بُرجٌBurj يُؤَثِّمُنيaccuses me of sin وَيَكفُرُand denies نِعمَتيmy favor
بُرجٌ يُؤَثِّمُني وَيَكفُرُ نِعمَتي
صَمّيstrike! لِماfor what قالَsaid الكَفيلُthe guarantor صَمامِO crushing calamity!
صَمّي لِما قالَ الكَفيلُ صَمامِ
Burj accuses me of wrongdoing and denies my favors.
A tower that makes me sinful and ungrateful
Strike, O crushing calamity, for what the guarantor said!
Deaf to what the guarantor said, deafness of resolve
مَهلاًeasy! أَباO father of زَيدٍZayd فَإِنَّكَfor indeed you إِنif تَشَأyou wish
مَهلاً أَبا زَيدٍ فَإِنَّكَ إِن تَشَأ
أورِدكَI shall lead you to water عُرضَthe midst of مَناهِلٍwatering places أَسدامِstagnant
أورِدكَ عُرضَ مَناهِلٍ أَسدامِ
Easy, Abu Zayd, for if you wish,
Wait Abu Zaid, for if you wish
I shall lead you into the midst of stagnant watering places.
I will lead you to meadows of running springs
أورِدكَI shall lead you to water أَقلِبَةًwells إِذاwhen حافَلتَهاyou confront them
أورِدكَ أَقلِبَةً إِذا حافَلتَها
خَوضَwading of القَعودِthe young camel خَبيئَةَconcealed الأَخصامِthe sides
خَوضَ القَعودِ خَبيئَةَ الأَخصامِ
I shall lead you to wells: when you confront them,
I will lead you to destiny, if you plunge in
you wade like a young camel, their sides concealed.
The wading of the seated, the hiding place of adversaries
أَقبَلتُI came مِنfrom أَرضِthe land of الحِجازِthe Hijaz بِذِمَّةٍwith a pledge of protection
أَقبَلتُ مِن أَرضِ الحِجازِ بِذِمَّةٍ
عُطُلاًunadorned أُسَوِّقُهاI drive it along بِغَيرِwithout خِطامِa halter
عُطُلاً أُسَوِّقُها بِغَيرِ خِطامِ
I came from the land of the Hijaz with a pledge of protection,
I came from the land of Hejaz under protection
unadorned, driving it without a halter.
With freed camels I drive without reins
فيin إِثرِthe wake of إِخوانٍbrothers لَناof ours مِنfrom طَيِّءٍTayy
في إِثرِ إِخوانٍ لَنا مِن طَيِّءٍ
لَيسواthey are not بِأَكفاءٍequals وَلاnor بِكِرامِnoble men
لَيسوا بِأَكفاءٍ وَلا بِكِرامِ
In the wake of brothers of ours from Tayy,
In the wake of brothers of ours from Tayy’
who are neither equals nor noble men.
Who are not equals nor honorable
لاdo not تَحسَبَنَّever think أَخاO brother of العَفاطَةِthe herdsmen أَنَّنيthat I
لا تَحسَبَنَّ أَخا العَفاطَةِ أَنَّني
رَجُلٌa man بِخُبرِكَabout your affairs لَيسَis not بِالعَلّامِthoroughly knowledgeable
رَجُلٌ بِخُبرِكَ لَيسَ بِالعَلّامِ
Do not think, O brother of the herdsmen, that I am
Do not think, oh naive brother, that I
a man without thorough knowledge of your affairs.
Am a man uninformed, not knowledgeable
فَاِستَنزَلوكَso they made you come down وَقَدand already بَلَلتَyou wetted نِطاقَهاher girdle
فَاِستَنزَلوكَ وَقَد بَلَلتَ نِطاقَها
عَنfrom بِنتِthe daughter of أُمِّكِyour mother وَالذُيولُand the hems دَواميbloodstained
عَن بِنتِ أُمِّكِ وَالذُيولُ دَوامي
So they made you come down, after you had wetted her girdle,
So they asked you for help, and you wetted its utterance
from your mother's daughter, while the hems were bloodstained.
About the daughter of your mother, and the trains are my pillar
Sol 6.1