أَبَنيO sons of سُلَيمٍSulaym إِنif لَقَيتُمyou meet فَقعَساًFaq‘as
أَبَني سُلَيمٍ إِن لَقَيتُم فَقعَساً
فيin مَحبَسٍa confined place ضَنكٍcramped إِلىbeside وَعرِrugged ground
في مَحبَسٍ ضَنكٍ إِلى وَعرِ
O sons of Sulaym, if you meet Faq‘as
O sons of Sulaym, if you meet Fak'as
in a cramped enclosure beside rugged ground,
Imprisoned in a narrow, rugged place
فَاِلقَوهُمُthen confront them بِسُيوفِكُمwith your swords وَرِماحِكُمand your spears
فَاِلقَوهُمُ بِسُيوفِكُم وَرِماحِكُم
وَبِنَضخَةٍand with a spray فيin اللَيلِthe night كَالقَطرِlike rain
وَبِنَضخَةٍ في اللَيلِ كَالقَطرِ
then confront them with your swords and your spears,
Then attack them with your swords and spears
and with a spray by night like rain,
And a night raid like pouring rain
حَتّىuntil تَفُضّواyou scatter جَمعَهُمtheir host وَتَذَكَّرواand remember
حَتّى تَفُضّوا جَمعَهُم وَتَذَكَّروا
صَخراًSakhr وَمَصرَعَهُand his death بِلاwithout ثَأرِblood vengeance
صَخراً وَمَصرَعَهُ بِلا ثَأرِ
until you scatter their host, and remember
Until you destroy their group and remember
Sakhr and his unavenged death,
The boulder and its fate without revenge
وَفَوارِساًand horsemen مِنّاof ours هُنالِكَthere قُتِّلواwere slaughtered
وَفَوارِساً مِنّا هُنالِكَ قُتِّلوا
فيin عَشرَةٍten كانَتwas مِنَof الدَهرِtime
في عَشرَةٍ كانَت مِنَ الدَهرِ
and horsemen of ours who were slaughtered there
And horsemen of ours who were killed there
in a span of ten in times gone by.
In a decade that was of time
لاقىhe met رَبيعَةَRabi‘ah فيin الوَغىbattle فَأَصابَهُthen struck him
لاقى رَبيعَةَ في الوَغى فَأَصابَهُ
طَعنٌa thrust بِجائِفَةٍwith a penetrating wound إِلىinto الصَدرِthe chest
طَعنٌ بِجائِفَةٍ إِلى الصَدرِ
He met Rabi‘ah in battle, and he was struck
Rabee'ah met in the fray and was struck
by a thrust that pierced deep into his chest,
With a piercing stab to the chest
بِمُقَوَّمٍwith a straightened spear لَدنِsupple الكُعوبِthe joints سِنانُهُits spearhead
بِمُقَوَّمٍ لَدنِ الكُعوبِ سِنانُهُ
ذَربِkeen الشَباةِthe edge كَقادِمِlike the leading wing-feather of النِسرِthe vulture
ذَربِ الشَباةِ كَقادِمِ النِسرِ
with a straight spear, supple at the joints, its point
With a straightened, dense-flanked blade
keen-edged, like a vulture’s leading wing-feather.
Like a swooping eagle's talons
وَنَجاand escaped رَبيعَةُRabi‘ah يَومَon the day of ذَلِكَthat مُرهَقاًhard-pressed
وَنَجا رَبيعَةُ يَومَ ذَلِكَ مُرهَقاً
لاnot يَأتَليhe slackens فيin جودِهِhis swift running يَجريhe runs
لا يَأتَلي في جودِهِ يَجري
And Rabi‘ah escaped that day, hard-pressed,
And Rabee'ah survived that day exhausted
sparing no effort as he ran at full speed.
Not slowing in his flowing generosity
فَأَتَتthen she came بِهِwith him أَسَلَthe slender tips of الأَسِنَّةِthe spearheads ضامِرٌa lean mare
فَأَتَت بِهِ أَسَلَ الأَسِنَّةِ ضامِرٌ
مِثلُlike العُقابِthe eagle غَدَتset out in the morning مِنَfrom الوَكرِthe nest
مِثلُ العُقابِ غَدَت مِنَ الوَكرِ
Then a lean mare bore him to the slender spear-points,
So the smooth-tongued camels brought him
like an eagle that left its nest in the morning.
Like an eagle returning to its nest
وَلَقَدand indeed أَخَذناwe captured خالِداًKhalid فَأَجارَهُthen he granted him protection
وَلَقَد أَخَذنا خالِداً فَأَجارَهُ
عَوفٌ‘Awf وَأَطلَقَهُand released him عَلىon قَدرِa set amount
عَوفٌ وَأَطلَقَهُ عَلى قَدرِ
And indeed we captured Khalid; then he was given protection
And we seized Khalid but 'Awf gave him asylum
by ‘Awf, who released him on set terms.
And released him for his worth
وَلَقَدand indeed تَدارَكَovertook رَأيَناour judgment فيconcerning خالِدٍKhalid
وَلَقَد تَدارَكَ رَأيَنا في خالِدٍ
ماساءَwhat grieved خَيلاًhorsemen آخِرَto the end of الدَهرِtime
ماساءَ خَيلاً آخِرَ الدَهرِ
And indeed our judgment concerning Khalid was overtaken
And our view of Khalid was corrected
by what grieved the horsemen forever after.
However many steeds, late in time
Sol 6.1