وَلَمّاand when كَسَرتُI broke لَهُfor him جَردَقاًa flatbread
وَلَمّا كَسَرتُ لَهُ جَردَقاً
وَمَنand who ذاis it that يُطيقُcan bear لَهُfor him كَسرَbreaking جَردَقa flatbread
وَمَن ذا يُطيقُ لَهُ كَسرَ جَردَق
And when I broke a flatbread for him—
and who is it that can bear to break a flatbread for him?—
تَغَيَّرَhe changed ليtoward me عَنaway from جَميعِall الوِدادِaffection
تَغَيَّرَ لي عَن جَميعِ الوِدادِ
فَصارَso he became جَريراًJarir وَصِرتُand I became الفَرَزدَقal-Farazdaq
فَصارَ جَريراً وَصِرتُ الفَرَزدَق
he turned against me, abandoning all affection;
so he became Jarir, and I became al-Farazdaq.