ياO عَرَبِيّاًArab مِنof صَنعَةِthe making السوقِthe marketplace
يا عَرَبِيّاً مِن صَنعَةِ السوقِ
وَصَنعَةُand the workmanship السوقِthe marketplace ذاتُhaving تَشقيقِcracks
وَصَنعَةُ السوقِ ذاتُ تَشقيقِ
O Arab of the marketplace’s making,
O Arab fabricated from the trade of the marketplace,
and marketplace workmanship is full of cracks!
And the craft of the marketplace is riddled with cracks,
ماwhat رَأيُكُمyour opinion ياO نِزارُNizar فيof رَجُلٍa man
ما رَأيُكُم يا نِزارُ في رَجُلٍ
يَدخُلُenters فيكُمamong you مِنthrough خَلقِa fiction مَخلوقِfabricated
يَدخُلُ فيكُم مِن خَلقِ مَخلوقِ
What think you, O Nizar, of a man
What is your opinion, O Nizar, regarding a man
who joins your ranks through a fabricated fiction,
Who intrudes among you, a creature born of a creature,
وَيَحمِلُand he carries الوَطبَthe milk-skin وَالعِلابَand the milk-bowls وَلاand not
وَيَحمِلُ الوَطبَ وَالعِلابَ وَلا
يَصلُحُis fit إِلّاexcept لِحَملِfor carrying إِبريقِa ewer
يَصلُحُ إِلّا لِحَملِ إِبريقِ
and carries the milk-skin and milk-bowls, yet
Who carries the milk-skins and the milking-vessels,
is fit for nothing but carrying a ewer?
And is fit for nothing but to carry a serving-pitcher?
لَقَدindeed ضَرَبناwe beat بِالطَبلِon the drum أَنَّكَthat you فيamong الthe
لَقَد ضَرَبنا بِالطَبلِ أَنَّكَ في ال
قَومِclan صَحيحٌof genuine lineage وَصيحَand it was sounded فيinto البوقِthe trumpet
قَومِ صَحيحٌ وَصيحَ في البوقِ
We have beaten the drum to proclaim that, among the
We have beaten the drum to claim that you are, among the
clan, your lineage is sound; the trumpet too was sounded.
People, genuine; and the trumpet has been blown,
قَدindeed أَخَذَhas taken اللَهُGod مِنfrom رَقاشِRaqash عَلىconcerning
قَد أَخَذَ اللَهُ مِن رَقاشِ عَلى
تَركِهِمُtheir forsaking المَجدَglory بِالمَواثيقِby solemn covenants
تَركِهِمُ المَجدَ بِالمَواثيقِ
God has indeed bound Raqash to
God has indeed exacted from the clan of Raqash
forsake glory, through solemn covenants.
Solemn covenants regarding their abandonment of glory,
فَالناسُso people يَسعَونَstrive لِلعُلىtoward the heights قُدُماًforward
فَالناسُ يَسعَونَ لِلعُلى قُدُماً
وَهُمwhile they وَراءَbehind مُكَسَّروbroken in السوقِthe shins
وَهُم وَراءَ مُكَسَّرو السوقِ
So people strive onward toward the heights,
So while people strive forward towards the heights,
while they lag behind, their shins shattered.
They lag behind, the broken wares of the market,
هَذاthis كَذاكُمthus (addressing you all) وَفيand in الهِياجِbattle إِذاwhen
هَذا كَذاكُم وَفي الهِياجِ إِذا
هيجَis stirred up فَماthen as many as شِئتَyou wish مِنof بَواشيقِsparrowhawks
هيجَ فَما شِئتَ مِن بَواشيقِ
This is how it is; and in battle, when
This is your likeness; and in the tumult, when
it is stirred up—then as many sparrowhawks as you please!
It is stirred, you are nothing but a scattering of sparrow-hawks.
Sol 6.1