جَعلَتbegan تُحدِّثنيto tell me الحَواthe vicissitudes (word beginning)
جَعلَت تُحدِّثني الحَوا
دِثُvicissitudes (word completion) بالمُقامِof staying وبِالظَّعَنand of departing
دِثُ بالمُقامِ وبِالظَّعَن
The vicissitudes began to tell me
of staying and departing,
وتقولُand says مَنwho لَكَfor you أوor بِمَنwith whom
وتقولُ مَن لَكَ أو بِمَن
تَسطُوyou strike forcefully وماand not عَلِمتknew بِمَنwith whom
تَسطُو وما عَلِمت بِمَن
and say, “Who stands by you, or with whom
do you strike?”—not knowing with whom:
بفتىًwith a youth وَفَىkept faith وسُيوفُهُand his swords
بفتىً وَفَى وسُيوفُهُ
طُبِعَتwere forged عَلىwith غَدرِthe treachery of الزَّمَنtime
طُبِعَت عَلى غَدرِ الزَّمَن
with a youth who kept faith, while his swords
were forged with the treachery of time.
أوَand (introducing a question) ماnot تَراهُyou see him بمسِّهاthrough their touch
أوَ ما تَراهُ بمسِّها
ماذاwhat جَناهُhe inflicted it علىupon اليَمَنYemen
ماذا جَناهُ على اليَمَن
And do you not see, through their touch,
what he has inflicted upon Yemen?
أيُّwhichever الأمورmatters اشتَدَّgrew difficult هاbecame easy (word beginning)
أيُّ الأمور اشتَدَّ ها
نَbecame easy (word completion) عَلىfor الأميرِthe prince أبيAbu (father of) الحَسَنal-Hasan
نَ عَلى الأميرِ أبي الحَسَن
Every matter, however difficult, became easy
for Prince Abu al-Hasan.
ياO مَنone whose تَروعُterrifies الرَّوعَterror هَيawe (word beginning)
يا مَن تَروعُ الرَّوعَ هَي
بَتُهhis awe (word completion) وتُغنِيهand enriches him الفِتَنtrials
بَتُه وتُغنِيه الفِتَن
O you whose awe terrifies terror itself,
and whom trials enrich:
جَهِلَتthey were ignorant فخُذهاso take them to task مِنfrom لَدُنthe presence of
جَهِلَت فخُذها مِن لَدُن
كَyou (attached possessive) بعلمِwith knowledge of أطرافِthe points of اللُّدُنthe supple spears
كَ بعلمِ أطرافِ اللُّدُن
they were ignorant; so take them to task with
your own knowledge of supple spearpoints.
أصبحتُI have become ياO وطَنhome of المكاthe noble deeds (word beginning)
أصبحتُ يا وطَن المكا
رِمnoble deeds (word completion) قدalready صبَوتُI have yearned إلىfor الوَطَنthe homeland
رِم قد صبَوتُ إلى الوَطَن
I have come, O home of noble deeds,
to yearn for my homeland.
وغَرِقتُand I have drowned فيin بَحرِthe sea of الأماthe wishes (word beginning)
وغَرِقتُ في بَحرِ الأما
نيwishes (word completion) فَالقso cast ليto me حَبلَthe rope of المِنَنfavors
ني فَالق لي حَبلَ المِنَن
And I have drowned in the sea of wishes;
so cast me the rope of favors.
واعطِفand bend قَناةَthe spear-shaft of الدَّهرِtime إنfor (word beginning)
واعطِف قَناةَ الدَّهرِ إن
نَfor (word completion) الدَّهرَtime يُثبتُlays low مَنwhomever طَعَنit has pierced
نَ الدَّهرَ يُثبتُ مَن طَعَن
And bend time’s spear-shaft, for
time lays low whomever it pierces.
Sol 6.1