خُفافُKhufaf أَلَمhave ... not? تَرَyou see ماwhat بَينَناbetween us
خُفافُ أَلَم تَرَ ما بَينَنا
يَزيدُincreases اِستِعاراًin blazing إِذاwhen يُسعَرُit is kindled
يَزيدُ اِستِعاراً إِذا يُسعَرُ
Khufaf, have you not seen how what lies between us
Khofaf, have you not seen what lies between us
blazes more fiercely when it is kindled?
Increases in metaphor when ignited
أَلَمhave ... not? تَرَyou see أَنّاthat we وَهَبناwe gave التِلاancestral wealth (word continues)
أَلَم تَرَ أَنّا وَهَبنا التِلا
دَcompletes 'ancestral wealth' لِلسَائِلينَto those who ask وَماand not نَغدِرُwe act treacherously
دَ لِلسَائِلينَ وَما نَغدِرُ
Have you not seen that we gave our ancestral wealth
Have you not seen that we gave freely
to those who ask, and never act treacherously?
To the beggars though we bore no obligation
لِأَنّاbecause we نُكَلَّفُwe are charged with فَوقَbeyond الَّتيthat which
لِأَنّا نُكَلَّفُ فَوقَ الَّتي
يُكَلَّفُهاare charged with it الناسُpeople لَوif تَخبُرُyou knew
يُكَلَّفُها الناسُ لَو تَخبُرُ
For we are charged with more than
For we are tasked beyond what
other people are charged with, if you but knew.
People would be tasked, were you to ask
لَناours are شِيَمٌvirtues غَيرُnot مَجهولَةٍunknown
لَنا شِيَمٌ غَيرُ مَجهولَةٍ
تَوارَثَهاinherited them successively الأَكبَرُthe elder الأَكبَرُthe elder
تَوارَثَها الأَكبَرُ الأَكبَرُ
Ours are virtues not unknown,
We have an honor not unknown
passed down from elder to elder.
Inherited by elder from elder
وَخَيلٌand horses تَكَدَّسُsurge forward بِالدارِعيwith armored riders (word continues)
وَخَيلٌ تَكَدَّسُ بِالدارِعي
نَcompletes 'with armored riders' تُنحَرُare slaughtered فيin الرَوعِbattle's terror أَوor تُعقَرُare hamstrung
نَ تُنحَرُ في الرَوعِ أَو تُعقَرُ
And horses surge forward with armored riders,
And steeds piled high in the tribe
slaughtered in battle's terror or hamstrung.
That gore in fright or hobble when lamed
عَلَيهاon them فَوارِسُhorsemen مَخبورَةٌproven
عَلَيها فَوارِسُ مَخبورَةٌ
كَجِنٍّlike jinn مَساكِنُهاtheir dwellings عَبقَرُAbqar
كَجِنٍّ مَساكِنُها عَبقَرُ
On them ride proven horsemen,
On them seasoned horsemen
like jinn whose dwellings are in Abqar.
Like Jinn whose abode Beqar
وَرَجراجَةٌand a surging host مِثلُlike لَونِthe color of النُجوthe stars (word continues)
وَرَجراجَةٌ مِثلُ لَونِ النُجو
مِcompletes 'the stars' لاneither العُزلُthe unarmed فيهاin it وَلاnor الحُسَّرُthe unhelmeted
مِ لا العُزلُ فيها وَلا الحُسَّرُ
And a surging host, the color of the stars,
And steeds dapple-grey like the color of stars
with neither unarmed nor unhelmeted men in it.
With no isolation or loss of vigor
وَبيضٌand bright coats of mail سَوابِغُfull-length مَسرودَةٌwoven in links
وَبيضٌ سَوابِغُ مَسرودَةٌ
مَواريثُheirlooms ماwhat أَورَثَتbequeathed حِميَرُHimyar
مَواريثُ ما أَورَثَت حِميَرُ
And bright, full-length coats of linked mail,
And purebreds fully white
heirlooms of what Himyar bequeathed.
Inheriting what the gray ones bequeathed
فَقَدfor indeed يَعلَمُknows الحَيُّthe tribe عِندَat the time of الصِياحِthe battle cry
فَقَد يَعلَمُ الحَيُّ عِندَ الصِياحِ
بِأَنَّof the fact that العَقيلَةَthe noblewoman بيby me تُستَرُis sheltered
بِأَنَّ العَقيلَةَ بي تُستَرُ
For the tribe well knows, when the battle cry sounds,
Thus the living may know amid the war cries
that the noblewoman is sheltered by me.
That my clan’s women are veiled
وَقَدand indeed يَعلَمُknows الحَيُّthe tribe عِندَat the time of الرِهاwagering (word continues)
وَقَد يَعلَمُ الحَيُّ عِندَ الرِها
نِcompletes 'wagering' أَنّيthat I أَناI myself الشامِخُthe proud one المُخطِرُthe wagerer
نِ أَنّي أَنا الشامِخُ المُخطِرُ
And the tribe well knows, when wagers are laid,
And the living may know amid the tremors
that I myself am the proud one who wagers.
That I am the towering, the formidable
وَقَدand indeed يَعلَمُknows الحَيُّthe tribe عِندَat the time of السُؤاasking (word continues)
وَقَد يَعلَمُ الحَيُّ عِندَ السُؤا
لِcompletes 'asking' أَنّيthat I أَجودُI give generously وَأُستَمطَرُand I am asked to rain bounty
لِ أَنّي أَجودُ وَأُستَمطَرُ
And the tribe well knows, when people ask,
And the living may know when asked
that I give freely and am asked to rain down bounty.
That I am the most generous and sought after
فَأَنّىso how تُعَيِّرُنيyou reproach me بِالفَخارِfor boasting
فَأَنّى تُعَيِّرُني بِالفَخارِ
وَهاand behold أَناI هَذاthis هُوَhe المُنكَرُthe unacknowledged one
وَها أَنا هَذا هُوَ المُنكَرُ
So how can you reproach me for boasting?
Why then do you taunt me with conceit
And here I am—this is the unacknowledged one.
When I am this, the disavower
Sol 6.1