قَدalready عَلِمَknew الابناءُthe sons مَنwho غلامُهاher young champion
قَد عَلِمَ الابناءُ مَن غلامُها
اذاwhen الصراصيرُthe stalwarts اقشَعَرَّbristled هامُهاtheir heads
اذا الصراصيرُ اقشَعَرَّ هامُها
The sons already know who her young champion is,
The sons have known whose servant he is
When the stalwarts’ heads bristle.
When the cockroaches bristled their worry
أناI ابنُson هيجاهاher battle معيwith me زمامُهاher reins
أنا ابنُ هيجاها معي زمامُها
لمdid not أَنبُI recoil عنهاfrom her نبوةًa retreat أُلامهاI am blamed for it
لم أَنبُ عنها نبوةً أُلامها
I am the son of her battle; her reins are with me.
I am the son of her madness, holding its reins
I have never recoiled from her in a retreat for which I could be blamed,
I did not turn away from it with assuaging prophecies
منbecause of طولِthe long time ماthat جرَّبنيtested me أيامُهاher days
من طولِ ما جرَّبني أيامُها
لستُI am not كَمنlike one who حَلّbecame lawful لهfor him حَرامُهاher forbidden things
لستُ كَمن حَلّ له حَرامُها
For her days have long put me to the test.
From the length of time her days have tested me
I am not like one for whom her forbidden things became lawful,
I am not like those for whom her unlawful is permitted
ولاand not ترىyou see حانيةًtender أرحامُهاher kinship ties
ولا ترى حانيةً أرحامُها
وليلةًand a night قدindeed بِتُّI spent the night ماnot أنامُهاI sleep through it
وليلةً قد بِتُّ ما أنامُها
Nor do you see her kinship ties show tenderness.
Nor do you see a wet nurse caring for her child
And a night I passed without sleeping through it,
Or a night where I slept, what sleep of mine!
أحييتهاI kept vigil through it حتىuntil انجلىlifted ظلامُهاits darkness
أحييتها حتى انجلى ظلامُها
بذاتِon one endowed with لَوثٍstrength ضَرِعٌfaint بغامُهاher lowing
بذاتِ لَوثٍ ضَرِعٌ بغامُها
I kept vigil through it until its darkness lifted,
I revived her until her darkness receded
On a sturdy she-camel whose lowing was faint.
With a filthy being, a breast overflowing with worry
يهديguides المطيَّthe riding camels النجبَthe thoroughbred ones اعتزامُهاher resolute advance
يهدي المطيَّ النجبَ اعتزامُها
وأمُّهاand her purposeful course فيthrough البيدِthe desert wastes واهتزامُهاand her thundering gait
وأمُّها في البيدِ واهتزامُها
Her resolute advance guides the thoroughbred riding camels,
The experienced guide leads the noble camel by its reins
As do her course through the wastes and her thundering gait.
While its mother panics in the wasteland
وبلدةٍand a tract of land طامسةٍeffaced أعلامُهاits landmarks
وبلدةٍ طامسةٍ أعلامُها
يضغوcries out جميعاًall together بومُهاits owls وهامُهاand its night-owls
يضغو جميعاً بومُها وهامُها
And a tract of land whose landmarks were effaced,
And a darkened land with flags
Its owls and night-owls all cry out together.
They all worry and fret with their faces and heads
انindeed رزاماًRizām غرّهاdeceived it قرزامهاits runt
ان رزاماً غرّها قرزامها
قبيلةٌa tribe اجملُهاits handsomest غُلامُهاits lad
قبيلةٌ اجملُها غُلامُها
Indeed, Rizām was duped by its runt:
If an inadequate man duped it, swindled it
A tribe whose handsomest member is its lad,
A tribe whose boy is its worry
قبيلةٌa tribe زبابُهاits penises كمامُهاits foreskin sheaths
قبيلةٌ زبابُها كمامُها
لمdid not تَدرِit knew ماwhat موسىa razor ولاnor سطّامُهاits cutting edge
لم تَدرِ ما موسى ولا سطّامُها
A tribe whose penises are sheathed in foreskins,
A tribe whose youths are its anxiety
It has never known a razor or its cutting edge.
It does not know what Moses or his wonders are
Sol 6.1