ذَممتَyou disparaged زَرْعَكَyour crop خَوفاًout of fear منof مُطالَبتيmy demand
ذَممتَ زَرْعَكَ خَوفاً من مُطالَبتي
والرَّزْعُand the crop نُحلَةُa gift عامٍof a year غَيرِnot مَذمومِblameworthy
والرَّزْعُ نُحلَةُ عامٍ غَيرِ مَذمومِ
You disparaged your crop for fear of my demands,
You blamed your crop out of fear of my demands
And the crop is the gift of a blameless year.
Though the crop is a gift of a year not blamed
فلاso may no عَدَتْهُpass it by منfrom الجَوْزاءِal-Jawza سارِيَةٌa night-faring cloud
فلا عَدَتْهُ من الجَوْزاءِ سارِيَةٌ
تَبكيweeps عليهِover it بدَمْعٍwith tears غَيرِnot مَسجومِfreely flowing
تَبكي عليهِ بدَمْعٍ غَيرِ مَسجومِ
So may no night-faring cloud from al-Jawza pass it by,
No more did the clouds weep on it
Weeping over it with tears that do not stream,
With unrestrained tears
كالدُّرِّlike pearls يَجتَنِبُavoids المرزوقَthe fortunate ماwhenever انتَثَرتْscatter
كالدُّرِّ يَجتَنِبُ المرزوقَ ما انتَثَرتْ
عُقودُهُits necklaces ويُعاديand is hostile to كلَّevery مَحرومِdeprived one
عُقودُهُ ويُعادي كلَّ مَحرومِ
Like pearls, sparing the fortunate whenever
Like pearls it avoids the destined
Its necklaces scatter, and hostile to every luckless soul,
When its beads are scattered
حتىuntil تراهُyou see it وقدand already مالَتْhave bent دَعائِمُهits supports
حتى تراهُ وقد مالَتْ دَعائِمُه
كأنَّهas though it were إلفُone accustomed to تَكْفيرٍreverential bowing وتَعْظيمِand reverence
كأنَّه إلفُ تَكْفيرٍ وتَعْظيمِ
Until you see it, its supports already bowed,
Until you see its pillars tilt
As though accustomed to bowing and reverence.
As if it is accustomed to justification and glorification
أوor جَحْفَلٌa vast army مِنْfrom جُنودِthe hosts of اللهِGod مُنْتَشِرٌspread out
أو جَحْفَلٌ مِنْ جُنودِ اللهِ مُنْتَشِرٌ
مِثلُlike الخَناصِرِlittle fingers مَنقوشُpatterned الحيازيمِthe breasts
مِثلُ الخَناصِرِ مَنقوشُ الحيازيمِ
Or a vast army of God's hosts, spread abroad,
Or an army of Allah's soldiers spreading
Like little fingers, with patterned breasts.
Like lined up tents
يَحُلُّoccupies بَسطَةَthe expanse of إقليمٍa province فإنْand if عَصَفَتْblows fiercely
يَحُلُّ بَسطَةَ إقليمٍ فإنْ عَصَفَتْ
بهupon it الصَّباthe east wind تَرَكَتْهُit leaves it جَوَّthe sky of إقليمِa province
به الصَّبا تَرَكَتْهُ جَوَّ إقليمِ
It occupies a province's breadth; if it is swept
It settles the plain so if the breeze shakes it
By the east wind, it is left spread across a province's sky.
It leaves it a plain atmosphere
ماnever شَنَّlaunches وهوwhile it is ضَعيفُweak in البَطْشِstriking power غارَتَهits raid
ما شَنَّ وهو ضَعيفُ البَطْشِ غارَتَه
إلاexcept that استباحَit overruns حِمىthe protected domain of الشُّمِّthe proud اللَّهاميمِnoble lords
إلا استباحَ حِمى الشُّمِّ اللَّهاميمِ
It never launches its raid, though weak in striking power,
With its weak strength it didn't attack
Without overrunning the preserves of proud, noble lords.
