ومَنزِلٍand a lodging نَزَلتْهُI lodged in it ابتكاراearly in the morning
ومَنزِلٍ نَزَلتْهُ ابتكارا
مُعاقِراًquaffing فيin ظِلِّهits shade العُقاراthe wine
مُعاقِراً في ظِلِّه العُقارا
And a lodging where I alighted early in the morning,
A campsite they pitched with innovation
Quaffing wine in its shade.
Drinking beneath its shade a potion
ترىyou see بهin it مَعركةًa battle جِهاراopenly
ترى به مَعركةً جِهارا
وقَسطَلاًand a dust cloud منfrom حَولِهاaround it مُثَاراstirred up
وقَسطَلاً من حَولِها مُثَارا
There you see a battle in plain sight,
You see around it a loud commotion
And a cloud of dust stirred up around it:
And warriors stirred up in agitation
مَحارَتينِtwo shells انضمَّتاthe two joined together جِواراside by side
مَحارَتينِ انضمَّتا جِوارا
قدindeed مُنِعَتwas denied إحداهماone of the two القَراراstillness
قد مُنِعَت إحداهما القَرارا
Two shells joined together side by side,
Two steeds joined together in unison
One of them denied stillness.
One was denied any habitation
لاnot تَعدَمانِthe two of them lack لؤلؤاًpearls صِغاراsmall
لا تَعدَمانِ لؤلؤاً صِغارا
تُطِيرُهُsends it flying حربُهماtheir warfare غُباراas dust
تُطِيرُهُ حربُهما غُبارا
Neither lacks small pearls,
Never lacking small pearls
Which their warfare sends flying as dust,
Their battle scatters dust afar
فيin موقفٍa place يَستوقِفُarrests الأبصاراthe eyes
في موقفٍ يَستوقِفُ الأبصارا
يَكحُلُapplies kohl to منfrom قسطَلِهits dust الزُّوَّاراthe visitors
يَكحُلُ من قسطَلِه الزُّوَّارا
In a place that arrests the gaze.
In a stance that catches all eyes
It lines the visitors' eyes with its dust as kohl,
Adorning all visitors with its castle's kohl
حتىuntil يُشِيبَturns white منهمُof them الأَشفاراthe eyelashes
حتى يُشِيبَ منهمُ الأَشفارا
فلمso not نَزَلْwe cease نأخُذُهاwe drink it نَهاراby day
فلم نَزَلْ نأخُذُها نَهارا
Until it turns their lashes white.
Until their eyelids gray with age
So we kept drinking it by day,
We never stop taking it by day
محمرَّةًred تُحسَبُis taken for جُلَّنَاراpomegranate blossom
محمرَّةً تُحسَبُ جُلَّنَارا
والريحُand the wind يُدميmakes bleed وقعُهاits blows الأَبشاراthe skins
والريحُ يُدمي وقعُها الأَبشارا
Deep red, taken for pomegranate blossom,
Reddened, seen like pure gold
While the wind's blows made skin bleed.
The wind's impact makes the glad tidings roar
حَرباًas foes نُرىwe are shown فيin حربِناour war الأحراراthe free men
حَرباً نُرى في حربِنا الأحرارا
حتىuntil إذاwhen الليلُthe night البهيمُpitch-black جاراgrew oppressive
حتى إذا الليلُ البهيمُ جارا
In our war, we were shown the free men as foes.
A battle we see in our war, the free
Until, when pitch-black night grew oppressive,
Until the beastly night starts its crawl
وأسبَلتْand let down ظُلمتُهits darkness الأستاراthe curtains
وأسبَلتْ ظُلمتُه الأستارا
وانتثرَand scattered الثَّلجُthe snow بهin it انتثاراa scattering
وانتثرَ الثَّلجُ به انتثارا
And its darkness let the curtains fall,
And its darkness lowers its curtains
And snow scattered there in a flurry,
Snow is scattered about in profusion
كماas أطرْتَyou sent flying كُرسُفاًcotton فطاراso it flew
كما أطرْتَ كُرسُفاً فطارا
كانتit was لناfor us نُوراًlight بهin it ونَاراand fire
كانت لنا نُوراً به ونَارا
As when you send cotton flying and it flies,
As you've adorned a horse ready to bolt
It was both light and fire for us there.
For us it was light and fire through the night
Sol 6.1