أهونhow trivial! بأحكامwith the rules of النحوgrammar (as written)
أهون بأحكام النحو
مmīm (isolated fragment) وعدّand turn aside عنfrom علمknowledge of العزائمincantations
م وعدّ عن علم العزائم
How trivial are the rules of grammar!
I care little for grammar's laws
[Isolated mīm] And turn aside from the lore of incantations.
Or knowing the decisive verdicts
خلlet الهلالthe crescent moon يهلّappear فيin
خل الهلال يهلّ في
درجthe degrees of الشمالthe north أوor النعائمal-Naʿāʾim (the Ostriches)
درج الشمال أو النعائم
Let the crescent moon appear in
Let the crescent moon wander
the degrees of the north or al-Naʿāʾim, the Ostriches.
In the stairs of the north or comforts
ودعand leave التمائمthe amulets لاnot تتمّbring fulfillment
ودع التمائم لا تتمّ
لمنfor whoever تعوّذsought protection بالتمائمthrough the amulets
لمن تعوّذ بالتمائم
And leave amulets: they bring no fulfillment
Leave the talismans, don't complete them
to anyone seeking protection through amulets.
For those who seek protection in talismans
وصنand safeguard المديحpraise عنfrom اللئاthe base (continued next line)
وصن المديح عن اللئا
مcompletion of 'the base' فإنهاfor indeed it is إحدىone of الجرائمthe crimes
م فإنها إحدى الجرائم
And keep praise from the base—
And protect praise from the vile
—for that is one of the crimes.
For it is one of the crimes
وانهضand rise بعزمwith resolve صارمfirm
وانهض بعزم صارم
ماضpressing onward إلىtoward طلبseeking الدراهمthe dirhams
ماض إلى طلب الدراهم
And rise with firm resolve,
And set out with resolute determination
pressing onward in pursuit of dirhams.
Seeking money
وابنand build المكارمnoble virtues بالمكارهthrough hardships
وابن المكارم بالمكاره
حيثwhere تفترسdevour الضراغمthe lions
حيث تفترس الضراغم
And build noble virtues through hardships,
And build virtues through difficulties
where lions devour.
Where ferocious beasts prey
بينamid السيوفthe swords إلىtoward الحتوفdeaths
بين السيوف إلى الحتوف
ولوand even if علىupon حرّthe heat of السمائمscorching winds
ولو على حرّ السمائم
Amid swords, toward death,
Between swords to skulls
even in the heat of scorching winds.
Even if on the heat of poisons
واقطعand cut
واقطع
جزّsever الغلاصمthe throats
جزّ الغلاصم
And cut—
And cut off
Sever the throats.
The ropes of tyrants
ماnot يستويare equal متدرعone wearing armor
ما يستوي متدرع
وهجthe blaze of السمومthe scorching wind معاtogether ونائمand one asleep
وهج السموم معا ونائم
Not alike are one armored in
The armored are not equal
the blaze of the scorching wind and one asleep.
To the burning poisons and asleep
عاشlived اللئامthe base بعيشةwith a life
عاش اللئام بعيشة
وتواضعواand they humbled themselves أهلpeople of المكارمnoble virtues
وتواضعوا أهل المكارم
The base lived a life,
The vile lived in luxury
and people of noble virtue humbled themselves.
And the virtuous were humble
ومضىand departed الكرامthe noble منfrom الورىhumankind
ومضى الكرام من الورى
وبقيتand I remained فيamong شبهthe likeness of البهائمthe beasts
وبقيت في شبه البهائم
And the noble departed from humankind,
The generous passed from existence
and I remained among those resembling beasts.
And only the beast-like remained
ياO صاحبيmy companion عليAli (uncertain in this fragment)
يا صاحبي علي
الحسينHusayn سلالoffspring of فاطمFatimah
الحسين سلال فاطم
O my companion, Ali—
My friend Ali
Husayn, offspring of Fatimah.
Al-Hussein, Fatima's lineage
يومday of الحسينHusayn لقدindeed فتحopened (continued next line)
يوم الحسين لقد فتح
تyou (verb ending completing 'opened') عليّupon me أبوابthe gates of المآتمmourning gatherings
ت عليّ أبواب المآتم
Day of Husayn, you have indeed opened
On the day of Hussein, you opened
the gates of mourning upon me,
On me doors of calamities
وتركتنيand you left me متلدّداturning about in confusion
وتركتني متلدّدا
المعالمthe landmarks
المعالم
and left me turning about in confusion—
And left me sprawled
the landmarks.
Without direction
Sol 6.1