عوجَاturn aside, you two علىupon طللruined dwelling الخزاعاal-Khuza‘a خلّانfriends
عوجَا على طلل الخزاعا خلّان
عربيArabian (unclear here) العبيلةal-‘Ubayla شرقيeast of رأسheadland علانِ‘Allan
عربي العبيلة شرقي رأس علانِ
Turn aside, friends, to the ruins of al-Khuza‘a,
He roamed the ruins of Khuza'a left behind,
Arabian al-‘Ubayla [wording unclear], east of Ra’s ‘Allan;
An Arab of a noble lineage, eastern Al-An.
وحيثand where مغنىdwelling اللوىal-Liwa والأبرقينand al-Abraqayn لناfor us
وحيث مغنى اللوى والأبرقين لنا
معاهدfamiliar haunts لثمينfor the precious (unclear here) الأثلthe tamarisk والبانِand the ban tree
معاهد لثمين الأثل والبانِ
And where the dwelling at al-Liwa and al-Abraqayn was ours,
Where there was once singing and pipes for us,
Familiar haunts of precious tamarisk and ban trees.
Are treaties for the precious and the white sheep.
ومنand from طويلعTuwayli‘ رقمmarkings السَّفحthe hillside قدalready دثرتhave vanished
ومن طويلع رقم السَّفح قد دثرت
طمساًobliteration معاهدهits familiar places منfrom بعدِafter قحطانِQahtan
طمساً معاهده من بعدِ قحطانِ
And from Tuwayli‘, the hillside’s markings have vanished,
And from Toayl'a the flank of the slopes have been covered
Its familiar places obliterated after Qahtan.
With a veil, the treaties gone after Qahtan.
رسمa vestige تغيِّرهalter it الأرياحُthe winds مذsince همرتpoured
رسم تغيِّره الأرياحُ مذ همرت
بهupon it أصائلlate afternoons منof غدقٍabundant rain وتهنانِand tahnan (unclear)
به أصائل من غدقٍ وتهنانِ
A vestige the winds have altered, ever since rain poured
The winds have changed its features since they roared
Upon it in late afternoons, with abundant rain and tahnan [unclear].
With hosts from Judham and Tayy and Tahan.
تحسبهyou imagine it منfrom خلالamid المزنthe rain-clouds صائبهits pouring rain
تحسبه من خلال المزن صائبه
تطميswamps معالمlandmarks أطلالٍruined dwellings وغيطانِand lowlands
تطمي معالم أطلالٍ وغيطانِ
You imagine its pouring rain, through the rain-clouds,
You would think them, through the twisting sands,
Swamping the landmarks of ruined dwellings and lowlands.
Covering the features of ruins and sands.
فاضoverflowed المجلجلthe thunderous rain قدalready حاقengulfed الرسومthe traces وقدand already
فاض المجلجل قد حاق الرسوم وقد
هاضshattered الملثُّthe persistent rain علىupon ربعٍa dwelling بمرنانِat Marnan
هاض الملثُّ على ربعٍ بمرنانِ
The thunderous rain overflowed and engulfed the traces; and
The torrent overflowed, erasing the shapes, and
The persistent rain shattered a dwelling at Marnan.
The place languished over a land of Marnan.
أقولI say ولمand did not يبقremain ليfor me منfrom بعدِafter ساكنِهits dweller
أقول ولم يبق لي من بعدِ ساكنِه
إلّاexcept مراتعُgrazing grounds منfor وحشwild beasts وصيرانِand herds of wild cattle
إلّا مراتعُ من وحش وصيرانِ
I speak, with nothing left to me after its dweller
I say, and none of its inhabitants remain for me
But grazing grounds for wild beasts and herds of wild cattle.
Except the grazing lands of beasts and crickets.
