ياO ابنَson of حربHarb كسوتنيyou clothed me طَيْلَسَاناًa shawl
يا ابنَ حرب كسوتني طَيْلَسَاناً
يُزْرعis sown الرَّفْوُdarning فيهin it وهوand it is سِبَاخُsalt-barren ground
يُزْرع الرَّفْوُ فيه وهو سِبَاخُ
O son of Harb, you clothed me in a shawl;
O son of war, you clothed me in a worn out garment
darning is sown in it, though it is salt-barren ground.
In which tatters are sown, and it is tattered
عُدgo back مَلِيَّاًa long while قدalready ناطحbutted heads with الدهْرَTime حتىuntil
عُد مَلِيَّاً قد ناطح الدهْرَ حتى
كلُّall أركانهits corners بهنَّin them انْفِسَاخُcoming apart
كلُّ أركانه بهنَّ انْفِسَاخُ
Go back a long while: it has butted heads with Time until
Return heedful, it has contended with time until
every corner of it is coming apart.
Every pillar of it is weakened and cracked
ماتdied نُسَّاجُهُits weavers وماتand died بَنُوهمtheir sons
مات نُسَّاجُهُ ومات بَنُوهم
وبداand appeared الشيبgray hair فيin بَنيهمtheir sons وشاخواand they grew old
وبدا الشيب في بَنيهم وشاخوا
Its weavers died, and their sons died,
Its weaver has died, and his children have died
and their sons turned gray and grew old.
And grey hair has appeared among them as they aged
طيلسانa shawl إذاwhenever تداعتcalled to one another خُرُوقٌrents
طيلسان إذا تداعت خُرُوقٌ
بينamong أثنائهits folds لهنَّthey have صُرَاخُshrieking
بين أثنائه لهنَّ صُرَاخُ
A shawl: whenever rents call to one another
When its tatters collapse between its seams
among its folds, they shriek.
They cry out
سرَّنيdelighted me صوتُهits sound وقلتand I said لصحبيto my companions
سرَّني صوتُه وقلت لصحبي
لمdid not يُصَوِّتْmake a sound إلاَّexcept وفيهand in it طَبَاخُvigor
لم يُصَوِّتْ إلاَّ وفيه طَبَاخُ
Its sound delighted me, and I said to my companions:
Its sound pleased me, and I said to my friend
"It would not cry out unless it still had vigor."
It only sounds when there is cooking in it
تستمرُّrun on الصُّدُوعُthe splits طولاًlengthwise وعرضاًand crosswise
تستمرُّ الصُّدُوعُ طولاً وعرضاً
فيهthrough it حتىuntil كأنهنَّas though they were رِخَاخُchess rooks
فيه حتى كأنهنَّ رِخَاخُ
The splits run lengthwise and crosswise
The rents go on lengthwise and crosswise in it
through it, until they seem like chess rooks.
As if they are gaping holes
نَسْرَa vulture دهرٍof ages نسورُthe vultures لقمانَof Luqman والنَّسْand the vul-
نَسْرَ دهرٍ نسورُ لقمانَ والنَّسْ
رَانِ-tures (completing 'the two vultures') إنif قِسْتَهاyou compare them إليهwith it فِراخُfledglings
رَانِ إن قِسْتَها إليه فِراخُ
A vulture of ages—Luqman's vultures and the two
An eagle of time, eagles of Luqman and the eaglets
vultures, if you compare them with it, are fledglings.
If you compare them to it, are chicks
Sol 6.1