جادَmay shower generously upon الذُفافِيَّal-Dhufafi فيin أَرضِهِhis land
جادَ الذُفافِيَّ في أَرضِهِ
رُكامُheaped masses الغَمامِof clouds عَلىdespite ظُلمِهِhis injustice
رُكامُ الغَمامِ عَلى ظُلمِهِ
May al-Dhufafi in his land be showered with rain
My friend wandered in his land
by heaped-up clouds, despite his injustice.
Clouds piled upon his darkness
أَخٌa brother لِيَof mine لَمdid not تَتَّصِلbe connected نِسبَتيmy lineage
أَخٌ لِيَ لَم تَتَّصِل نِسبَتي
بِقُربىby kinship with أَبيهِhis father وَلاnor أُمِّهِhis mother
بِقُربى أَبيهِ وَلا أُمِّهِ
A brother of mine, though my lineage is not linked
A brother of mine, though no blood ties us
by kinship to his father or his mother.
Neither his father nor mother are kin to me
تَنَكَّرَhe changed حَتّىso much that لَأَنكَرتُهُI would surely not have recognized him
تَنَكَّرَ حَتّى لَأَنكَرتُهُ
خَلاexcept أَنَّنيthat I عارِفٌam acquainted بِاِسمِهِwith his name
خَلا أَنَّني عارِفٌ بِاِسمِهِ
He changed so much that I would not have recognized him,
He's changed until I hardly know him
except that I know his name.
Except I do know his name
وَماand not لِيَfor me مِنهُfrom him سِوىexcept رِقَّةٍtenderness
وَما لِيَ مِنهُ سِوى رِقَّةٍ
يَراحُis gladdened لَهاby it الشَعرُpoetry فيin فَهمِهِhis understanding
يَراحُ لَها الشَعرُ في فَهمِهِ
And I have nothing from him but a tenderness
And he means to me only tenderness
that gladdens poetry in his understanding.
For which poetry flows in his understanding
كَذاlikewise المِسكُmusk ماnot فيهِin it مُستَمتَعٌanything to enjoy
كَذا المِسكُ ما فيهِ مُستَمتَعٌ
لِمُتَّخِذيهِfor those who possess it سِوىexcept شَمِّهِsmelling it
لِمُتَّخِذيهِ سِوى شَمِّهِ
So it is with musk: there is nothing to enjoy in it
So is musk - it gives no pleasure
for those who possess it, save smelling it.
To its bearer but its scent
Sol 6.1