Except to allow the violation of the protected honor
يُلقيit lays علىupon الحَبِّthe grain فيin أَعْلىthe highest parts of مَنابِتهits growing places
يُلقي على الحَبِّ في أَعْلى مَنابِته
كلاكلاًbreasts نُقِشَتْengraved نَقْشَlike the engraving of الخَواتيمِsignet rings
كلاكلاً نُقِشَتْ نَقْشَ الخَواتيمِ
It lays upon the grain, at the highest points of its growth,
It throws on the seeds at their highest growth
Breasts engraved like signet rings.
Snails engraved like seals
إذاwhen استقَلَّit takes flight أعادَit renders الأَرْضَthe earth مُعْدَمَةًdestitute
إذا استقَلَّ أعادَ الأَرْضَ مُعْدَمَةً
واستودَعَand entrusts التُّرْبَthe soil نَسْلاًoffspring غَيرَnot مَعدومِlacking
واستودَعَ التُّرْبَ نَسْلاً غَيرَ مَعدومِ
When it takes wing, it renders the earth destitute,
When it weakens it returns the land destroyed
And entrusts the soil with a brood by no means lacking.
And entrusts the soil with imperishable progeny
أوor جُذوةٌa firebrand كَشِهابِlike a meteor الجَوِّthe sky مُشعَلَةٌkindled
أو جُذوةٌ كَشِهابِ الجَوِّ مُشعَلَةٌ
تَطيرُit flies فيthrough مُعتَلٍstanding high منهof it ومَركومِand heaped up
تَطيرُ في مُعتَلٍ منه ومَركومِ
Or a firebrand, kindled like a meteor in the sky,
Or an ember like a flaming meteor
Flying through the crop, both standing and piled up.
Flying in an inclined and bent [path]
إذاwhen انتحَتْهُit heads for it حَدَتْهاdrives it onward الرِّيحُthe wind عاصفةًblowing fiercely
إذا انتحَتْهُ حَدَتْها الرِّيحُ عاصفةً
منfrom كلِّevery أَوْبٍdirection فأَغْرَتْهاand so urges it بتَضريمِto blaze
من كلِّ أَوْبٍ فأَغْرَتْها بتَضريمِ
When it heads for the crop, the wind drives it, raging
When the gusting wind sharpens it
From every quarter, urging it to blaze.
From every direction so it flares up crackling
تبدوappear لعَيْنَيْكَto your eyes حُمْرٌred ones منfrom ذَوائِبهاits tresses
تبدو لعَيْنَيْكَ حُمْرٌ من ذَوائِبها
كماjust as بَداappeared الفجرُdawn مُحمَرَّreddened in المَقاديمِthe foreparts
كما بَدا الفجرُ مُحمَرَّ المَقاديمِ
Red strands from its tresses appear before your eyes,
It appears to your eyes red in its locks
As dawn appears with reddened leading edges,
As the dawn appeared with reddened pillars
حتىuntil تعودَyou become أخاa brother to فَقْرٍpoverty ومَسكَنَةٍand destitution
حتى تعودَ أخا فَقْرٍ ومَسكَنَةٍ
صِفرَempty السَّريرَةِthe inner self منof صَبْرٍpatience وتَسليمِand resignation
صِفرَ السَّريرَةِ من صَبْرٍ وتَسليمِ
Until you become a brother to poverty and destitution,
Until it returns a brother of poverty and destitution
Empty at heart of patience and resignation.
Pale in patience and acceptance
منعْتَyou withheld حَبّاًgrain ولوand even if أَعطيتَyou gave مُبْتَدِئاًunprompted
منعْتَ حَبّاً ولو أَعطيتَ مُبْتَدِئاً
حَبَّthe kernels of القلوبِhearts لَمَاwould not عُرِّيْتَyou were freed منfrom لُومِblame
حَبَّ القلوبِ لَمَا عُرِّيْتَ من لُومِ
You withheld grain; even had you given, unasked,
You denied even a seed and if you gave at the outset
The very kernels of hearts, you would not have escaped blame.
The love of hearts you wouldn't be blamed
Sol 6.1