ياO أَيُّهاyou (vocative) الغُمرُthe simpleton الذيwho
يا أَيُّها الغُمرُ الذي
معwith كلevery ريحٍwind مائِلُleaning
مع كل ريحٍ مائِلُ
O callow, audacious fool,
O you simpleton who
swaying with every wind—
Leans with every wind,
لوif كانتwere الرُهبانthe monks مثلكlike you
لو كانت الرُهبان مثلك
كلُّهمall of them ياO ذاهلُheedless one
كلُّهم يا ذاهلُ
if the monks were like you,
If the monks were like you,
every one of them, O heedless one,
All of them, O heedless one,
لغَدَواthey would become كوالدةlike a mother الثلاthree (first fragment)
لغَدَوا كوالدة الثلا
ثةcompletion of 'three' إذas يقولsays القائلُthe speaker
ثة إذ يقول القائلُ
they would become like the mother of the—
They would become like the mother of three,
—three, when the speaker says:
As the speaker says:
الحَملُpregnancy فيهمamong them نادرٌrare
الحَملُ فيهم نادرٌ
والطَلقُand labor pains فيهمamong them قاتلُfatal
والطَلقُ فيهم قاتلُ
“Pregnancy among them is rare,
Pregnancy among them is rare,
and labor among them is fatal.”
And labor among them is fatal.