هاbehold إِنَّindeed هَذاthis مَوقِفُthe stopping place of الجازِعِthe distraught one
ها إِنَّ هَذا مَوقِفُ الجازِعِ
أَقوىhas become deserted وَسُؤرُand a remnant of الزَمَنِtime الفاجِعِthe grief-dealing
أَقوى وَسُؤرُ الزَمَنِ الفاجِعِ
Behold, this is the distraught one's stopping place:
it lies deserted, a remnant of grief-dealing time.
دارٌa dwelling سَقاهاwatered it بَعدَafter سُكّانِهاits inhabitants
دارٌ سَقاها بَعدَ سُكّانِها
صَرفُthe onslaught of النَوىseparation مِنfrom سَمِّهِits poison الناقِعِthe deadly
صَرفُ النَوى مِن سَمِّهِ الناقِعِ
A dwelling which, after its people left, was watered
by separation's onslaught with its deadly poison.
وَلاand do not تَلوماblame, you two ذاthe possessor of الهَوىpassionate love إِنَّهاindeed it
وَلا تَلوما ذا الهَوى إِنَّها
لَيسَتis not بِبِدعٍa novelty حَنَّةُthe yearning cry of النازِعِthe homesick one
لَيسَت بِبِدعٍ حَنَّةُ النازِعِ
Do not, you two, blame the lover; for
the homesick one's yearning cry is nothing new.
لَوif قَبلَbefore ماwhat كانَcame to pass مَزوراًvisited بِهاthere
لَو قَبلَ ما كانَ مَزوراً بِها
إِذاًthen لَسُرَّwould surely be gladdened الرَبعُthe dwelling بِالرابِعِby the dweller
إِذاً لَسُرَّ الرَبعُ بِالرابِعِ
Had it been visited before what befell it,
the dwelling would surely have rejoiced in its dweller.
فَاِعتَبِراso take heed, you two وَاِستَعبِراand weep, you two ساعَةًfor a while
فَاِعتَبِرا وَاِستَعبِرا ساعَةً
فَالدَمعُfor tears قِرنٌa worthy adversary لِلجَوىto heartache الرادِعِthe overpowering
فَالدَمعُ قِرنٌ لِلجَوى الرادِعِ
So take heed, you two, and weep a while:
for tears are a match for overpowering heartache.
أَخلَتhas deserted رُباهاits hills كُلُّevery سَيفانَةٍtall, slender woman
أَخلَت رُباها كُلُّ سَيفانَةٍ
تَخلَعُshe tears out قَلبَthe heart of المَلِكِthe king الخالِعِthe dethroner
تَخلَعُ قَلبَ المَلِكِ الخالِعِ
Every sword-slender woman has deserted its hills,
who tears the heart from the king who dethrones others.
يُصبِحُhe becomes فيin الحُبِّlove لَهاfor her ضارِعاًhumbled
يُصبِحُ في الحُبِّ لَها ضارِعاً
مَنone who لَيسَis not عِندَbefore السَيفِthe sword بِالضارِعِat all humbled
مَن لَيسَ عِندَ السَيفِ بِالضارِعِ
In love with her he becomes a supplicant—
he who never supplicates before the sword.
رودٌgentle and graceful إِذاwhen جَرَّدتَyou devote solely فيto حُسنِهاher beauty
رودٌ إِذا جَرَّدتَ في حُسنِها
فِكرَكَyour thought دَلَّتكَshe guides you عَلىto الصانِعِthe Maker
فِكرَكَ دَلَّتكَ عَلى الصانِعِ
A gentle beauty: if you devote to her beauty
your thought, she guides you to the Maker.
نوحٌNuh صَفاhas flowed pure مُذsince عَهدِthe days of نوحٍNoah لَهُfor him
نوحٌ صَفا مُذ عَهدِ نوحٍ لَهُ
شِربُthe draught of العُلىglory فيin الحَسَبِancestral honor الفارِعِthe lofty
شِربُ العُلى في الحَسَبِ الفارِعِ
For Nuh, since Noah's days, has flowed pure
the draught of glory in his lofty lineage.
