بَكَيتُI wept لِغَرسانٍfor Gharsan وَحَقَّand it was right لِناظِريfor my eye
بَكَيتُ لِغَرسانٍ وَحَقَّ لِناظِري
بُكاءُweeping for قَتيلِthe man slain by الفُرسِthe Persians إِذwhen كانَhe was نائِياfar away
بُكاءُ قَتيلِ الفُرسِ إِذ كانَ نائِيا
I wept for Gharsan, and my eye had every right
To mourn the man slain by the Persians when he was far away.
بَكَيتُI wept عَلىfor واريspark-producing الزَنادِthe firesticks فَتىthe youth of الوَغىbattle السْthe (fragment of 'the swift')
بَكَيتُ عَلى واري الزَنادِ فَتى الوَغى السْ
سَريعِswift إِلىto الهَيجاءِthe fray إِنif كانَhe was عادِياcharging
سَريعِ إِلى الهَيجاءِ إِن كانَ عادِيا
I wept for the kindler of sparks, the youth of battle,
Swift to the fray whenever he charged,
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle عَلاhe mounted نَهداًa sturdy steed وَعَرَّضَand leveled ذابِلاًa slender lance
إِذا ما عَلا نَهداً وَعَرَّضَ ذابِلاً
وَقَحَّمَand drove headlong بَكرِيّاًa Bakrite وَهَزَّand brandished يَمانِياa Yemeni sword
وَقَحَّمَ بَكرِيّاً وَهَزَّ يَمانِيا
When he mounted a sturdy steed and leveled a slender lance,
And drove a Bakrite headlong and brandished a Yemeni sword.
فَأَصبَحَso he became مُغتالاًtreacherously slain بِأَرضٍin a land قَبيحَةvile
فَأَصبَحَ مُغتالاً بِأَرضٍ قَبيحَة
عَلَيهاupon it فَتىًa youth كَالسَيفِlike a sword فاتَhe outstripped المُجارِياthe rival
عَلَيها فَتىً كَالسَيفِ فاتَ المُجارِيا
Then he lay treacherously slain in a vile land,
There, a youth like a sword, who had outstripped his rivals.
وَقَدand indeed أَصبَحَhas come to be البَرّاقُal-Barraq فيin دارِan abode of غُربَةٍexile
وَقَد أَصبَحَ البَرّاقُ في دارِ غُربَةٍ
وَفارَقَand parted from إِخواناًbrethren لَهُof his وَمَوالِياand allies
وَفارَقَ إِخواناً لَهُ وَمَوالِيا
And now al-Barraq dwells in a land of exile,
And has parted from his brethren and his allies.
حَليفُa companion of نَوىًseparation طاويhollow حَشاًbelly سافِحٌshedding دَماًblood
حَليفُ نَوىً طاوي حَشاً سافِحٌ دَماً
يُرَجِّعُhe repeats عَبَراتِtears يَهِجنَthat stir البَواكِياthe weeping women
يُرَجِّعُ عَبَراتِ يَهِجنَ البَواكِيا
Bound to separation, hollow-bellied, shedding blood,
He weeps anew, his tears stirring the mourning women.
فَمَنso who مُبلِغٌwill convey word عَنّيfrom me كَريمَةَKarima أَمَّهُhis mother
فَمَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي كَريمَةَ أَمَّهُ
لِتَندُبَso that she may lament غَرساناًGharsan وَبَرّاقَand Barraq ثانِياsecond
لِتَندُبَ غَرساناً وَبَرّاقَ ثانِيا
Who, then, will carry word from me to Karima, his mother,
So she may mourn Gharsan, and then Barraq?
Sol 6.1