ياO مَربعاًa spring dwelling أخناlaid waste عليهِupon it بلاؤهits decay
يا مَربعاً أخنا عليهِ بلاؤه
بعدَafter الخليطِthe companions وطالَand grew long فيهin it ثواؤهُits stay
بعدَ الخليطِ وطالَ فيه ثواؤهُ
O spring dwelling, laid waste by its decay,
After the companions left, decay lingered long within.
بانَتdeparted أَوانسgraceful maidens خنسهِits snub-nosed wild cattle وظبائهِand its gazelles
بانَت أَوانس خنسهِ وظبائهِ
فتكنّستهso they made it their lair خنسهُits snub-nosed wild cattle وظباؤهُand its gazelles
فتكنّسته خنسهُ وظباؤهُ
Its graceful maidens—its wild cattle and gazelles—departed;
Then its wild cattle and gazelles made it their lair.
أَنعمbe blessed سلاماًwith peace منfrom كئيبٍa sorrowful man مدنفٍwasted by sickness
أَنعم سلاماً من كئيبٍ مدنفٍ
مَنَعتهkept him عَنfrom سلوانهِhis consolation أهواؤهُhis passions
مَنَعته عَن سلوانهِ أهواؤهُ
Receive a greeting of peace from a sorrowful, lovesick man,
Whose passions have kept him from consolation.
كلفٌlove-stricken نَأىwent far away الأحبابthe loved ones عنهfrom him فَأسبلتso streamed
كلفٌ نَأى الأحباب عنه فَأسبلت
عَبراتهhis tears وتقطّعتand were torn apart أحشاؤهُhis entrails
عَبراته وتقطّعت أحشاؤهُ
Love-stricken, his loved ones gone far from him, he shed
His tears, and his entrails were torn apart.
متصعّدُheaving الأنفاسِbreaths راحةُthe comfort of قلبهِhis heart
متصعّدُ الأنفاسِ راحةُ قلبهِ
وَصلُunion with الأحبّةِthe loved ones والفراقand separation شقاؤهُhis misery
وَصلُ الأحبّةِ والفراق شقاؤهُ
Heaving with sighs, his heart's comfort
Is union with loved ones; separation is his misery.
يَعلوrises حنيناًin yearning كلّماwhenever حنّتmoaned لهto him
يَعلو حنيناً كلّما حنّت له
تحتَbeneath الرحالِthe saddles وأَرزمتand rumbled أَنضاؤهُhis exhausted camels
تحتَ الرحالِ وأَرزمت أَنضاؤهُ
His longing cry rises whenever his camels moan to him,
And his weary mounts rumble beneath their saddles.
وَأغنّand a soft-voiced one مَعسولhoneyed المَراشفlips أغيدgracefully supple
وَأغنّ مَعسول المَراشف أغيد
يُحييgives life وَيتلفand destroys لطفهhis tenderness وحباؤهُand his favors
يُحيي وَيتلف لطفه وحباؤهُ
And a soft-voiced, honey-lipped, supple youth—
His tenderness and favors give life and bring death.
قبّلتI kissed وردةَthe rose of خدّهhis cheek فتضرّجتso it flushed
قبّلت وردةَ خدّه فتضرّجت
خجلاًin bashfulness وَحالand spread علىover الخدودِthe cheeks حياؤهُhis modesty
خجلاً وَحال على الخدودِ حياؤهُ
I kissed the rose of his cheek, and it flushed
With bashfulness, as his modesty suffused his cheeks.
شغفَwas enthralled الفؤادُthe heart بهِby him وهامَand wandered love-mad لأنّهbecause he
شغفَ الفؤادُ بهِ وهامَ لأنّه
دونَalone among الأنامِmankind سقامُهits sickness وشفاؤهُand its cure
دونَ الأنامِ سقامُه وشفاؤهُ
The heart adored him and wandered love-mad, for he
Alone among mankind is its sickness and its cure.
فَلحاظُso the glances of أَعيُنهhis eyes الفواترthe languid ones داؤهُits disease
فَلحاظُ أَعيُنه الفواتر داؤهُ
وَرضابُand the saliva of مبسمهِhis smiling mouth اللذيذdelicious دواؤهُits remedy
وَرضابُ مبسمهِ اللذيذ دواؤهُ
The glances of his languid eyes are its disease,
And the sweet moisture of his smiling mouth its remedy.
وَكأنّماand as though زهرthe blossoms of الإقاحةِthe daisy كشرهhis smiling teeth
وَكأنّما زهر الإقاحةِ كشره
وكأنّماand as though زهرthe blossoms of العبيرperfume شذاؤهُhis fragrance
وكأنّما زهر العبير شذاؤهُ
And his smiling teeth are like daisy blossoms,
And fragrant blossoms seem to be his scent.
نَشوانintoxicated ييأسbrings despair هجرهhis abandonment وصدودهand his rejection
نَشوان ييأس هجره وصدوده
منهof him ويقطعand cuts short مزحهhis playfulness ورضاؤهُand his favor
منه ويقطع مزحه ورضاؤهُ
Intoxicated: his abandonment and rejection bring despair
Of him, which his playfulness and favor dispel.
وَأحمّand a dark cloud منبجسgushing المدامعِthe tear-ducts نارُهits fire
وَأحمّ منبجس المدامعِ نارُه
فيin بطنهits belly منfrom حيثwhere كانit was وماؤهُand its water
في بطنه من حيث كان وماؤهُ
And a dark cloud whose tears gush forth; its fire
Is in its belly wherever it is, and so is its water.