مُطَّرِدُunbroken in succession الآباءِforefathers فيin نِسبَةٍa lineage
مُطَّرِدُ الآباءِ في نِسبَةٍ
كَالصُبحِlike dawn فيin إِشراقِهِits radiance الساطِعِthe blazing
كَالصُبحِ في إِشراقِهِ الساطِعِ
His forefathers succeed unbroken in a lineage
like dawn in its blazing radiance.
مَناسِبٌancestral lines تُحسَبُare reckoned مِنfrom ضَوئِهاtheir light
مَناسِبٌ تُحسَبُ مِن ضَوئِها
مَنازِلاًmansions لِلقَمَرِfor the moon الطالِعِthe rising
مَنازِلاً لِلقَمَرِ الطالِعِ
Ancestral lines whose brightness makes you reckon them
mansions for the rising moon,
كَالدَلوِlike the Bucket وَالحوتِand the Fish وَأَشراطِهِand its marker stars
كَالدَلوِ وَالحوتِ وَأَشراطِهِ
وَالبَطنِand the Belly وَالنَجمِand the Star إِلىto البالِعِthe Swallower
وَالبَطنِ وَالنَجمِ إِلى البالِعِ
like the Bucket, the Fish, and its marker stars,
and the Belly and the Star, through to the Swallower.
نوحُNuh بنُson of عَمرِوʿAmr بنِson of حُوَيِّHuwayy بنِson of عَمʿAm-
نوحُ بنُ عَمرِو بنِ حُوَيِّ بنِ عَم
رِو-r بنِson of حُوَيِّHuwayy بنِson of الفَتىthe gallant youth ماتِعِMatiʿ
رِو بنِ حُوَيِّ بنِ الفَتى ماتِعِ
Nuh son of ʿAmr, son of Huwayy, son of ʿAm-
r, son of Huwayy, son of the gallant Matiʿ.
السَكسَكِيُّthe Saksaki المَجدِin glory كِندِيُّهُKindi in that glory
السَكسَكِيُّ المَجدِ كِندِيُّهُ
وَأُدَدِيُّand Udadi السُؤدُدِin lordship الناصِعِthe unsullied
وَأُدَدِيُّ السُؤدُدِ الناصِعِ
Saksaki and Kindi in his glory,
and Udadi in his unsullied lordship.
لِلجَدبِfor drought فيin أَموالِهِhis wealth مَرتَعٌa pasture
لِلجَدبِ في أَموالِهِ مَرتَعٌ
وَمَقنَعٌand sufficiency فيin الخِصبِplenty لِلقانِعِfor the petitioner
وَمَقنَعٌ في الخِصبِ لِلقانِعِ
In his wealth even drought finds pasture,
and in plenty, sufficiency for the petitioner.
قَدindeed أَشرَقَتhas shone فيamong قَومِهِhis people مِنهُمُfrom among them
قَد أَشرَقَت في قَومِهِ مِنهُمُ
ناصِيَةٌa forelock تَنأىremains distant عَنِfrom السافِعِthe seizer
ناصِيَةٌ تَنأى عَنِ السافِعِ
Among his people, from their own ranks, has shone
a forelock beyond a seizer's reach.
كَمhow many a فارِسٍhorseman فيهِمamong them إِذاwhen اِستُصرِخواthey are called for help
كَم فارِسٍ فيهِم إِذا اِستُصرِخوا
مِثلِlike سِنانِthe point of الصَعدَةِthe straight spear اللامِعِthe gleaming
مِثلِ سِنانِ الصَعدَةِ اللامِعِ
How many a horseman among them, when they are called to help,
is like a straight spear's glittering point!
يُكرِهُhe forces onward صَدرَthe forepart of الرُمحِthe spear أَوor يَنثَنيhe turns back
يُكرِهُ صَدرَ الرُمحِ أَو يَنثَني
وَقَدand already تَرَوّىit has drunk its fill مِنof دَمٍblood مائِعِflowing
وَقَد تَرَوّى مِن دَمٍ مائِعِ
He forces the spear's head onward, or turns back
with it already sated on flowing blood,
بِطَعنَةٍwith a thrust خَرقاءَreckless تَأتيthat puts an end عَلىto
بِطَعنَةٍ خَرقاءَ تَأتي عَلى
حَزامَةِthe prudence of المُستَلئمِthe armor-wearer الدارِعِthe mail-clad
حَزامَةِ المُستَلئمِ الدارِعِ
with a reckless thrust that defeats
the caution of the armored, mail-clad man.
