ياAh! رُبَّmany a بَيتٍa tent بِفَضاءٍin an open expanse سَبسَبِbroad and level
يا رُبَّ بَيتٍ بِفَضاءٍ سَبسَبِ
بَعيدِfar apart بَينَbetween السَمكِthe roof وَالمُطَنَّبِand the guy-rope anchorage
بَعيدِ بَينَ السَمكِ وَالمُطَنَّبِ
Ah, many a tent on a broad, level plain,
O Lord of a house in a spacious wilderness
Many a tent stands in a barren, sweeping void,
with a wide span between its roof and its guy-rope anchorage,
Far between fish and chickpea
With a great span between its high roof and its pegs,
لِفِتيَةٍfor young men قَدalready بَكَّرواthey set out early بِأَكلُبِwith hounds
لِفِتيَةٍ قَد بَكَّروا بِأَكلُبِ
قَدalready أَدَّبوهاthey trained them أَحسَنَthe finest التَأَدُّبِdiscipline
قَد أَدَّبوها أَحسَنَ التَأَدُّبِ
for young men who set out early with hounds,
For young men who rose early with dogs
Belonging to youths who set out early with hounds,
having trained them to the finest discipline:
They have trained them in the best discipline
Which they have trained with the finest of discipline,
مِنamong كُلِّevery أَدفىlong, drooping-eared مَيَسانِswaying المَنكِبِthe shoulder
مِن كُلِّ أَدفى مَيَسانِ المَنكِبِ
يَشُبُّhe rears فيduring القَودِbeing led شُبوبَthe rearing of المُقرَبِthe prized steed
يَشُبُّ في القَودِ شُبوبَ المُقرَبِ
each long-eared, swaying at the shoulder,
From every hot the ribs reach
Each one arched-backed, with swaggering shoulders,
rearing on the lead as a prized steed rears,
It grows in fetters the youth of the trained one
Leaping on the leash like a pampered, noble steed,
يُلحِقُhe brings level أُذنَيهِhis two ears بِحَدِّwith the tip of المِخلَبِthe claw
يُلحِقُ أُذنَيهِ بِحَدِّ المِخلَبِ
فَماso not تَنيceases وَشيقَةًa strip of dried meat مِنfrom أَرنَبِa hare
فَما تَني وَشيقَةً مِن أَرنَبِ
bringing his ears level with the tip of his claw.
It makes its ears reach the edge of the claw
Stretching his ears down to the tips of his claws,
So a strip of dried hare meat is never lacking
So it does not miss a rabbit
Never failing to bring back the sliced flesh of a hare,
عِندَهُمُamong them أَوor تَيسُa he-goat وُبلٍheavy-built goats (probable) عَلهَبِtall
عِندَهُمُ أَو تَيسُ وُبلٍ عَلهَبِ
وَفَروَةٍand a pelt مَسلوبَةٍstripped off مِنfrom ثَعلَبِa fox
وَفَروَةٍ مَسلوبَةٍ مِن ثَعلَبِ
among them—or a tall, heavy-built wild goat,
When they have a he-goat or zebra
Or in their possession, a shaggy mountain buck,
and a pelt stripped from a fox,
And a skin stripped from a fox
And a fur pelt stripped from a fox,
مَقلوبَةِturned inside out الجِلدَةِthe skin أَوor لَمnot تُقلَبِit be turned
مَقلوبَةِ الجِلدَةِ أَو لَم تُقلَبِ
وَعَيرُand a male wild ass عافاتٍherds (uncertain reading) وَأُمُّand the mother of تَولَبِan ass’s foal
وَعَيرُ عافاتٍ وَأُمُّ تَولَبِ
its skin turned inside out, or left unturned,
Turned over or not turned over
Whether the hide is turned inside-out or left plain,
and a wild ass of the herds, and a foal’s dam.
And a trained she-camel and mother of cubs
And a wild ass of the desert, and a nursing mother.
Sol 6.1