إِنَّindeed أَباAbu (father of) حَسّانَHassan عَرشٌa throne هَوىhas fallen
إِنَّ أَبا حَسّانَ عَرشٌ هَوى
مِمّاof what بَنىbuilt اللَهُGod بِكِنٍّwithin a shelter ظَليلshady
مِمّا بَنى اللَهُ بِكِنٍّ ظَليل
Indeed, Abu Hassan is a fallen throne,
One God built within a shady shelter.
أَتلَعُlong-necked لاnot يَغلِبُهُovercomes him قِرنُهُhis rival
أَتلَعُ لا يَغلِبُهُ قِرنُهُ
مُستَجمِعُfully possessed of الرَأيِjudgment عَظيمٌmighty طَويلtall
مُستَجمِعُ الرَأيِ عَظيمٌ طَويل
High-necked, no rival could overcome him,
Firm in judgment, mighty and tall.
تَحسَبُهُyou think him غَضبانَangry مِنbecause of عِزِّهِhis dignity
تَحسَبُهُ غَضبانَ مِن عِزِّهِ
ذَلِكَthat مِنهُin him خُلُقٌa disposition ماnot يَحولchanges
ذَلِكَ مِنهُ خُلُقٌ ما يَحول
You would think him angry, such was his proud dignity;
That was his nature, never changing.
وَيلُwoe اِمِّهِto his mother مِسعَرَa kindler حَربٍof war إِذاwhen
وَيلُ اِمِّهِ مِسعَرَ حَربٍ إِذا
أُلقِيَhe was cast فيهاinto it فارِساًa horseman ذاpossessing شَليلa mail-shirt
أُلقِيَ فيها فارِساً ذا شَليل
Woe to his mother—a kindler of war, when
Cast into it, a horseman clad in mail.
تَشقىsuffer بِهِbecause of him الكومُhigh-humped she-camels لَدىbeside قِدرِهِhis cauldron
تَشقى بِهِ الكومُ لَدى قِدرِهِ
وَالنابُand the old she-camel وَالمُصعَبَةُand the unbroken she-camel الخَنشَليلhuge and aged
وَالنابُ وَالمُصعَبَةُ الخَنشَليل
By his cauldron, high-humped she-camels suffered at his hands,
And the old she-camel, and the huge, aged, unbroken one.
أَنّىwhere لِيَfor me الفارِسُthe horseman أَغدوI set forth at dawn بِهِwith him
أَنّى لِيَ الفارِسُ أَغدو بِهِ
مِثلَكَlike you إِذwhen ماan emphatic particle حَمَلَتنيcarried me الحَمولthe laden camels
مِثلَكَ إِذ ما حَمَلَتني الحَمول
Where can I find a horseman to set forth with at dawn,
Like you, when the laden camels carry me?
تَرَكتَنيyou left me ياO صَخرُSakhr فيamong فِتيَةٍyoung men
تَرَكتَني يا صَخرُ في فِتيَةٍ
كَأَنَّنيas though I بَعدَكَafter you فيهِمamong them نَقيلan outsider
كَأَنَّني بَعدَكَ فيهِم نَقيل
You left me, O Sakhr, among young men,
As though, after you, I were an outsider among them.
Sol 6.1