وَبِالجِزعِand at the valley bend مِنof خَفّانَKhaffan صاحَبتُI kept company with عُصبَةًa band
وَبِالجِزعِ مِن خَفّانَ صاحَبتُ عُصبَةً
مُصَحَّحُةَhealthy الأَجسامِthe bodies مَرضىailing عُيونُهاtheir eyes
مُصَحَّحُةَ الأَجسامِ مَرضى عُيونُها
And at the valley bend of Khaffan I kept company with a band,
sound in body, their eyes languishing.
فَإِنfor if يَكُit be قَدindeed بانَdeparted الصِباyouth أُمَّO mother of مالِكٍMalik
فَإِن يَكُ قَد بانَ الصِبا أُمَّ مالِكٍ
فَقَدyet indeed تَعتَرينيvisit me الهيفُthe slender-waisted women ميلاًdrooping قُرونُهاtheir tresses
فَقَد تَعتَريني الهيفُ ميلاً قُرونُها
For if youth has indeed departed, Umm Malik,
slender-waisted women still visit me, their tresses drooping.
وَلَيلٍand many a night كَساجِlike the cloak of الفارِسِيِّthe Persian لَهَوتُهُI spent it in pleasure
وَلَيلٍ كَساجِ الفارِسِيِّ لَهَوتُهُ
بِمُرتَجَّةٍwith a full-hipped, swaying company هيفٍslender-waisted خِماصٍflat بُطونُهاtheir bellies
بِمُرتَجَّةٍ هيفٍ خِماصٍ بُطونُها
And many a night, like a Persian's cloak, I spent in pleasure
with a full-hipped, swaying company, slender-waisted, their bellies flat.
إِذاwhen اِحتَثَّهاurged them on الرُكبانُthe riders كانَwas أَلَذَّهاthe most delightful of them
إِذا اِحتَثَّها الرُكبانُ كانَ أَلَذَّها
إِلىto ذيone possessed of الصِباyouthful passion ذوthe one with ضِغنِهاtheir resentment وَحَرونُهاand their balking one
إِلى ذي الصِبا ذو ضِغنِها وَحَرونُها
When the riders urged them on, the most delightful among them
to a man of youthful passion were the resentful and the balking.
إِذاwhen مَعَكَdelayed paying الدَينَthe debt الغَريمُthe debtor فَإِنَّهاthen indeed they
إِذا مَعَكَ الدَينَ الغَريمُ فَإِنَّها
عَلىat كُلِّall أَحيانٍtimes تَحِلُّfall due دُيونُهاtheir debts
عَلى كُلِّ أَحيانٍ تَحِلُّ دُيونُها
When a debtor puts off payment, they, by contrast,
have debts that fall due at every moment.
Sol 6.1