ياO قائِصُhunter أغدُcome at dawn عَلَيناto us
يا قائِصُ أغدُ عَلَينا
بِزُرَّقٍwith a zurrāq hawk مَخبورِtried and tested
بِزُرَّقٍ مَخبورِ
O hunter, come to us at dawn
O hunter, come to us tomorrow
With a proven zurrāq hawk,
With a tamed, docile falcon
مُناهِضٍa challenger للبَوازيto goshawks
مُناهِضٍ للبَوازي
مغالبٍvying for mastery للصُقورِwith falcons
مغالبٍ للصُقورِ
Challenging goshawks,
Defying the open spaces,
Vying for mastery with falcons.
Conquering the other falcons.
لَهُit has جَناحٌa wing وَثيرٌsoft and luxuriant
لَهُ جَناحٌ وَثيرٌ
مُضاعَفُdoubled التَنميرِin its mottling
مُضاعَفُ التَنميرِ
It has a soft, luxuriant wing,
It has a thick wing
Doubly dappled,
Doubly lined,
مُظاهرٌclad outwardly ببرودٍin striped cloaks
مُظاهرٌ ببرودٍ
مُبَطَّنٌlined inwardly بحَريرِwith silk
مُبَطَّنٌ بحَريرِ
Clad outwardly in striped cloaks,
Appearing cool externally
Lined inwardly with silk;
But internally lined with silk.
وَكفُّand a paw سَبعٍof a beast of prey هصورٍcrushing
وَكفُّ سَبعٍ هصورٍ
مُحَجَّنِhook-curved الأُظفورin its talon
مُحَجَّنِ الأُظفور
And the paw of a crushing beast,
It has the clutches of a mighty lion,
With a hooked talon.
Its talons are sharpened.
تقولyou would say فيهwithin it الخطاthe hooks (word begins here)
تقول فيه الخطا
طيفcompletion of 'hooks' لززتwere tightly fitted together منfrom صقورfalcons
طيف لززت من صقور
You would say the hooks within it
Its heels tell the sand:
Were tightly fitted together from falcons.
A specter that shook the falcons.
وَمِنسَرٌand a beak ذوpossessing انعِطافٍa curve
وَمِنسَرٌ ذو انعِطافٍ
كقَرنِlike the horn of ظبيٍa gazelle غَريرِyoung
كقَرنِ ظبيٍ غَريرِ
And a curving beak,
It has a bending mast
Like a young gazelle's horn,
Like the horn of a young wild cow.
فيin هامَةٍa head كنفَتهُthat encloses it
في هامَةٍ كنفَتهُ
كالجندَلِlike a stone المُستَديرِrounded
كالجندَلِ المُستَديرِ
In a head enclosing it,
In a shirt that suits it
Like a rounded stone;
Like a round hawk.
وصَدرُand the breast of بازٍa goshawk طَريرٍhandsome
وصَدرُ بازٍ طَريرٍ
مُفَوَّفُfinely striped التَحبيرِin its ornamentation
مُفَوَّفُ التَحبيرِ
And a handsome goshawk's breast,
And the chest of a flying falcon
Adorned with fine stripes,
With ruffled feathers.
كأَنَّهُas though it were ثَوبُa garment وَشيٍof brocade
كأَنَّهُ ثَوبُ وَشيٍ
مُعرَّجُzigzagged التَسييرِin its striping
مُعرَّجُ التَسييرِ
As though it were a brocade robe,
As if it is the garment of happiness
With zigzag stripes.
With twisted strands.
لهit has ظنابيبُshanks هِقلٍof a male ostrich
له ظنابيبُ هِقلٍ
وعينُand the eye of صقرٍa falcon ذعورِeasily startled
وعينُ صقرٍ ذعورِ
It has a male ostrich's shanks,
It has some body parts of a skillful diver
And a startled falcon's eye;
And the eye of a sharp-eyed eagle.
تخالهاyou would take it for حينwhen يعتاit gazes (word continues)
تخالها حين يعتا
نcompletion of 'gazes' جذوةًan ember منfrom سعيرa blazing fire
ن جذوةً من سعير
You would take it, when it gazes,
You imagine when it flies
For an ember from a blazing fire.
A spark from hell.
لهit has بديعةُa marvel صوتٍof sound
له بديعةُ صوتٍ
كنبذةlike a snatch منof زَميرِpiping
كنبذة من زَميرِ
It has a wondrous voice,
It has a wonderful voice
Like a snatch of piping;
Like a flute song.
إذاwhen استمرتit carries لسمعto the ear of الthe
إذا استمرت لسمع ال
غاديone going out at dawn لشربto drink الخمورِwine
غادي لشرب الخمورِ
When it reaches the ear of one
If it lasted for an ear
Going out at dawn to drink wine,
Of one who drinks wine,
أَلهَتهُit distracts him عنfrom كلِّevery نايٍflute
أَلهَتهُ عن كلِّ نايٍ
يحكيechoing لئمٍّunclear; perhaps 'a bass string' وزيرand a treble string
يحكي لئمٍّ وزير
It distracts him from every flute
It would distract him from any flute
Echoing [bass?] and treble.
That tells of blame and disgrace.
Sol 6.1