مختارُMukhtar هذاthis إنif أتَىhe comes
مختارُ هذا إن أتَى
تَيَسَّرتbecomes easy حَالُthe business of الأَتَاgiving
تَيَسَّرت حَالُ الأَتَا
This Mukhtar—if he comes,
If this chosen one comes,
The business of giving becomes easy.
the coming one's condition made easy,
أسودُblack لكنbut سَيِّدٌa nobleman
أسودُ لكن سَيِّدٌ
وهوand he is فَتًىa gallant man وابنُand the son of فَتَىa gallant man
وهو فَتًى وابنُ فَتَى
He is black, but a nobleman,
Black but a lord,
And he is a gallant, and a gallant's son.
and he a gallant and son of a gallant,
لهfor him ارتضيتُI chose نَكشَةًNaksha
له ارتضيتُ نَكشَةً
لماwhen دَعوهُthey called him نكشَتَاNakshata
لما دَعوهُ نكشَتَا
For him I chose “Naksha,”
For him I'd choose a she-camel,
When they called him “Nakshata.”
when they call her 'the biter'
تبكىweeps عليهِover him أرضُنَاour land
تبكى عليهِ أرضُنَا
إِنif صَافَhe spends summer فيهاin it أوor شَتَاhe spends winter
إِن صَافَ فيها أو شَتَا
Our land weeps over him,
Our land cries for him
Whether he spends summer there or winter.
whether he stays or departs from it
Sol 6.1