قالُواthey said تزوّجmarried فلانٌso-and-so وهوَwhile he is فيin
قالُوا تزوّج فلانٌ وهوَ في
عِصمَةmarital bond غَيرِهsomeone other than him الذيwho تَعشَّقهbecame enamored of him
عِصمَة غَيرِه الذي تَعشَّقه
They said: So-and-so has married, though he is in
They said so-and-so got married while his heart belonged to another whom he loved
the marital bond of another who became enamored of him.
I said he will divorce her They said he does not care enough to go through with it
قلتُI said يُطلِّقُهhe divorces him قالواthey said ليسَis not يَسwillingly parts (word begins)
قلتُ يُطلِّقُه قالوا ليسَ يَس
خوwillingly parts (word continues) بهwith him قلتُI said حَلُّremedy هذِيthis المُوبِقَهthe ruinous sin
خو به قلتُ حَلُّ هذِي المُوبِقَه
I said: Let him divorce him. They said: He will not willingly
I said I will solve this ruinous situation
part with him. I said: The remedy for this ruinous sin
I will shave his beard for a month and I guarantee that he will divorce her
ألكَفُّthe cessation عَنof حلقِهhis shaving لحَيتَهhis beard شَهmonth (word begins)
ألكَفُّ عَن حلقِه لحَيتَه شَه
راًmonth (word ends) وأناand I الضَّامِنthe guarantor أنthat يُطلِّقَهhe divorces him
راً وأنا الضَّامِن أن يُطلِّقَه
is to stop shaving his beard for a
month, and I guarantee he will divorce him.
Partial English translation: 4 of 6 Arabic lines translated.