ربعٌa dwelling لجاريةٍof a maiden حوراءَwide, dark-eyed غانيةٍnaturally beautiful
ربعٌ لجاريةٍ حوراءَ غانيةٍ
حوريّةa houri جُعلتwas fashioned فيin خَلقِthe form of إنسانِa human
حوريّة جُعلت في خَلقِ إنسانِ
A dwelling of a lovely maiden with wide, dark eyes,
A land for a lovely singing slave girl,
A houri fashioned in human form.
A houri created in the form of a human.
غيداءُgraceful ساميةٌlofty ريداءdelicate ضاميةٌslender
غيداءُ ساميةٌ ريداء ضاميةٌ
هيفاءُslender-waisted ناميةٌfull-grown تسموrises high بأخدانِamong companions
هيفاءُ ناميةٌ تسمو بأخدانِ
Graceful, lofty, delicate and slender,
Radiant, sublime, gentle, embracing,
Slender-waisted, full-grown, lofty among her companions.
Sleepy, growing with cheeks.
بيضاءُfair عاليةٌexalted تزهوis resplendent بغاليةٍwith ghaliya perfume
بيضاءُ عاليةٌ تزهو بغاليةٍ
بضَّاءsoft-skinned طاليةٌanointed منwith عطرِهاher perfume القانِthe crimson
بضَّاء طاليةٌ من عطرِها القانِ
Fair and exalted, resplendent with ghaliya perfume,
White, lofty, blossoming with glory,
Soft-skinned, anointed with her crimson fragrance.
Laughing white, with the perfume of coats.
غنجاًcoquettish معطّفةcurving روحاwide-thighed ملطَّفةmade delicate
غنجاً معطّفة روحا ملطَّفة
ظمياslender-lipped مهفهفةsvelte فيin عطفِa curve وهنانِlanguid
ظميا مهفهفة في عطفِ وهنانِ
Coquettish and curving, wide-thighed and delicate,
Leafy, gentle of soul, pleasant,
Slender-lipped and svelte, with a languid curve.
Adorned, swaying with tenderness and bliss.
حسناًbeautiful عواجبُهاher charms حمراcrimson رواجبُهاher finger-joints
حسناً عواجبُها حمرا رواجبُها
ترميshoot حواجبُهاher eyebrows منfrom سهمan arrow إنسانِthe eye’s pupil
ترمي حواجبُها من سهم إنسانِ
Beautiful are her charms; crimson are her finger-joints;
Her qualities are goodness, her cheeks redness,
Her brows shoot an arrow from the pupil of her eye.
Her eyebrows shoot arrows from human bows.
وضَّاحُbright مغرقُهاher crown (uncertain) منfrom فوقabove مفرقِهاher hair’s parting
وضَّاحُ مغرقُها من فوق مفرقِها
كالشمسlike the sun مشرقُهاher radiance ضوءٌlight بلمعانِwith brilliance
كالشمس مشرقُها ضوءٌ بلمعانِ
Bright is her crown above her hair’s parting [reading uncertain];
Her forehead's splendor from her hairline
Like the sun, her radiance is light aglitter.
Is like the rising sun, beaming with light.
لعساdusky-lipped ملاثمهاher kissing lips سلساًsmooth ملاهمهاher mouth-parts (uncertain)
لعسا ملاثمها سلساً ملاهمها
مُلساًsmooth ملازمُهاher embraces (uncertain) تاهتshe gloried بإحسانِin excellence
مُلساً ملازمُها تاهت بإحسانِ
Dusky are her kissing lips, smooth her mouth [reading uncertain];
Maybe her soft speech gently touches,
Smooth are her embraces; she glories in excellence.
Smoothly clinging, lost in kindness.
رخصاًtender حقائبهاher haunches أعلىabove حزايقهاher girdled parts (unclear)
رخصاً حقائبها أعلى حزايقها
فاحتexhaled fragrance حدائقهاher gardens منfrom عترِfragrance قُنوانِpalm-clusters
فاحت حدائقها من عترِ قُنوانِ
Tender are her haunches, above her girdled parts [reading uncertain];
Cheap are her burdens, atop her saddlebags,
Her gardens exhale the fragrance of palm-clusters.
