بطعنwith thrusts كوقعlike the strokes of سِرادan awl النقالworn sandals
بطعن كوقع سِراد النقال
يحاكيresembles بهthrough it الَّلَبةthe hollow at the throat’s base الأبجلُthe large vein in a limb
يحاكي به الَّلَبة الأبجلُ
With thrusts like an awl’s strokes on worn sandals,
With a stab like the crescendo of a lyre
through which the great vein resembles the hollow of the throat.
He mimics with it the most eloquent tongue