وردtawny كَأَنَّas though عَلىupon أَكتادِهِhis shoulders حَرَجاa wooden saddle-frame
ورد كَأَنَّ عَلى أَكتادِهِ حَرَجا
فيin قُرطُفa plush cloak مِنfrom نَسيلِshed hair النَجتِnajt: an unclear hair-source term مَخدورِshrouded
في قُرطُف مِن نَسيلِ النَجتِ مَخدورِ
Tawny, as though a wooden saddle-frame lay upon his shoulders,
A rose as if constrained on its branches
shrouded in a plush cloak of shed najt hair [term unclear];
In a vase made of drippings from a perfumed oil press
أَوor ذاone with شَصائِبٍwooden ribs فيin أَحنائِهِits curves شَمَمٌheight
أَو ذا شَصائِبٍ في أَحنائِهِ شَمَمٌ
رخوsoft المَلاطthe sides غَبيطاًa saddle-litter فَوقَatop صُرصورِa massive camel
رخو المَلاط غَبيطاً فَوقَ صُرصورِ
or one with wooden ribs, its curves rising high,
Or one with curling tendrils holding aromas in its bosom
a soft-sided saddle-litter atop a massive camel.
Soft leaves carefreely above the trellis
كَأَنَّas though عَينَيهِhis two eyes فيin وَقبَينِtwo hollows مِنof حَجَرٍstone
كَأَنَّ عَينَيهِ في وَقبَينِ مِن حَجَرٍ
قيضاboth were hollowed out اِقتِياضاًby carving بِأَطرافِwith the tips of المَناقيرِthe picks
قيضا اِقتِياضاً بِأَطرافِ المَناقيرِ
As though his eyes were in two hollows in stone,
As if its eyes were in sockets of stone
both hollowed out with the tips of picks.
Blinking with the tips of its feathers
إِذاwhen تَبَهنَسَhe struts يَمشيhe walks خِلتَهُyou would think him وَعِثاًslack-limbed
إِذا تَبَهنَسَ يَمشي خِلتَهُ وَعِثاً
وَعىknitted together السَواعِدthe forelegs مِنهُof him بَعدَafter تَكسيرِbreaking
وَعى السَواعِد مِنهُ بَعدَ تَكسيرِ
When he struts along, you would think him slack-limbed,
When it sways walking slowly in its path leaving behind debris
his forelegs knitted together after being broken.
The arms have become accustomed after being broken
مُبَهنِساًstrutting حَيثُwherever يَمشيhe walks لَيسَnot يَفزَعُهُfrightens him
مُبَهنِساً حَيثُ يَمشي لَيسَ يَفزَعُهُ
مُشَمِّراًgirding himself لِلدَواهيfor dire perils أَيَّutmost تَشميرِreadiness
مُشَمِّراً لِلدَواهي أَيَّ تَشميرِ
Strutting wherever he walks, nothing frightens him,
Swaying wherever it walks, nothing startles it
girded for dire perils with the utmost resolve.
Prepared for the valleys, however precipitous
أَقبَلَhe approached يَرديbounding مَعاًall at once رَديthe bounding of الحِصانِthe stallion إِلىtoward
أَقبَلَ يَردي مَعاً رَدي الحِصانِ إِلى
مُستَعسِبone seeking stud service أَرَبٍeager مِنهُfrom him بِتَمهيرِfor producing a foal
مُستَعسِب أَرَبٍ مِنهُ بِتَمهيرِ
He came bounding, all at once, like a stallion bounding toward
It came galloping together with a horse's gallop to
one seeking his seed, eager to breed a foal by him.
One quick to apprehend from it with finesse
خانَdefeated العَذارthe bridle’s cheek-strap بِماbecause of what فيin الرَأسِthe head مِنof طولِlength
خانَ العَذار بِما في الرَأسِ مِن طولِ
وَسَيَّرَand swept away الجُلَّthe saddlecloth عَنهُoff him أَيَّutter تَسييرِremoval
وَسَيَّرَ الجُلَّ عَنهُ أَيَّ تَسييرِ
His long head defeated the bridle’s cheek-strap,
The branches betrayed their length
and he swept the saddlecloth clean off himself.