بدرٌa full moon يَضوءshines إذاwhen تَبرقعbecame veiled وجههits face
بدرٌ يَضوء إذا تَبرقع وجهه
فيشفُّso grows translucent برقعهits veil بهwith it وملاؤهُand its mantle
فيشفُّ برقعه به وملاؤهُ
A full moon shines when its face is veiled,
So its veil and mantle turn translucent with its light.
هَطلُpouring rain الغزالةِthe sun مرجحنّheavy-laden لمnot تزلhave ceased
هَطلُ الغزالةِ مرجحنّ لم تزل
مُتواتراتsuccessive بالحياwith life-giving rain أنواؤهُits rain-bearing seasons
مُتواترات بالحيا أنواؤهُ
Sun-drenching and heavy-laden, it has always had
Successive seasons of life-giving rain.
يَغشىcovers أقاليمthe regions of البلادthe land ملثّهits unceasing rain
يَغشى أقاليم البلاد ملثّه
وتعمّand pervades آفاقthe horizons of السماءthe sky صباؤهُits east wind
وتعمّ آفاق السماء صباؤهُ
Its unceasing rain covers the regions of the land,
And its east wind fills the horizons of the sky.
فكأنّso it is as though جودَthe generosity of فلاحFalah وبلthe downpour of ربابهits clouds
فكأنّ جودَ فلاح وبل ربابه
لمّاwhen تجلجلresounded وبلُهits downpour وحياؤهُand its life-giving rain
لمّا تجلجل وبلُه وحياؤهُ
As though Falah's bounty were the downpour of its clouds,
When its downpour and life-giving rain resounded.
مَلكٌa king سَمتrose شَرفاًin nobility سماءُthe heaven of فخارهِhis glory
مَلكٌ سَمت شَرفاً سماءُ فخارهِ
حتّىuntil سَمتrose فوقَabove السماءِthe sky سماؤهُhis heaven
حتّى سَمت فوقَ السماءِ سماؤهُ
A king whose heaven of glory rose in nobility,
Until his heaven rose above the sky.
وفتىand a youth يقلُّis scant البحرthe sea عنهcompared with him مَواهباًin gifts
وفتى يقلُّ البحر عنه مَواهباً
ويخفّand grows slight عندbefore وفادِهhis visitors سنّاؤهُits splendor
ويخفّ عند وفادِه سنّاؤهُ
And a youth beside whom the sea is scant in gifts,
And its splendor seems slight to his visitors.
أَزرىput to shame بنائلِthe bounty of حاتمHatim وسخائهand his generosity
أَزرى بنائلِ حاتم وسخائه
فيin العصرthis age نائلهُhis bounty لناto us وسخاؤهُand his generosity
في العصر نائلهُ لنا وسخاؤهُ
Hatim's bounty and generosity have been put to shame
In this age by his bounty to us and his generosity.
أَضحتbecame مَساماًa pasture لِلوفودِfor delegations ربوعهhis dwellings
أَضحت مَساماً لِلوفودِ ربوعه
وَغَداand became حمىًa sanctuary للخائفينfor the fearful فناؤهُhis courtyard
وَغَدا حمىً للخائفين فناؤهُ
His dwellings have become a pasture for delegations,
And his courtyard has become a sanctuary for the fearful.
عمّembraced البريّةall creatures عَدلهُhis justice حتّىuntil غداbecame
عمّ البريّة عَدلهُ حتّى غدا
بِالذيبwith the wolf يأنسُfeels at ease فيin المراعيthe pastures شاؤهُhis sheep
بِالذيب يأنسُ في المراعي شاؤهُ
His justice embraced all creatures, until
His sheep felt at ease with the wolf in the pastures.
وَجَرىand proceeded القضاءُdestiny بماaccording to what جَرتran أقلامهُhis pens
وَجَرى القضاءُ بما جَرت أقلامهُ
وَتصرّفتand exercised control فيover شأنهits affairs آراؤهُhis judgments
وَتصرّفت في شأنه آراؤهُ
And destiny followed the course of his pens,
And his judgments governed its affairs.
ياO أيّهاyou الملكُthe king الّذيwho اِعترفتacknowledged لهto him
يا أيّها الملكُ الّذي اِعترفت له
بِالفضلof excellence منهfrom him وبالثناand with praise أعداؤهُhis enemies
بِالفضل منه وبالثنا أعداؤهُ
O king, to whom acknowledgment has been given
Of his excellence, with praise, by his enemies;
وَسَمتand rose بهِwith him فوقَabove السماthe sky أبراجهhis towers
وَسَمت بهِ فوقَ السما أبراجه
وَتَحاسدتهand vied in envy over him جيادهhis noble steeds ونضاؤهُand his worn-out camels
وَتَحاسدته جياده ونضاؤهُ
And his towers rose with him above the sky,
And his steeds and weary camels vied jealously for him.
إِنّيindeed I هَززتhave brandished الآنnow منكfrom you مهنّداًan Indian-forged sword
إِنّي هَززت الآن منك مهنّداً
لاnot ينثنيturns back دونَshort of المرامِthe goal مضاؤهُits cutting power
لا ينثني دونَ المرامِ مضاؤهُ
I have now brandished you as an Indian-forged sword,
Whose cutting power will not turn back short of the goal.
Sol 6.1