يُنفِذُhe enforces فيupon الآجالِallotted lifespans أَحكامَهُhis decrees
يُنفِذُ في الآجالِ أَحكامَهُ
أَمرَas the command of مُطاعِone obeyed in الأَمرِcommand فيover طائِعِone obedient
أَمرَ مُطاعِ الأَمرِ في طائِعِ
He enforces his decrees upon allotted lifespans,
as one whose commands are obeyed commands the obedient.
يُخلىis cleared لَهاfor it المَأزِقُthe battle's narrow press يَومَon the day of الوَغىwar
يُخلى لَها المَأزِقُ يَومَ الوَغى
عَنleaving behind فُرجَةٍan opening فيin الصَفِّthe ranks كَالشارِعِlike a street
عَن فُرجَةٍ في الصَفِّ كَالشارِعِ
The battle's press gives way before that thrust on the day of war,
leaving in the ranks an opening like a broad street.
إِنَّindeed حُوَيّاًHuwayy حاجَتيmy request فَاِقضِهاso grant it
إِنَّ حُوَيّاً حاجَتي فَاِقضِها
وَرُدَّand restore جَأشَthe composure of المُشفِقِthe anxious one الجازِعِthe distraught
وَرُدَّ جَأشَ المُشفِقِ الجازِعِ
Huwayy is the favor I ask; grant it,
and restore the composure of the anxious, distraught man.
فَتىًa young man يَمانٍYemeni كَاليَمانيlike the Yemeni blade الَّذيwhich
فَتىً يَمانٍ كَاليَماني الَّذي
يَعرُمُrebel حَرّاهُits two edges عَلىagainst الوازِعِthe restrainer
يَعرُمُ حَرّاهُ عَلى الوازِعِ
A Yemeni youth, like the Yemeni blade whose
two edges defy whoever would restrain them,
فيin حِليِهِits adornments النابيthe projecting وَفيand in جَفنِهِits sheath
في حِليِهِ النابي وَفي جَفنِهِ
وَفيand in مَضاءِthe keenness of الصارِمِthe sharp sword القاطِعِthe cutting
وَفي مَضاءِ الصارِمِ القاطِعِ
in its raised adornments and in its sheath,
and in the keenness of the sharp, cleaving sword.
يُجاوِزُhe passes beyond الخَفضَease وَأَفياءَهُand its shades
يُجاوِزُ الخَفضَ وَأَفياءَهُ
إِلىto السُرىnight travel وَالسَفَرِand travel الشاسِعِfar-distant
إِلى السُرى وَالسَفَرِ الشاسِعِ
He leaves behind ease and its cooling shades
for night travel and far-ranging journeys.
أَدَلُّmore expert as a guide بِالقَفرِin the wilderness وَأَهدىand better at finding the way لَهُthrough it
أَدَلُّ بِالقَفرِ وَأَهدى لَهُ
مِنَthan الدُعَيميصِal-Duʿaymis وَمِنand than رافِعِRafiʿ
مِنَ الدُعَيميصِ وَمِن رافِعِ
More expert in the desert, more sure of its paths,
than al-Duʿaymis and Rafiʿ.
يَعلَمُhe knows أَنَّthat الداءَsickness مُستَحلِسٌclings closely
يَعلَمُ أَنَّ الداءَ مُستَحلِسٌ
تَحتَbeneath جَمامِthe idleness of الفَرَسِthe horse الرائِعِthe splendid
تَحتَ جَمامِ الفَرَسِ الرائِعِ
He knows that sickness clings
beneath a splendid horse's idle rest.
وَالطائِرُand the bird الطائِرُthat flies فيin شانِهِits business
وَالطائِرُ الطائِرُ في شانِهِ
يُلويsweeps away بِخَطِّwith the track of الطائِرِthe bird الواقِعِat rest
يُلوي بِخَطِّ الطائِرِ الواقِعِ
And the bird that flies about its business
sweeps away the track of the bird at rest.