And made the exposed roots walk any which way
وَفيand on القَوائِمِthe legs وَالأَقرابِand the flanks باقِيَةٌa remnant
وَفي القَوائِمِ وَالأَقرابِ باقِيَةٌ
مِنهُof it هَذاthis; apparently the start of 'tattered strips' لَيلُnight; apparently the end of 'tattered strips' تَبطينُbelly-girthing وَتَصديرِand breast-girthing
مِنهُ هَذا لَيلُ تَبطينُ وَتَصديرِ
And on the legs and flanks a remnant remains
And in its legs and joints remains
of it: apparently tattered belly- and breast-girth straps.
From it this night of lining and stitching
مُقابلُaligned الخَطوِthe steps فيin أَرساغِهِhis pasterns فَدَعٌcrookedness
مُقابلُ الخَطوِ في أَرساغِهِ فَدَعٌ
وَرِداًtawny يُدَفِّقُsurges through أَوساطَthe midst of العَياهيرِthe sturdy she-camels
وَرِداً يُدَفِّقُ أَوساطَ العَياهيرِ
His steps align; his pasterns are crooked,
Facing footsteps in its trails are spills
tawny, he surges through the midst of the sturdy she-camels.
Flowing, wetting the valleys' midst
وَصاحَand shouted مَنwhoever صاحَshouted فيamong الأَجلابِthe driven herds وَاِبتَعَثَتand they sprang into motion
وَصاحَ مَن صاحَ في الأَجلابِ وَاِبتَعَثَت
وَعاثَand wreaked havoc فيamid كُبَّةِthe thick of الوَعواعthe uproar وَالعيرِand the caravan
وَعاثَ في كُبَّةِ الوَعواع وَالعيرِ
Those who shouted cried out among the driven herds, which sprang into motion,
And one shouted amidst the barren lands, arousing
and he rampaged in the thick of the uproar and the caravan.
Difficulty in the heap of desolation and nudity
فَكَعكَعوهُنَّso they drove them back فيin ضيقٍtight quarters وَفيand in دَهشpanic
فَكَعكَعوهُنَّ في ضيقٍ وَفي دَهش
يَنزونَthey leap مِنfrom بَينِamong مَأَبوضٍa foreleg-bound beast وَمَهجورِand a tether-hobbled beast
يَنزونَ مِن بَينِ مَأَبوضٍ وَمَهجورِ
So they drove them back into tight quarters and panic,
So they knelt down in distress and confusion
leaping among the foreleg-bound and the tether-hobbled.
Descending from between obstructed and desolate places
لِلصَدرِthe chest has مِنهُof him عَويلٌa howl فيهِin it حَشرَجَةٌa rattling rasp
لِلصَدرِ مِنهُ عَويلٌ فيهِ حَشرَجَةٌ
كَأَنَّماas though هِيَit فيin أَحشاءِthe innards of مَصدورِone with a chest ailment
كَأَنَّما هِيَ في أَحشاءِ مَصدورِ
From his chest comes a howl with a rattling rasp,
From it to the chest was a wail containing trepidation
as though it were in the innards of one sick in the chest.
As if it were in the bosom of one hapless
وَغودِرَand was left السَيفُthe sword لَمnot يَخرُجbe drawn وَخِلَّتُهُand its companion
وَغودِرَ السَيفُ لَم يَخرُج وَخِلَّتُهُ
أهبابَscattered shreds دامٍbleeding عَلىon السِربالِthe tunic مَعفورِdust-smeared
أهبابَ دامٍ عَلى السِربالِ مَعفورِ
The sword was left undrawn, and its companion
And the sword rattled but did not emerge while its scabbard
in shreds, bleeding onto his tunic, smeared with dust.
Bore stains of blood on the silken robe
ثُمَّthen اِستَمَرَّhe went on إِلىto تَرجِTarj فَأَسنَدَهُthen ascended it
ثُمَّ اِستَمَرَّ إِلى تَرجِ فَأَسنَدَهُ
إِلىtoward فَريسَينِtwo slain prey ذيone with كَفلٍa riding-pad وَذيand one with كورِa camel-saddle
إِلى فَريسَينِ ذي كَفلٍ وَذي كورِ
Then he went on to Tarj and ascended its course
Then it leaned on a niche and rested upon it
toward two kills, one with a riding-pad and one with a camel-saddle.
On two shoulders, one calloused and one delicate
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