وَقائِلَةٍand a woman saying حَجَّmade the pilgrimage عَبدُAbd (servant of) العَزيزِal-Aziz (the Mighty)
وَقائِلَةٍ حَجَّ عَبدُ العَزيزِ
فَقُلتُso I said لَهاto her حَجَّmade the pilgrimage غَيثُlife-giving rain الأَنامِhumankind
فَقُلتُ لَها حَجَّ غَيثُ الأَنامِ
A woman said, “ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz has performed the Hajj.”
And a woman said, “Abd al-Aziz has made the pilgrimage.”
I answered her, “The rain-bringer of humankind has performed the Hajj.”
So I said to her, “Mankind’s life-giving rain has made the pilgrimage.”
لَقَدindeed حَمَلَcarried الجَمَلُthe camel المُستَقِلُّthe load-bearing one
لَقَد حَمَلَ الجَمَلُ المُستَقِلُّ
بِعَبدِwith Abd (servant of) العَزيزِal-Aziz (the Mighty) سِجالَbrimming buckets الغَمامِthe clouds
بِعَبدِ العَزيزِ سِجالَ الغَمامِ
Indeed, the camel, a bearer equal to its burden, carried
Indeed, the load-bearing camel carried
in ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz the raincloud’s brimming bucketfuls.
in Abd al-Aziz, the clouds’ brimming buckets.
مَطافٌa place of circumambulation يَطوفُcircles بِبَيتِaround the House الحَرامِthe Sacred
مَطافٌ يَطوفُ بِبَيتِ الحَرامِ
وَرُكنٌand a pillar حَوىembraced رُكنَهُits corner بِاِستِلامِwith ritual touching
وَرُكنٌ حَوى رُكنَهُ بِاِستِلامِ
One circled by others circles the Sacred House,
One around whom people circle circles the Sacred House,
and a pillar embraced its Corner with the ritual touch.
and a pillar embraced the House’s corner with a ritual touch.
مَضىset out مُحرِماًin pilgrimage consecration بِحَلالِwith lawful الثَراءِwealth
مَضى مُحرِماً بِحَلالِ الثَراءِ
فَأَرضىso he pleased بِهِwith it رَبَّthe Lord of بَيتِthe House الحَرامِthe Sacred
فَأَرضى بِهِ رَبَّ بَيتِ الحَرامِ
He went forth consecrated, with his wealth lawfully won,
He set out in pilgrim consecration, with lawful wealth,
and thereby pleased the Lord of the Sacred House.
so, with it, he pleased the Lord of the Sacred House.
أَقامَstayed طَويلاًlong بِدارِin the abode of المَقامِthe Station
أَقامَ طَويلاً بِدارِ المَقامِ
فَأَمرَضَناso it made us ill مِنهُon his account طولُthe length of المُقامِthe stay
فَأَمرَضَنا مِنهُ طولُ المُقامِ
He stayed long in the abode of sojourn,
He stayed long in the abode of the Station,
and the length of his stay made us heartsick for him.
so his prolonged stay made us ill.
وَآبَand he returned مُعَرّىًstripped مِنَof السَيِّئاthe misdeeds (continued)
وَآبَ مُعَرّىً مِنَ السَيِّئا
تِcompletion of “misdeeds” يَرفُلُstrides proudly, trailing robes فيin الحَسَناتِgood deeds الجِسامِgreat
تِ يَرفُلُ في الحَسَناتِ الجِسامِ
Then he set homeward, stripped bare of evil—
And he returned stripped of misdeeds,
—deeds, striding splendidly amid mighty good works.
striding proudly, robed in great good deeds.
مَناسِكُهُhis pilgrimage rites فيهِin it مَقبولَةٌaccepted
مَناسِكُهُ فيهِ مَقبولَةٌ
وَحَجَّتُهُand his pilgrimage بَرَّةٌrighteous بِالتَمامِcompletely
وَحَجَّتُهُ بَرَّةٌ بِالتَمامِ
His rites there were accepted,
His pilgrimage rites there are accepted,
and his pilgrimage was righteous and wholly complete.
and his pilgrimage is wholly righteous.
وَأَبقىand he left behind مَآثِرَmemorable deeds مَحمودَةًpraiseworthy
وَأَبقى مَآثِرَ مَحمودَةً
مُعَمَّرَةًlong-lived عُمرَthe lifetime of رُكنَيthe two peaks of شَمامِShamam
مُعَمَّرَةً عُمرَ رُكنَي شَمامِ
He left behind praiseworthy noble deeds,
And he left behind praiseworthy deeds,
to endure as long as Shamām’s twin peaks.
enduring for the lifetime of Shamam’s two peaks.
فَدونَكَso take this for yourself تَهنِئَةًcongratulations حُرَّةًnoble
فَدونَكَ تَهنِئَةً حُرَّةً
نِظامَthe verse of اِمرِئٍa man حاذِقٍskilled بِالنِظامِin verse-making
نِظامَ اِمرِئٍ حاذِقٍ بِالنِظامِ
So take this noble congratulation:
So accept these noble congratulations,
the well-strung verse of a man skilled in stringing verse.
the verse of a man skilled in verse-making.
Sol 6.1