وَيَطيرُand flutters أسودهhis black plumage وَيبرقُand flashes تَحتَهُbeneath it
وَيَطيرُ أسوده وَيبرقُ تَحتَهُ
بَرقَa flash السَّحابَةِof the cloud شَدّintensely ماhow يُجْلِيit shines forth
بَرقَ السَّحابَةِ شَدّ ما يُجْلِي
And his black plumage flutters, and beneath it flashes
His blackness flies and flashes underneath
like lightning from a cloud—how brightly it shines!
The lightning of the cloud intensely bright
ذوpossessing بُردَةٍa cloak خَلَتI fancied عَلىupon جُؤشوشِهِhis breast
ذو بُردَةٍ خَلَت عَلى جُؤشوشِهِ
سَوداءَblack جافِيَةٍcoarse مِنَof الغَزْلِyarn
سَوداءَ جافِيَةٍ مِنَ الغَزْلِ
He has a cloak I fancied upon his breast,
Wearing a cloak that drapes his shoulders
black and coarsely spun,
Pitch black and coarse from spinning
وَشُقَيقَةٍand a little cloth-strip بَيضاءَwhite غَيرnot طَويلَةٍlong
وَشُقَيقَةٍ بَيضاءَ غَير طَويلَةٍ
عَنْbeyond رُكبَتَيهِhis two knees قَليلَةُscant in العَضْلِmuscle
عَنْ رُكبَتَيهِ قَليلَةُ العَضْلِ
and a little white cloth-strip, not extending far
And a little white ankle-ring
beyond his knees, scant of muscle.
Scarce spanning his slender shins
حَرقُragged الجَناحِof wing كَأَنَّهُas though he were مُتَمايِلُswaying
حَرقُ الجَناحِ كَأَنَّهُ مُتَمايِلُ
مِنfrom آلthe people of أَحبَشAhbash شاسِعِbroad النَّعْلِthe sandal
مِن آل أَحبَش شاسِعِ النَّعْلِ
Ragged-winged, as though he were a swaying man
The burning of his wings as though he swoops
from the people of Ahbash, broad-sandaled.
A scion of Abyssinia, broad of sole
أَصلاًin the late afternoon قُبيلَjust before اللَّيلِnight أَوor غادَرْنَهاthey (feminine) left her
أَصلاً قُبيلَ اللَّيلِ أَو غادَرْنَها
بكراًearly in the morning عذيةrain-fed, of land فيin النَّدىthe dew الهَضْلِabundant
بكراً عذية في النَّدى الهَضْلِ
Late in the afternoon, just before night—or they left her
Setting out well before night’s end
early, on rain-fed ground, in the plentiful dew.
Or leaving at dawn, in the dripping dew
وَالوَحشُand the wild beasts سارِيَةtravelling by night كَأَنَّas though مُتونَهاtheir backs
وَالوَحشُ سارِيَة كَأَنَّ مُتونَها
قُطُنٌcotton تُباعُoffered for sale شَديدَةُintense in الصَّقْلِsmoothness and sheen
قُطُنٌ تُباعُ شَديدَةُ الصَّقْلِ
And the wild beasts travel by night, their backs seemingly
The beasts like swaying hilltops as though their backs
cotton offered for sale, brightly gleaming.
Were cotton sold, well-burnished smooth
عُنْقاًa neck يقلبهاhe turns it about وَرَأساًand a head غاوِياًwayward
عُنْقاً يقلبها وَرَأساً غاوِياً
صَعْلاًsmall and narrow, of the head وَقَدand sometimes يَسموhe rises عَلىabove الصَّعْلِthe small-headed one
صَعْلاً وَقَد يَسمو عَلى الصَّعْلِ
A neck he turns about, and a wayward head,
Neck swiveling, head held high
small and narrow—and he sometimes rises above the small-headed one.
Lofty, though he may stand upon a dune
وَيَقولُand says ناعِتُهاher describer إِذاwhen أَعرضتهاI turn her broadside
وَيَقولُ ناعِتُها إِذا أَعرضتها
هَذيthis الوآةِsturdy she-camel كَصَخرَةِlike a rock of الوَعلِthe ibex
هَذي الوآةِ كَصَخرَةِ الوَعلِ
And her describer says, when I turn her broadside:
And his herder, when he shows him off, declares
"This sturdy she-camel is like the ibex's rock."
“This here’s a boulder, firmly set!”
Sol 6.1