لَمّا تَجَلّى اللَيلُ وَاِبيَضَّ الأُفُق

لَمّا تَجَلّى اللَيلُ وَاِبيَضَّ الأُفُق

وَاِنجابَ سِترُ اللَيلِ عَن وَجهِ الطُرُق

وَاِنجابَ سِترُ اللَيلِ عَن وَجهِ الطُرُق

When night lifted and the horizon turned white,

When the night revealed itself and the horizon whitened,

When night withdrew and the horizon turned to white,

And night's veil drew back from the face of the roads,

And the veil of night uncovered the face of the roads,

And the veil of darkness parted from the face of the roads,

باكَرَني سَهلُ المُحَيّا وَالخُلُق

باكَرَني سَهلُ المُحَيّا وَالخُلُق

نَدبٌ إِذا اِستَندَبتَهُ شَهمٌ لَبِق

نَدبٌ إِذا اِستَندَبتَهُ شَهمٌ لَبِق

A man of gentle countenance and character came to me early,

The easygoing plain called me early in the morning

I was visited at dawn by a friend of gentle face and nature,

Ready when you call upon him, gallant and deft,

A lament, that if you provoke it, a courageous one responds

A noble soul, gallant and adroit should you seek his aid,

يَدعو إِلى الصيدِ أَلا قُلتَ اِنطَلِق

يَدعو إِلى الصيدِ أَلا قُلتَ اِنطَلِق

بِأَكلُبٍ غُضفٍ صَحيحاتِ الحَدَق

بِأَكلُبٍ غُضفٍ صَحيحاتِ الحَدَق

Calling to the hunt—why not say, 'Set out!'?

Calling to the hunt—didn’t you say go forth

Calling us to the hunt—and I replied, "Let us away!"—

With droop-eared hounds, sound of eye,

With lean, sturdy hounds, bright-eyed,

With hounds of folded ears and vision sharp and true,

مِن أَصفَرِ اللَونِ وَمُبيَضٍّ يَقَق

مِن أَصفَرِ اللَونِ وَمُبيَضٍّ يَقَق

كَأَنَّما أُذناهُ مِن بَعضِ المِزَق

كَأَنَّما أُذناهُ مِن بَعضِ المِزَق

Some yellow in color, others purest white.

Yellowish in color and whitish, twitching,

Some of golden fawn, others of pure and blinding white,

As though its two ears were scraps of cloth;

As if their ears were made of some shreds,

As though their ears were fashioned from mere shreds of cloth,

لَو يَلصِقُ الخَدَّ بِأُذنٍ لَاِلتَصَق

لَو يَلصِقُ الخَدَّ بِأُذنٍ لَاِلتَصَق

If it pressed its cheek against an ear, it would stick.

If the cheek sticks to the ear it would stick.

So fine that were cheek pressed to ear, they would adhere.