إِنّيindeed I عَلىdespite ماwhat نالَنيbefell me لَصَبورُsurely patient
إِنّي عَلى ما نالَني لَصَبورُ
وَبِغَيرِand of other than حُسنِbeauty تَجَلُّدٍfortitude لَجَديرُsurely deserving
وَبِغَيرِ حُسنِ تَجَلُّدٍ لَجَديرُ
For all that has befallen me, I am indeed patient,
I am indeed patient with what has befallen me,
though I have cause for anything but noble self-command.
and truly deserving of something other than graceful fortitude.
أَعزِزhow grievous! بِعَيّاشٍAyyash عَلَيَّto me مُغَيَّباًburied
أَعزِز بِعَيّاشٍ عَلَيَّ مُغَيَّباً
فيin غَيرِother than حُفرَتِهِhis grave الحِجىwisdom وَالخيرُand goodness
في غَيرِ حُفرَتِهِ الحِجى وَالخيرُ
How grievous to me that ʿAyyāsh should lie hidden away—
How grievous to me is Ayyash! Buried
while wisdom and goodness lie outside his grave!
outside his grave are wisdom and goodness.
فَكَّتunfastened أَكُفُّhands المَوتِdeath غُلَّfetter قَصائِديmy poems
فَكَّت أَكُفُّ المَوتِ غُلَّ قَصائِدي
عَنهُfrom him وَضَيغَمُهاand their lion عَلَيهِat him يَزيرُroars
عَنهُ وَضَيغَمُها عَلَيهِ يَزيرُ
Death’s hands have broken the fetter that held my poems
The hands of death unfastened my poems' fetter
back from him; now their lion roars against him.
from him, while their lion roars at him.
ماnot زالَceased غُلُّfetter الذَمِّblame ثانِيَbending عِطفِهِhis side
ما زالَ غُلُّ الذَمِّ ثانِيَ عِطفِهِ
حَتّىuntil أَتاهُcame to him المَوتُdeath وَهوَwhile he أَسيرُa captive
حَتّى أَتاهُ المَوتُ وَهوَ أَسيرُ
The collar of blame kept his neck forever bent
The fetter of blame kept his side bent
until death came to him while he was still a captive.
until death came to him while he was a captive,
مِنfrom بَعدِafter ماthat نَزَّهتُI let roam فيamong سَوآتِهِhis shameful deeds
مِن بَعدِ ما نَزَّهتُ في سَوآتِهِ
حَسَناتِbeauties شِعرٍverse بَحرُهُنَّtheir ocean بُحورُoceans
حَسَناتِ شِعرٍ بَحرُهُنَّ بُحورُ
This, after I had ranged through all his shameful traits
after I had let roam among his shameful deeds
with lovely verses whose meters are seas upon seas.
beauties of verse whose ocean is many oceans.
وَبَقيتُand I lived on لَولاwere it not for أَنَّنيthat I am فيamong طَيِّئٍTayy
وَبَقيتُ لَولا أَنَّني في طَيِّئٍ
عَلَمٌa renowned figure لَقالَwould surely say الناسُpeople أَنتَyou جَريرُJarir
عَلَمٌ لَقالَ الناسُ أَنتَ جَريرُ
And I remain—were I not, among Ṭayyiʾ,
And I live on; were I not, among Tayy,
so famed, people would say: “You are Jarīr.”
a renowned figure, people would say, "You are Jarir."
ياO عِبرَةَwarning example اللَهِGod الَّتيwhich مِنfrom طَرزِهاits mold
يا عِبرَةَ اللَهِ الَّتي مِن طَرزِها
نَشَأواthey sprang up فَكانَand so came into being القِردُthe ape وَالخِنزيرُand the pig
نَشَأوا فَكانَ القِردُ وَالخِنزيرُ
O warning fashioned by God, from whose very pattern
O God's warning example, from whose mold
sprang the ape and the swine!
they sprang, and so the ape and the pig came to be!
لَوif كانَthere was لِلجَمَلِfor the camel المُجَلَّلِthe draped ريشَةٌa feather
لَو كانَ لِلجَمَلِ المُجَلَّلِ ريشَةٌ
ماnot شَكَّdoubted خَلقٌanyone أَنَّهُthat it سَيَطيرُit will fly
ما شَكَّ خَلقٌ أَنَّهُ سَيَطيرُ
Had the caparisoned camel but a feather,
If the draped camel had a feather,
no creature would doubt that it could fly.
no one would doubt that it would fly.
وَأَرىand I see نَكيراًNakir صَدَّturned away عَنكَfrom you وَمُنكَراًand Munkar
وَأَرى نَكيراً صَدَّ عَنكَ وَمُنكَراً
ظَناًthinking بِأَنَّكَthat you are مُنكَرٌMunkar وَنَكيرُand Nakir
ظَناً بِأَنَّكَ مُنكَرٌ وَنَكيرُ
I think Nakīr recoiled from you, and Munkar too,
And I see Nakir turn away from you, and Munkar,
supposing that you yourself were Munkar and Nakīr.
thinking that you are Munkar and Nakir.
وَتَضَوَّرَand writhed القَبرُthe grave الَّذيwhich أُسكِنتَهُyou were lodged in it
وَتَضَوَّرَ القَبرُ الَّذي أُسكِنتَهُ
حَتّىuntil ظَنَنّاwe thought أَنَّهُthat it المَقبورُthe buried one
حَتّى ظَنَنّا أَنَّهُ المَقبورُ
The grave in which you were lodged writhed in agony
And the grave in which you were lodged writhed
until we thought that it was the one interred.
until we thought it was the one buried.
Sol 6.1