قُلتُI said يَوماًone day لِلرَقاشِيto al-Raqashi
قُلتُ يَوماً لِلرَقاشِي
يِcompletion of the name 'al-Raqashi' وَقَدand had سَبَّhe reviled المَواليthe non-Arab clients
يِ وَقَد سَبَّ المَوالي
One day I said to al-Raqashi,
One day I said to Ar-Raqashi
One day I asked al-Raqashi,
when he had reviled the non-Arab clients:
While he was insulting his patrons,
As he was reviling the Mawali clients:
ماwhat الَّذيthat which نَحّاكَturned you away عَنfrom أَصancestry (word fragment)
ما الَّذي نَحّاكَ عَن أَص
لِكَyour (completes 'your ancestry') مِنof عَمٍّa paternal uncle وَخالِand a maternal uncle
لِكَ مِن عَمٍّ وَخالِ
"What turned you away from your ancestry—
"What drew you away from your origins
"What has estranged you from your roots,
your paternal and maternal uncles?"
And from uncle and nephew?
From your father's kin and your mother's line?"
قالَhe said ليto me قَدindeed كُنتُI was مَولىًa client
قالَ لي قَد كُنتُ مَولىً
زَمَناًfor a time ثُمَّthen بَداit seemed ليto me
زَمَناً ثُمَّ بَدا لي
He said to me, "I was a client
He said to me, "For a time I was a client;
He replied: "I was a client for a time,
for a time; then I changed my mind.
Then it became clear to me
Until a new thought appeared to me:
أَناI بِالبَصرَةِin Basra مَولىًa client
أَنا بِالبَصرَةِ مَولىً
عَرَبِيٌّan Arab بِالجِبالِin the mountains
عَرَبِيٌّ بِالجِبالِ
In Basra I am a client,
That in Basra I was an Arab's client,
"In Basra, I am indeed a client,
an Arab in the mountains.
In the mountains a free Arab.
But a pure Arab in the mountain lands."
أَناI حَقّاًtruly أَدَّعيهِمclaim kinship with them
أَنا حَقّاً أَدَّعيهِم
لِسَواديbecause of my dark skin وَهُزاليand my gauntness
لِسَوادي وَهُزالي
I truly claim kinship with them
Truly I claim them both
"I lay claim to them in all truth,
because of my dark skin and my gauntness."
For my swarthiness and leanness."
By virtue of my dark skin and gaunt frame."
Sol 6.1