أَخفَقَhe failed فَاِستَقدَمَthen pressed forward فيwith هِمَّةٍresolve
أَخفَقَ فَاِستَقدَمَ في هِمَّةٍ
وَغادَرَand left الرَتعَةَeasy grazing لِلراتِعِto the grazer
وَغادَرَ الرَتعَةَ لِلراتِعِ
He failed, then pressed forward with resolve,
and left easy grazing to the grazer.
تَرميsends forth العُلىhigh ambition مِنهُfrom him بِمُستَيقِظٍone wide awake
تَرمي العُلى مِنهُ بِمُستَيقِظٍ
لاnot فاتِرِlanguid of الطَرفِgaze وَلاnor خاشِعِcowed
لا فاتِرِ الطَرفِ وَلا خاشِعِ
High ambition sends forth in him one wide awake,
neither languid of gaze nor cowed.
وَإِنَّماand only الفَتكُdeadly daring لِذيbelongs to one with لَأمَةٍarmor
وَإِنَّما الفَتكُ لِذي لَأمَةٍ
شَبعانَwell-fed أَوor ذيone with كَرَمٍgenerosity جائِعِhungry
شَبعانَ أَو ذي كَرَمٍ جائِعِ
Deadly daring belongs only to a man in armor,
well-fed, or a generous man who hungers.
أُنشُرspread لَهُfor him أُحدوثَةًa tale غَضَّةًfresh
أُنشُر لَهُ أُحدوثَةً غَضَّةً
تُصغيinclines إِلَيهاtoward it أُذُنُthe ear of السامِعِthe listener
تُصغي إِلَيها أُذُنُ السامِعِ
Spread for him a fresh tale,
to which the listener's ear inclines.
إِنif يُرفَعِis raised السَجفُthe curtain لَهُfor him اليَومَtoday يَرhe will rai-
إِن يُرفَعِ السَجفُ لَهُ اليَومَ يَر
فَعهُ-se him غَداًtomorrow فيin المَشهَدِthe public gathering البارِعِthe splendid
فَعهُ غَداً في المَشهَدِ البارِعِ
If the curtain is raised for him today, he will raise
him tomorrow in the splendid assembly.
فَرُبَّfor many a مَشفوعٍinterceded for لَهُon his behalf لَمdid not يَرَمdepart
فَرُبَّ مَشفوعٍ لَهُ لَم يَرَم
حَتّىuntil غَداhe came to يَشفَعُintercede لِلشافِعِfor the intercessor
حَتّى غَدا يَشفَعُ لِلشافِعِ
For many a man once interceded for did not leave
until he himself interceded for his intercessor.
إِنif أَنتَyou لَمdo not تَنهَضraise up بِهِhim صاعِداًupward
إِن أَنتَ لَم تَنهَض بِهِ صاعِداً
فيin مُستَرادِthe sought-out pasture of الزاهِرِthe flowering اليانِعِthe ripening
في مُستَرادِ الزاهِرِ اليانِعِ
If you do not lift him upward
into the desired pasture of flowering, ripening growth,
حَتّىuntil يُرىis seen مُعتَدِلاًset straight أَمرُهُhis affairs
حَتّى يُرى مُعتَدِلاً أَمرُهُ
بَعدَafter اِلتِياثِthe entanglement of الأَمَلِhope الظالِعِthe limping
بَعدَ اِلتِياثِ الأَمَلِ الظالِعِ
until his affairs are seen set straight
after the entanglement of his limping hope,
أَكدىis thwarted الَّذيthe one who يَعتَدُّهُcounts him عُدَّةًa resource
أَكدى الَّذي يَعتَدُّهُ عُدَّةً
وَضاعَand is lost مَنwhoever يَرجوهُhopes in him لِلضائِعِfor the lost
وَضاعَ مَن يَرجوهُ لِلضائِعِ
then he who counts him a resource is thwarted,
and lost is he who looks to him on behalf of the lost.
Sol 6.1