أَنعَتُI describe كَلباًa dog لَقِنَquick-witted النُحاسِnatural disposition
أَنعَتُ كَلباً لَقِنَ النُحاسِ
مَحسورَbare أَقطارِthe edges of شُؤونِthe sutures of الراسِthe head
مَحسورَ أَقطارِ شُؤونِ الراسِ
I describe a dog, quick-witted by nature,
I eulogize a dog endowed with wisdom
I describe a hound, quick-witted and pure of stock,
Bare along the edges of his skull’s sutures,
Whose affairs fill the horizons
With head stripped lean, exposing the skull's seams,
يُديرُhe turns فيin وَقبَينِtwo sockets ذاpossessing حِماسِardor
يُديرُ في وَقبَينِ ذا حِماسِ
طَمّاحَتَينِtwo keenly gazing eyes كَلَظىlike the blaze of المِقباسِthe firebrand
طَمّاحَتَينِ كَلَظى المِقباسِ
Who rolls, full of ardor, within two sockets
He turns in my embrace with zeal
Rolling a zealous glance within deep sockets,
Two keenly gazing eyes, like a firebrand’s blaze,
With two ambitious, burning eyes
Two keen eyes glowing like a torch's brand,
مِثلَlike اِحوِرارِthe eyes’ black-and-white contrast الشادِنِthe young gazelle المَيّاسِgracefully swaying
مِثلَ اِحوِرارِ الشادِنِ المَيّاسِ
مُسَلَّكِslender الخَلقِin build كَغُصنِlike a branch of الآسِmyrtle
مُسَلَّكِ الخَلقِ كَغُصنِ الآسِ
Like the dark-on-white eyes of a gracefully swaying young gazelle,
Like the redness of the hot ember
Wide and dark like those of the swaying gazelle,
Slender in build, like a myrtle branch.
Straight in conduct like a sapling
Smoothly threaded in build like a myrtle bough,
نِعمَexcellent is الخَليلُthe close friend وَالأَخُand the brother المُواسيwho offers comfort
نِعمَ الخَليلُ وَالأَخُ المُواسي
مِنfrom غَيرِthe absence of ماany (emphatic) بَيعٍa sale وَلاand no مِكاسِhaggling
مِن غَيرِ ما بَيعٍ وَلا مِكاسِ
What a fine friend and comforting brother,
What a fine comrade and consoling brother
What an excellent companion and consoling brother,
Without any sale or haggling!
Without any sale or carouse
Acquired without sale or the haggler’s price,
كَمmany a تَيسِbuck رَملِsand لاحَappeared فيin الكِناسِthe covert
كَم تَيسِ رَملِ لاحَ في الكِناسِ
عَفَّرَهُhe rolled it in the dust بِجانِبَيon the two sides of أَوطاسِAwtas
عَفَّرَهُ بِجانِبَي أَوطاسِ
Many a buck of the sands appeared in its covert—
How many billy goats has he vanquished in the thickets
How many a sand-buck appearing in its cover,
He rolled it in the dust on either side of Awtas.
He tracks them down near the cliffs
Did he cast into the dust beside the vales of Awtas,
لَمnot (past negation) يُعطَwas given إِلّاexcept مِثلَهُhis like النُواسيal-Nuwasi
لَم يُعطَ إِلّا مِثلَهُ النُواسي
لَمnot (past negation) يُعطَwas given إِلّاexcept مِثلَهُhis like النُواسيal-Nuwasi
لَم يُعطَ إِلّا مِثلَهُ النُواسي
Al-Nuwasi was given none but his like.
None can match him but his equal
None but his like was gifted to al-Nuwasi,
Al-Nuwasi was given none but his like.
None can match him but his equal
None but his like was gifted to al-Nuwasi,
Sol 6.1