وماand what زوجانtwo mates منof ذكرٍa male وأنثىand a female
وما زوجان من ذكرٍ وأنثى
ترىyou see الألحاظَthe glances نحوهماtoward them both تميلُincline
ترى الألحاظَ نحوهما تميلُ
And what pair—a male and a female—
No two mates, male and female,
Do you see glances turning toward?
Do eyes incline towards,
إذاwhen اقترعاthey both drew lots علىfor إحرازsecuring حُسنbeauty
إذا اقترعا على إحراز حُسن
أغارraided علىupon سمينهماthe plump one of them النحيلُthe slender one
أغار على سمينهما النحيلُ
When they draw lots to secure beauty,
If they draw lots for beauty's prize,
The slender one assails the plump one of the pair.
But the scrawny one envies the plump.
وحاملةand a bearer لهاof hers ابناًa son وهوwhile he is بعلٌa husband
وحاملة لها ابناً وهو بعلٌ
يعالُhe is sustained بهاby her لأطفالfor children تعولُshe sustains
يعالُ بها لأطفال تعولُ
And one bearing a son of hers, while he is a husband,
A mother bearing a babe, and he is her husband,
He is sustained by her for children she sustains.
She struggles to provide for her children.
لهfor him منfrom زادهاher provisions ماwhat أطعمتهshe fed him
له من زادها ما أطعمته
وغيرهماand someone besides them لزادهماof their provisions الأكولُthe voracious eater
وغيرهما لزادهما الأكولُ
From her provisions he has what she has fed him,
He has from her store what she fed him,
And another devours the provisions of them both.
While others, gluttons, eat up their store.
يداوسhe treads بينbetween جنبيهاher two sides علاجاًa task
يداوس بين جنبيها علاجاً
دقيقاًdelicate تحتهbeneath it معنىًa meaning جليلُweighty
دقيقاً تحته معنىً جليلُ
He treads between her sides, performing a task
He whispers between her breasts a subtle cure,
Delicate, beneath which lies a weighty meaning.
With profound meaning underneath.
إذاif ماever (emphatic) ابنٌa son عصَىsinned بنتاجby begetting offspring أمٍّa mother
إذا ما ابنٌ عصَى بنتاج أمٍّ
فإنthen indeed نتاجَoffspring أمِّهماthe mother of them both جميلُbeautiful
فإن نتاجَ أمِّهما جميلُ
If ever a son sins by begetting offspring with a mother,
If a son disobeys his mother's offspring,
Then their mother's offspring is beautiful.
Then his mother's offspring is goodly.