لماwhen تنادىcalled out اليومthe day بالخفوفfor departure
لما تنادى اليوم بالخفوف
منهزماfleeing منfrom الظلامthe darkness الموفيlooming
منهزما من الظلام الموفي
When day called out for departure,
When the call was made today gently
fleeing the looming darkness,
Defeated by the enveloping darkness
وآمنتand felt secure سواكنdwellers الحفوفof the margins
وآمنت سواكن الحفوف
فيwithin كللcanopies الظلماءof the dark night والسجوفand the curtains
في كلل الظلماء والسجوف
and the dwellers of the margins felt secure
And the inhabitants of the valleys felt safe
within the dark night's canopies and curtains,
In the darkness and gloom
قدناwe led لهاtoward them حتفاa doom منamong الحتوفthe dooms
قدنا لها حتفا من الحتوف
كلباa dog دريرswift الشدin running بالخذروفlike a spinning top
كلبا درير الشد بالخذروف
we led toward them a doom among dooms:
We brought them sudden death with spears
a dog, swift-running as a spinning top,
Like growling dogs pulling with claws
أبدعmost exquisite فيin جمالهits beauty الموصوفdescribed
أبدع في جماله الموصوف
خطماa muzzle يباهيrivaling in beauty شممthe proud height الأنوفof noses
خطما يباهي شمم الأنوف
exquisite in its famed beauty,
Excelling in its described beauty
with a muzzle rivaling proud, high-bridged noses.
A snout boasting the scent of noses
شنّفهadorned its ears الحسنbeauty بلاwithout شنوفearrings
شنّفه الحسن بلا شنوف
وذنبand a tail كالنونlike the letter nūn فيamong الحروفthe letters
وذنب كالنون في الحروف
Beauty adorned its ears without earrings,
Beautified by charm without blemish
and its tail was like nūn among the letters.
And a tail like the letter Noon in letters
يسبقoutstrips شأوutmost speed الريحof the wind فيthrough الصفوفthe ranks
يسبق شأو الريح في الصفوف
فالهاربso the fugitive المطلقunfettered كالمكتوفlike one bound up
فالهارب المطلق كالمكتوف
It outruns the wind's utmost speed through the ranks,
Outpacing the wind in ranks
so the unfettered fugitive seems trussed up.
So the freed gallops like a wrapped up one
والطستand the basin والضاربand the beater فيin صنوفvarieties
والطست والضارب في صنوف
منof الثقيلthe heavy ومنand of الخفيفthe light
من الثقيل ومن الخفيف
And the basin and its beater, in varied rhythms,
And the striker in types
some heavy and some light,
Of heavy and light
لماwhen رأيتI saw ليلةon the night الكسوفof the eclipse
لما رأيت ليلة الكسوف
حتىuntil وقفناwe halted بمهماbeside oryx (uncertain reading) وقوفstanding still
حتى وقفنا بمهما وقوف
when I saw them on the night of the eclipse,
When I saw the night of the eclipse
until we halted beside standing oryx [reading uncertain],
Until we stood perplexed
آمنةsecure فيin البلدthe land المخوفfeared
آمنة في البلد المخوف
فاختارهاthen it chose them تخيرthe discerning choice العريفof an expert
فاختارها تخير العريف
secure in the feared land.
Safe in the feared town
Then it chose them as an expert chooses,
He chose with the choice of a captain
كناظرlike an observer ينظرexamining فيinto الصروفchanging fortunes
كناظر ينظر في الصروف
فقرنthen it paired المهزولthe lean بالمعلوفwith the fodder-fed
فقرن المهزول بالمعلوف
like an observer studying changing fortunes;
Looking in the pages
then it paired the lean with the well-fed,
So he paired the weak with the known
وانصعنand they darted away فيthrough المجهولthe unknown والمعروفand the known
وانصعن في المجهول والمعروف
لاnot يقفstops الإلفthe companion علىfor المألوفthe familiar companion
لا يقف الإلف على المألوف
and they darted through the unknown and the known:
And they went out into the unknown and known
no companion stops for its familiar companion.
Not halting at the usual
Sol 6.1