أمونٍtrusty منof العظعاظʿaẓʿāẓ wood عندat مروقهاits shooting forth
أمونٍ من العظعاظ عند مروقها
وإنand even if عارضتهاopposes it الريحُthe wind نكباءَcross-blowing زعزعاviolently gusting
وإن عارضتها الريحُ نكباءَ زعزعا
A trusty arrow of ʿaẓʿāẓ wood, as it shoots forth,
She glides with grace, this bird, when taking flight,
Even when a fiercely gusting crosswind blows against it.
Though winds may gust and try to shake her might.
يحاذرهاfears it العفريتthe ifrit عندat انصلاتهاits darting forth
يحاذرها العفريت عند انصلاتها
فيعجلهso rushes him الإشفاقdread أنto يتسمَّعاlisten closely
فيعجله الإشفاق أن يتسمَّعا
The ifrit fears it as it darts forth,
The phantom flees her war cry's deaf'ning din,
And dread leaves him no time to listen closely.
Compassion makes him wish the noise would end.
تقولit says إذاwhen راعstartles الرميَّthe quarry حفيفُهاits whizzing
تقول إذا راع الرميَّ حفيفُها
رويدكtake your time لاdo not تجزعpanic منat الموتdeath مجزعاin terror
رويدك لا تجزع من الموت مجزعا
It says, when its whizzing startles the quarry:
When hearing arrows whizzing past her side,
Easy now—do not shrink in terror from death.
She calmly cries "Fear not, hold your head with pride!"
فإنfor if أخطأتهit misses him استوهلتهُit terrifies him لأختهاfor its sister
فإن أخطأته استوهلتهُ لأختها
فَتَلحقهthen it catches him الأخرىthe other مروعاًalarmed مُفزَّعاfrightened
فَتَلحقه الأخرى مروعاً مُفزَّعا
For if it misses him, it terrifies him for its sister;
If one arrow misses, to her sister she cedes,
Then the other catches him, alarmed and frightened.
Who follows it up till her fierce attack succeeds.
وإنand if ثَقفتهit catches him أنفذتهit pierces him through وقدّرتand allots
وإن ثَقفته أنفذته وقدّرت
لهfor him ماwhat يوازيهlies opposite him منof الأرضthe earth مصرعاa place to fall dead
له ما يوازيه من الأرض مصرعا
And if it catches him, it pierces him through and allots
Once found, she strikes with full and fatal force
Him the ground beneath him as a place to fall.
And grants him death upon his final course.
فيقضيthen performs المُذَكِّيthe slaughterer فيupon الصريعthe fallen quarry قضاءَهُhis task
فيقضي المُذَكِّي في الصريع قضاءَهُ
وهاتيكand that one يأبىrefuses غربُهاits sharp point أنto تُوَرَّعاbe restrained
وهاتيك يأبى غربُها أن تُوَرَّعا
Then the slaughterer performs his task upon the fallen quarry,
So the speared one meets his unkind end,
While that arrow's sharp point refuses to be restrained.
While she in the west will never condescend.
أتتit wrought ماwhat أتتit wrought منof كيدهاits guile ثمthen صمَّمتwent straight on
أتت ما أتت من كيدها ثم صمَّمت
تدُرُّrushes onward دريراًin a rapid rush يخطفُsnatches الطيرَthe birds ميلعاswift-darting
تدُرُّ دريراً يخطفُ الطيرَ ميلعا
It wrought what it wrought through its guile, then went straight on,
With tricks and cunning she plots his demise,
Rushing swiftly onward, snatching birds as it darts.
Then sings with pride as birds fall from the skies.
كأنas though بناتthe daughters الماءof the water فيon صرحthe open expanse متنهof its surface
كأن بنات الماء في صرح متنه
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle علاrises رَوقُthe radiance الضحىof forenoon فترفَّعاand climbs higher
إذا ما علا رَوقُ الضحى فترفَّعا
It is as though the water's daughters, on its open surface,
Like mermaids in a palace made of spray
When the radiance of forenoon rises and climbs higher,
When dawn's first light reveals the newborn day.
زرابيُّcarpets كسرىof Kisra بثَّهاhe spread them فيin صِحَانهhis courtyards
زرابيُّ كسرى بثَّها في صِحَانه
ليُحضِرَto summon وفداًa delegation أوor ليجمعto gather مجمعاan assembly
ليُحضِرَ وفداً أو ليجمع مجمعا
Were Kisra's carpets, spread through his courtyards
Khosrow let them loose to fill his lands
To summon a delegation or gather an assembly.
As envoys come and councils he commands.
تريكshows you ربيعاًspring فيin خريفautumn وروضةٍand a garden
تريك ربيعاً في خريف وروضةٍ
علىupon لُجَّةdeep water بدعاa wonder منof الأمرthings مبدعاwondrously fashioned
على لُجَّة بدعا من الأمر مبدعا
They show you spring in autumn, and a garden
A springtime garden born in autumn's midst
Upon deep water—a marvel wondrously devised.
By God's creation from the unseen midst.
تخايلstruts فوقabove الماءthe water زهواًproudly كماjust as زهتparaded proudly
تخايل فوق الماء زهواً كما زهت
عوائدُwomen visitors عيدa festival ماnot ائتلينthey fell short تصنُّعاin self-adornment
عوائدُ عيد ما ائتلين تصنُّعا
They flaunt themselves proudly over the water, as do
Dancing on water, prancing free with pride
Women paying festival visits, sparing no effort in adornment.
Like revelers upon a feast day's tide.
تلبَّسُthey don أصنافاًvarieties منof البزِّfine cloth خلقةًby nature
تلبَّسُ أصنافاً من البزِّ خلقةً
حريراًsilk وديباجاًand brocade وريطاًand fine cloth مُقَطَّعاcut into panels
حريراً وديباجاً وريطاً مُقَطَّعا
They wear, by nature, many kinds of cloth:
Draped in coats of many splendid hues
Silk, brocade, and fine cloth cut into panels.
