لعُلُوِّيbecause of my loftiness جَرِبْتُI contracted scabies لاnot لانْخفَاضِيbecause of my lowliness
لعُلُوِّي جَرِبْتُ لا لانْخفَاضِي
جَرَبيmy scabies رفعةٌexaltation وإِنand even if كَانَit was داءُa disease
جَرَبي رفعةٌ وإِن كَانَ داءُ
For my loftiness I contracted scabies, not for my lowliness.
My scabies is exaltation, even if it is a disease.
جَرِبَتْshe grew scabby مِثْلِيَlike me السَماءُthe sky ونَاهِيـand sufficient for—
جَرِبَتْ مِثْلِيَ السَماءُ ونَاهِيـ
ـكَyou علوًّin loftiness أَنthat أَشْبَهْتنيshe resembled me السَماءُthe sky
ـكَ علوًّ أَن أَشْبَهْتني السَماءُ
The sky grew scabby like me; and it is enough
for you, as a mark of loftiness, that the sky resembled me.
ولذاand therefore أَجمعunanimously agreed الرواةُthe transmitters وماand not خُوwas dis—
ولذا أَجمع الرواةُ وما خُو
لِفَ—puted فيهاconcerning it أَنَّthat اسمهاits name الجَرْبَاءُal-Jarbāʾ, the Scabby One
لِفَ فيها أَنَّ اسمها الجَرْبَاءُ
Thus the transmitters agreed unanimously, without
dissent concerning it, that its name is al-Jarbāʾ, 'the Scabby One.'
Translation model: Sol 6.1