عُلَّقَتْهُI was enamored of him والصِّباand youth غضfresh الأديمْthe skin
عُلَّقَتْهُ والصِّبا غض الأديمْ
مهملletting hang loose الوفرةthe ear-length locks منfrom آلthe house of تميمْTamim
مهمل الوفرة من آل تميمْ
I fell in love with him while youth's skin was still fresh,
She hung it while the morning breeze was still tender,
Loose-haired, of the house of Tamim.
Neglected abundance from the family of Tamim.
يحسنُlooks beautiful التاجُthe crown علىupon مفرقهِthe parting of his hair
يحسنُ التاجُ على مفرقهِ
ناشراًdispensing bounty فيin يومa day of بؤسٍhardship ونعيمand delight
ناشراً في يوم بؤسٍ ونعيم
The crown sits handsomely upon his parted hair,
The crown looks beautiful on his forehead,
Open-handed in days of hardship and delight.
Spreading on a day of misery and blessings.
يُنهلgives drink to الصعدةَthe straight spear منfrom أقرانهhis peers
يُنهل الصعدةَ من أقرانه
ويلبيand answers طارقthe visitor الليلthe night البهيمpitch-black
ويلبي طارق الليل البهيم
He lets his straight spear drink from his peers,
He drinks Sada from his peers,
And answers the visitor in the pitch-black night.
And answers the night caller, the terrified one.
رتبٌhonors غادرنهthey left him ذاpossessed of شغلٍpreoccupation
رتبٌ غادرنه ذا شغلٍ
بهواهاwith love for them عنaway from هوىlove of ظبيٍa gazelle وريمand a white gazelle
بهواها عن هوى ظبيٍ وريم
Honors have left him absorbed
Ranks he left due to his preoccupation,
In loving them, rather than loving gazelle or white gazelle.
With his love instead of the love of a gazelle and an oryx.
فالعُلىso lofty honors والقلبand the heart منfrom همتهhis resolve
فالعُلى والقلب من همته
بينbetween إِعمالputting to work رويٍّdeliberation ورسيمand swift advance
بين إِعمال رويٍّ ورسيم
So lofty honors and his heart, driven by his resolve,
So the glory and the heart from his ambition,
Move between active deliberation and swift advance.
Between implementing a garden and meadow.
وعلىand upon الأحياءthe living دينٌa debt فادحٌcrushing
وعلى الأحياء دينٌ فادحٌ
أوسعfilled الدهرthe ages بهwith it مطلُdelay in payment الغريمthe debtor
أوسع الدهر به مطلُ الغريم
And the living owe a crushing debt;
And over the living there is an overwhelming debt,
The debtor's delay has filled the ages with it.
The enemy spreads it, having a long hope.
كلماwhenever طولعَwas pressed for payment حالتintervened دونهُin its way
كلما طولعَ حالت دونهُ
سورةthe fury of المقدارfate لاnot بأسthe might of الخصومthe foes
سورة المقدار لا بأس الخصوم
Whenever payment is sought, what bars the way
Whenever he rises, the limits of fate prevent him,
Is the fury of fate, not the foes' might.
Like insurmountable strong fortifications.
ياO لقوميfor my people منof نزارNizar غارةًa raid
يا لقومي من نزار غارةً
تخلطُmingles القومthe people بريئاًunhurt بسقيمwith one wounded
تخلطُ القوم بريئاً بسقيم
O my people of Nizar, let there be a raid
Oh my people, what an outstanding raid,
That mingles the people, unhurt and wounded,
That mixes the innocent with the sick.
تعجلgives no time to الفارسthe horseman عنfor تحصينهhis armoring himself
تعجل الفارس عن تحصينه
وجريحand the wounded man of القومthe people عنfor شدbinding الكلومthe wounds
وجريح القوم عن شد الكلوم
Giving the horseman no time to armor himself,
It makes the horseman hurry away from his fortification,
Nor their wounded time to bind their wounds.
And the wounded one from bandaging his wound.
فبعيدٌfor far off دركُthe attainment of المجدِglory ولمand have not
فبعيدٌ دركُ المجدِ ولم
أحملI force النفسthe soul علىinto الهولthe terror العظيمmighty
أحمل النفس على الهول العظيم
For glory is far beyond reach while I have not
So recognizing glory is far, and I have not
Driven my soul into mighty terror,
Borne myself upon the great horror.
وأثيرand I raise النَّقعthe battle-dust منfrom أنديةٍassemblies
وأثير النَّقع من أنديةٍ
يعبقُgives off fragrance المندلُaloeswood فيهاin them بالنسيمon the breeze
يعبقُ المندلُ فيها بالنسيم
And raised battle-dust from assemblies
And the striking of tents in encampments,
Where aloeswood scents the breeze,
Where the incense burner scents with the breeze.
بمامينwith noble warriors صباحbright-faced كشموسٍlike suns
بمامين صباح كشموسٍ
وخناذيذَand powerful stallions جيادٍfine steeds كنجومlike stars
وخناذيذَ جيادٍ كنجوم
With noble warriors, bright-faced as suns,
With the retainers of a morning like lamps,
And powerful, noble steeds like stars,
And racing steeds like stars.
عادياتgalloping ترجفُtrembles الأرضthe earth لهاbecause of them
عاديات ترجفُ الأرض لها
برجالwith men مثلlike حنَّانthe roaring lion of الصَّريمْthe thicket
برجال مثل حنَّان الصَّريمْ
Galloping so that the earth shakes beneath them,
Racing she-camels that shake the earth,
Bearing men like the thicket's roaring lion.
With men like the towering Hannan.
