِياًas a judge
لِلَّه دَرُّكَ قَاضِياً
قَدindeed جَاءَhas come فِيin مِسلاَحِthe anus of فَارa mouse
قَد جَاءَ فِي مِسلاَحِ فَار
What a fine judge you are,
Bless you, judge
who has come in a mouse’s anus!
He came armed
لَعَقَhe licked الهَرِيسَةَthe harisa (wheat-and-meat porridge) جَاهِداًstriving hard
لَعَقَ الهَرِيسَةَ جَاهِداً
وَاللَّيلُwhile the night مَسدُولhanging down الإزَارthe waist-wrapper
وَاللَّيلُ مَسدُول الإزَار
He licked the harisa with all his might,
He licked the porridge vigorously
while night’s robe hung down.
While the night wrapped its waistcloth
وَأتَىand he came لِمَجلِسِto the seat of حُكمهِhis judgment
وَأتَى لِمَجلِسِ حُكمهِ
وَعَلَيهِand upon him أثَارُtraces of الغُبَارthe dust
وَعَلَيهِ أثَارُ الغُبَار
And he came to his judgment seat,
And came to his courtroom
with traces of dust upon him.
Covered in dust
شَهِدَتthey bore witness علىto تَركِneglecting الوُضُوthe ablution (continued next line)
شَهِدَت على تَركِ الوُضُو
ءِfinal letter of “ablution” وَكَانَand it was عَاراًa disgrace أيَّwhat a عَارdisgrace
ءِ وَكَانَ عَاراً أيَّ عَار
They bore witness to his neglect of ablution,
Witnessed the abandonment of ablution
and it was a disgrace—what a disgrace!
What a disgraceful disgrace