شَتَمتُ مَن تَيَّمَني مُغالِطاً

شَتَمتُ مَن تَيَّمَني مُغالِطاً

لِأصرفَ العاذِلَ عَن لجاجَتِه

لِأصرفَ العاذِلَ عَن لجاجَتِه

I insulted the one who enslaved me with love, as a ruse,

I rebuked the one who reproached me fallaciously

to turn the reproacher from his obstinate insistence.

To divert the blamer from his obstinacy

فَقالَ لَمّا وَقَعَ البزّار في الث

فَقالَ لَمّا وَقَعَ البزّار في الث

ثَوبِ علمنا اِنَّه مِن حاجَتِه

ثَوبِ علمنا اِنَّه مِن حاجَتِه

Then he said, “When the seed seller disparaged the—

So when the draper fell into the dirt

cloth, we knew it was something he wanted.”

We knew it was due to his need