يومon a day لاnot حسنthe beauty of الغوانيfair women شافعٌan intercessor
يوم لا حسن الغواني شافعٌ
عندbefore ذيthe wielder of الطعنspear-thrusts ولاnor ودُّthe affection of الحميمthe close friend
عند ذي الطعن ولا ودُّ الحميم
On a day when fair women's beauty cannot intercede
A day when the beautiful slave girl is no intercessor,
With the spear-wielder, nor can a close friend's affection.
With the critic, nor is the love of a friend.
واشتجارand the clash of الضربblows منfrom حرَّتهits heat
واشتجار الضرب من حرَّته
مذهلdistracting الأمِّthe mother عنfrom الطفلthe child الرؤومtenderly loving
مذهل الأمِّ عن الطفل الرؤوم
And the clash of blows, in its fierce heat,
And the clamor of beating overwhelmed,
Makes the loving mother forget her child.
The anxious mother from the crying infant.
وسليمand the unhurt man of الفلِّthe routed host ملقٍcasting down نفسهhimself
وسليم الفلِّ ملقٍ نفسه
فترىso you see كلevery سليمٍunhurt man ككليمlike a wounded man
فترى كل سليمٍ ككليم
And the unhurt man of the routed host casts himself down,
And the brave youth threw himself,
So you see every unhurt man as though wounded.
So you see every brave one like Kalim.
اضعفweakened الروعَfear قواهمtheir strength فاغْتدىso it came to be
اضعف الروعَ قواهم فاغْتدى
عَسلانُthe quivering of الرمحthe spear فيin ساقthe shin of الهزيمthe routed man
عَسلانُ الرمح في ساق الهزيم
Fear sapped their strength, so now
The weakest of them attacked fiercely,
The spear quivers in the routed man's shin.
The slick spear in the flank of the retreating one.
أناI بالروعfor terror كفيلa guarantor والعُلىand lofty honors
أنا بالروع كفيل والعُلى
كافلاتٌguarantors ليfor me بالملكof kingship العقيمbarren of kinship
كافلاتٌ لي بالملك العقيم
I am surety for terror, and lofty honors
I guarantee courage, and glory
Guarantee me kingship, barren of kinship.
Guarantees for me the fruitless kingdom.
وبنوand the sons of الزوراءal-Zawra منthrough هزلهمtheir frivolity
وبنو الزوراء من هزلهم
شُغلواthey were distracted عنfrom حملbearing أعباءِthe burdens of الهمومcares
شُغلوا عن حمل أعباءِ الهموم
And the sons of al-Zawra, through their frivolity,
And the sons of Zoraa busied themselves with their joking,
Are distracted from bearing the burdens of care.
Distracted from bearing the burdens of worries.
حسبواthey thought أنيthat I منهمwas one of them مثلماjust as
حسبوا أني منهم مثلما
صحَّفmisread the letters of القومthe people رجيماً'accursed' برحيمas 'merciful'
صحَّف القوم رجيماً برحيم
They thought me one of them, just as
They thought I was one of them, just as
People misread rajim, 'accursed,' as rahim, 'merciful.'
The people wrongly identified Rahim as Rajim.
لستُI am not بالكلِّa dependent burden علىupon حيكمُyour clan
لستُ بالكلِّ على حيكمُ
مُنْصلُيmy blade ماضٍkeen وبيتيand my house فيin الصميمthe pure stock
مُنْصلُي ماضٍ وبيتي في الصميم
I am no burden upon your clan;
I am not one of you in your affairs,
My blade is keen, and my house is of pure stock.
A protector of the past, while my abode is fortified.
أنthat ذاDhu, possessor of الأعوادthe wooden staffs منيof mine لأبٌsurely an ancestor
أن ذا الأعواد مني لأبٌ
باذلbestowing الرفدbounty ومناعُand a staunch defender of الحريمthe protected household
باذل الرفد ومناعُ الحريم
For Dhu al-A'wad is indeed an ancestor of mine,
That this one with tent poles is a father to me,
A giver of bounty and staunch defender of his household,
Generous in gifts, protecting the sanctuary.
ضاربpitching القبَّةthe tent للاجيfor the refuge-seeker وقدwhile already
ضارب القبَّة للاجي وقد
أخذseized الضيمُoppression بأطواقby the collars of المضيمthe oppressed
أخذ الضيمُ بأطواق المضيم
Pitching a tent for the refuge-seeker while
Striking the dome for refugees, and injustice
Oppression had seized the wronged by their collars,
Has taken the oppressed in its grip.
حينwhen لاno أمرcommand of نبيِّa prophet طاعةٌobedience
حين لا أمر نبيِّ طاعةٌ
توجبmakes binding الحُكمthe judgment ولاnor فتوىa legal ruling of العليمthe learned man
توجب الحُكم ولا فتوى العليم
When no obedience to a prophet's command
When there is no command of the Prophet, obedience
Made judgment binding, nor did a learned man's ruling.
That necessitates rule, nor the jurist's decree.
منwho لخيليfor my cavalry أنthat تُرىbe seen مبثوثةًdeployed
من لخيلي أن تُرى مبثوثةً
أُمَمًclose before الحيthe tribe تمطَّىstretching forward بالشكيمْagainst the bits
أُمَمً الحي تمطَّى بالشكيمْ
Who will grant that my cavalry be seen deployed
If only my horses were seen scattered,
Before the tribe, straining at their bits,
Hordes of the living, mounted with dignity.
توسعoverwhelms الأعداءthe enemies طرداًwith pursuit مثلماjust as
توسع الأعداء طرداً مثلما
طردdrove away الفقرpoverty فتىthe young son of عبدAbd, servant of الكريمal-Karim, the Generous
طرد الفقر فتى عبد الكريم
Hounding the enemy far and wide, just as
The enemies flee like the poverty,
Abd al-Karim's son drove poverty away?
That expelled the young servant of the Generous.
Sol 6.1