Silk and brocade and fabric's woven views.
فبينand among خُيابوذٍa khuyābūdh waterbird زهتهmade it splendid شياتُهُits markings
فبين خُيابوذٍ زهته شياتُهُ
فزينهand adorned it ريشplumage تراهyou see it موزَّعاspread in patches
فزينه ريش تراه موزَّعا
Among them, a khuyābūdh, made splendid by its markings,
A peacock's colors fail his feathers bright
Adorned with feathers you see spread in varied patches.
Arrayed in order gorgeous to the sight.
يَمدُّdraws إليهtoward it حسنُهits loveliness وجمالُهand its beauty
يَمدُّ إليه حسنُه وجمالُه
خلالamid بناتthe daughters الماءof the water عيناًan eye وإصبعاand a finger
خلال بنات الماء عيناً وإصبعا
Its loveliness and beauty draw toward it
His elegance and beauty stretch forth far
An eye and a finger, amid the daughters of the water.
Through the mermaids, a hand and eye ajar.
وأخضرand a green one كالطاووسlike a peacock يُحسَبُis thought رأسُهُits head
وأخضر كالطاووس يُحسَبُ رأسُهُ
بخضراءin a green veil منof حُرِّpure الحريرsilk مقنَّعاveiled
بخضراء من حُرِّ الحرير مقنَّعا
And a green one, like a peacock, whose head seems
His verdant head considered a marvel crowned
Veiled in green cloth of the purest silk.
In silk of green that's perfectly wound.
يتيهstruts proudly بمنقارٍwith a bill عليهon it حبائلٌcords
يتيه بمنقارٍ عليه حبائلٌ
تخيّلنَthey appear فيon ضاحيهits exposed surface جَزعاًonyx مجزَّعاbanded
تخيّلنَ في ضاحيه جَزعاً مجزَّعا
It proudly flaunts a bill with cordlike markings,
With beaked mouth that terrifies and awes
Which look, on its exposed surface, like banded onyx.
You'd think his cheeks were frightened, full of flaws.
يلوحgleams علىon إسطامهits bill's body وشيُa tracery صفرةٍof yellow
يلوح على إسطامه وشيُ صفرةٍ
ترقِّشُmottles منهاwith it متنَهُits upper surface فتلمَّعاand it gleams
ترقِّشُ منها متنَهُ فتلمَّعا
A tracery of yellow gleams over its bill,
With yellow plumes lined up upon his chest
Dappling its upper surface until it shines.
That make his torso shine its very best.
كملعقةlike a spoon الصينيof the Chinese artisan أخدمهاhe put at its service يداًa hand
كملعقة الصيني أخدمها يداً
صناعاًskillful وإنand although كانتwas يدthe hand اللهof God أصنعاmore skillful
صناعاً وإن كانت يد الله أصنعا
Like a Chinese artisan's spoon, fashioned by a hand
Like craftsmen's work though made by God's own hand,
Skilled in its craft—though God's hand is more skillful.
His beauty was designed with grace so grand.
وعينينand two eyes حمراوينred يطرفit blinks عنهماfrom them both
وعينين حمراوين يطرف عنهما
كأنas though حجاجيهits two eye sockets بفَصَّينِwith two gems رُصِّعاwere inlaid
كأن حجاجيه بفَصَّينِ رُصِّعا
And two red eyes, revealed as it blinks,
Eyes of ruby which he bats and flutters
As though its eye sockets were set with two gems.
As though with sparkling gems they both were studded.
ومنand among them أعقفa hookbill أحذاهbestowed on it منقارُهُits bill اسمَهُits name
ومن أعقف أحذاه منقارُهُ اسمَهُ
أضدَّcombined opposites بديعُthe Originator الخلقof creation فيهin it فأبدعاand made a marvel
أضدَّ بديعُ الخلق فيه فأبدعا
And among them, a hookbill whose bill gave it its name:
From his thick neck, his beak was namelessly made,
Creation's Originator combined opposites in it, making a marvel.
God crafted him with skill in every shade.
مَزِينٌadorned بسربالٍwith a robe منof الريشfeathers ناصعpure white
مَزِينٌ بسربالٍ من الريش ناصع
لهit has زبرجsplendor يحكيresembles الثغامthaghām grass المترَّعاgrowing thick and full
له زبرج يحكي الثغام المترَّعا
Adorned with a robe of brilliant white feathers,
With a coat of feathers smooth and brightly lit
Whose splendor resembles luxuriant thaghām;
Resembling a small cloak that's finely knit.
مشينٌmarred بجيدٍby a neck ذيpossessing سوادblackness وزُعرةٍand sparse feathering
مشينٌ بجيدٍ ذي سواد وزُعرةٍ
ورأسand a head شبيهlike الجيدthe neck أسودblack أقرعاbald
ورأس شبيه الجيد أسود أقرعا
Marred by a neck both black and sparsely feathered,
Strutting with neck so black and feathers brisk
And a head like its neck, black and bald;
Head like the neck, so black and bare it is.
مطرَّفُtinted at the tips أطرافِthe tips الجناحِof the wing كأنَّهas though it were
مطرَّفُ أطرافِ الجناحِ كأنَّه
بنانُfingers عروسٍof a bride بالخضابwith dye تقَمَّعاcapped at the tips
بنانُ عروسٍ بالخضاب تقَمَّعا
Tinted at the tips of its wings, as though they were
Wingtips are hennaed like a bride's fine dress
A bride's fingers, capped with dye.
As if in bridal adornment she was blessed.
Sol 6.1