وعيسٍand pale camels تَبارىrace one another بركَبانِهاwith their riders
وعيسٍ تَبارى بركَبانِها
تَغولُdevour حَيازِمُهنَّtheir chests العَروضاthe mountain road
تَغولُ حَيازِمُهنَّ العَروضا
And pale camels racing one another with their riders,
Their chests devour the mountain road.
حَسَرتI exhausted بِخاتيِّهاtheir Bactrian camels بِالفَلاةin the wilderness
حَسَرت بِخاتيِّها بِالفَلاة
وَغادَرتهُنَّand I left them رَذاياexhausted beasts نُقُوضاworn out
وَغادَرتهُنَّ رَذايا نُقُوضا
I exhausted their Bactrian camels in the wilderness,
And left them spent and worn out.
وَمُشعَلَةٍand a scattered troop مثلِlike رَجلِa swarm الجَرادِof locusts
وَمُشعَلَةٍ مثلِ رَجلِ الجَرادِ
يُشيرُpoint toward سَنابِكُهنَّtheir hooves الحَضيضاthe low ground
يُشيرُ سَنابِكُهنَّ الحَضيضا
And a scattered troop, like a swarm of locusts,
Their hooves point toward the low ground.
ذَعرتُI startled السَوامَthe grazing herds بفرسانِهاwith its horsemen
ذَعرتُ السَوامَ بفرسانِها
إِذاwhen طائِرُthe bird الصُبحِof dawn رامَsought النُهوضاto rise
إِذا طائِرُ الصُبحِ رامَ النُهوضا
I startled the grazing herds with its horsemen
When the dawn bird sought to rise.
ومنand of كُلِّevery عَيشِway of life الفَتىof a young man قَدindeed أَصَبتُI have experienced
ومن كُلِّ عَيشِ الفَتى قَد أَصَبتُ
وِشِعرٍand poetry تَخَيّرتُI chose منهfrom it عَروضاa poetic strain
وِشِعرٍ تَخَيّرتُ منه عَروضا
And I have tasted every kind of life a young man leads,
And from poetry I have chosen a strain.
وَنفَّرَand drove away عَنّيfrom me ذَواتِwomen of الخُدورcurtained chambers
وَنفَّرَ عَنّي ذَواتِ الخُدور
مُفارِقُhair-partings أَمسينَthey have become يَبرُقنَthey gleam بيضاwhite
مُفارِقُ أَمسينَ يَبرُقنَ بيضا
And women of curtained chambers were driven away from me
By the partings of my hair, now gleaming white.
Sol 6.1