نَزَلتُI settled بِأَعلىat the top of تَلعَةٍa ravine وَفَرَزدَقٌand Farazdaq
نَزَلتُ بِأَعلى تَلعَةٍ وَفَرَزدَقٌ
بِأَسفَلِهاat its bottom حَيثُwhere اِستَقَرَّsettled مَسيلُهاits runoff
بِأَسفَلِها حَيثُ اِستَقَرَّ مَسيلُها
I encamped at the top of a ravine, while al-Farazdaq
I settled at the head of a ravine, while Farazdaq
was at its bottom, where its runoff settles.
was at its bottom, where its runoff settled.
وَماand not كَثُرَتwere numerous عُلياthe highborn of تَميمٍTamim فَتُتَّقىso as to be feared
وَما كَثُرَت عُليا تَميمٍ فَتُتَّقى
وَلاand not طابَwere good مِنamong سُفلىthe lowborn of تَميمٍTamim قَليلُهاits few
وَلا طابَ مِن سُفلى تَميمٍ قَليلُها
Tamim’s upper branch never grew numerous enough to be feared,
And Tamim’s highborn were not so numerous as to be feared,
nor were the few of Tamim’s lower branch any good.
nor were the few among Tamim’s lowborn any good.
فَماso not لَكَfor you مِنin نَجدٍNajd وَلاnor رَملِthe sands of عالِجٍʿĀlij
فَما لَكَ مِن نَجدٍ وَلا رَملِ عالِجٍ
مَقيلُa noonday resting place مَهاةٍof an oryx فَاِنظُرَنso do look ماwhat مَقيلُهاher noonday resting place
مَقيلُ مَهاةٍ فَاِنظُرَن ما مَقيلُها
In neither Najd nor the sands of ʿĀlij have you
So neither in Najd nor in the sands of ʿĀlij do you have
an oryx’s noonday resting-place—then look what her resting-place is.
an oryx’s noonday resting place; look, then, where she rests at noon.
وَقَدand indeed سُدَّhas been blocked مَجرىthe passage of البَولِurine مِنfrom بَطنِthe belly of جِعثِنٍJiʿthin
وَقَد سُدَّ مَجرى البَولِ مِن بَطنِ جِعثِنٍ
بِعَقفاءَby a crooked member تَسقيهاthat waters her إِذاwhenever اِختَلَّfails ثيلُهاher genital sheath
بِعَقفاءَ تَسقيها إِذا اِختَلَّ ثيلُها
The passage of urine from a squat, thickset man’s belly has already been blocked
And the passage of urine from Jiʿthin’s belly has been blocked
by a crooked female whom you give drink whenever her penile sheath slips awry.
by a crooked member that waters her whenever her genital sheath fails.
Sol 6.1