يَاO أيُّهاyou (vocative) المُرَّتَدِىthe wearer أسنَىthe most splendid الجَلابِيبِthe robes
يَا أيُّها المُرَّتَدِى أسنَى الجَلابِيبِ
مِنَof الفَخَارِglory أخابِيبAkhābīb بنson of حَابِيبِḤābīb
مِنَ الفَخَارِ أخابِيب بن حَابِيبِ
O you who wear the most splendid robes
O you who wear the most splendid robes
Of glory, Akhābīb son of Ḥābīb;
Of pottery are your chambers, O son of tent dwellers
وياand O مقيمَyou who set upright أنَابِيبِthe shafts العُلُوِّof eminence إلىuntil
ويا مقيمَ أنَابِيبِ العُلُوِّ إلى
أنthat استقامَbecame straight اعوجاجاتُthe bends الأنَابِيبِof the shafts
أن استقامَ اعوجاجاتُ الأنَابِيبِ
And O you who set upright the shafts of eminence, until
And O you who build the highest water pipes
The bends in those shafts became straight.
Until the crookedness of pipes is corrected
إإجعَلgrant لَنَاto us الهمةresolve العلياءَlofty فيin حِكَمٍwords of wisdom
إإجعَل لَنَا الهمة العلياءَ في حِكَمٍ
نَطوِىwe fold up; traverse بهاwith them البيدَthe deserts فيin السُّودِthe dark nights الغَرَابِيبِpitch-black
نَطوِى بها البيدَ في السُّودِ الغَرَابِيبِ
Grant us lofty resolve in words of wisdom,
Make for us the loftiest ambition with wisdom
With which we fold up the deserts in pitch-black nights.
With which we can roll up the miles in the black desert sands
فَكَوّلَخٌfor Kaolack بُعدُهُits remoteness لَمdid not يَستَطِعهُmanage it
فَكَوّلَخٌ بُعدُهُ لَم يَستَطِعهُ
بِتَقرِيبٍby drawing nearer سِوَىexcept الزَّعِلِthe nimble one القَانيdeep-red الظَّنَابِيبِthe shanks
بِتَقرِيبٍ سِوَى الزَّعِلِ القَاني الظَّنَابِيبِ
For Kaolack—none could overcome its remoteness
A goal after which none could strive
By drawing it near, save the nimble, crimson-shanked one,
Except the obstinate, resolute, daring men
أوِor السَّفِينُthe ships التىwhich تَشئوoutstrip بِسِرعَتِهَاwith their speed
أوِ السَّفِينُ التى تَشئو بِسِرعَتِهَا
سَيرَthe passage الجَهَامِof rainless clouds وطحمَاتِand the onrushes الشَّآبِيبِof downpours
سَيرَ الجَهَامِ وطحمَاتِ الشَّآبِيبِ
Or the ships whose speed outstrips
Or the ship that sails with such speed
The passage of rainless clouds and the onrushes of downpours.
The flight of arrows and splashing of paddles
وهذِهِand this الأرضُland مَعdespite مَاwhat كَانthere was مِنof بُعُدٍremoteness
وهذِهِ الأرضُ مَع مَا كَان مِن بُعُدٍ
تَخشَىfear الحُفَاةُthe barefoot بِهاin it أخذَseizing التَّلاَبِيبِthe collars
تَخشَى الحُفَاةُ بِها أخذَ التَّلاَبِيبِ
And this land, for all its remoteness:
And this land despite its remoteness
The barefoot there fear being seized by their collars.
The barefoot fear to tread and take its sandals
Sol 6.1