Her gardens have spread the perfume of lawns.
فيin فرعهاher hair غسقٌdusk فيin خدِّهاher cheek فلقٌdaybreak
في فرعها غسقٌ في خدِّها فلقٌ
فيin ثغرهاher mouth دلقa flowing stream تزهوshe charms بألحانِwith melodies
في ثغرها دلق تزهو بألحانِ
In her hair is dusk; in her cheek, daybreak;
In her branch is dusk, in her cheek a slit,
In her mouth, a flowing stream; she charms with melodies.
In her lips a slice, blossoming with tunes.
زانتadorned سوالفهاher neck’s sides منهاupon her رفارفهاher fluttering draperies
زانت سوالفها منها رفارفها
فعماfull روادفُهاher haunches أحقافcurving sand-ridges كُثبانِsand dunes
فعما روادفُها أحقاف كُثبانِ
Her fluttering draperies adorn the sides of her neck;
Her conversations are adorned, her companionships
Full are her haunches—arching ridges of sand dunes.
Crowd the dunes with song and music.
وسناءdrowsy مقلتهاher eye حسناءlovely وجنتهاher cheek
وسناء مقلتها حسناء وجنتها
حبباbubbles برشفتهاin her sip منfrom كأسa cup نشوانِan intoxicated drinker
حببا برشفتها من كأس نشوانِ
Drowsy is her eye; lovely is her cheek;
The splendor of her eyes and beauty of her dimples
Bubbles in her sip, from an intoxicated drinker’s cup.
Have captivated with a cup of joy.
ظنّتshe thought براقعهاher face-veils منهاof her مقانعهاher head-coverings
ظنّت براقعها منها مقانعها
تخفوconceals (reading uncertain) مصانعهاher fashioned beauties (uncertain) جلبابa robe صنعانِSan‘an
تخفو مصانعها جلباب صنعانِ
She thought her face-veils were her own head-coverings;
Her veils conceal her masks, hiding
A robe of San‘an conceals her fashioned beauties [reading uncertain].
Her treasures, a cloak of San'aan.
لفَّتwrapped مآزرهاher waist-wrappers منهاof her موازرهاher girdled parts (uncertain)
لفَّت مآزرها منها موازرها
هانتgrew slight خواصرهاher flanks منfrom كشحa waist ظمآنِthirst-parched
هانت خواصرها من كشح ظمآنِ
Her waist-wrappers wound around her girdled parts;
She has wrapped her waistbands around her hips,
Her flanks grew slight, with a thirst-parched waist.
Her delicate waist faint from the thirst of yearning.
دُهماًdark ذوائبهاher tresses غنماًa prize ترائبهاher upper chest
دُهماً ذوائبها غنماً ترائبها
تهوىlove حبائبهاher beloved ones عهديmy pledge برضوانِwith approval
تهوى حبائبها عهدي برضوانِ
Dark are her tresses; her bosom is a prize;
Her black tresses are lambs, her braids are cattle,
Her beloved ones cherish my pledge with glad approval.
She desires her loved ones in my covenant of satisfaction.
فيin خَطوِهاher steps رسلease فيin مشيهاher walk كسلٌlanguor
في خَطوِها رسل في مشيها كسلٌ
ألفاظهاher words عسلٌhoney ريّاsaturated بألبانِwith milk
ألفاظها عسلٌ ريّا بألبانِ
In her steps is ease; in her walk, languor;
In her gait are messages, in her walking is grace,
Her words are honey, steeped in milk.
Her words are honey flowing with milk.
فيin خدِّهاher cheek لهبٌflame فيin صدرهاher breast ذهبٌgold
في خدِّها لهبٌ في صدرها ذهبٌ
بخالهاat her beauty-mark عجبٌa marvel ينموgrows برفعانِin exaltation
بخالها عجبٌ ينمو برفعانِ
In her cheek is flame; in her breast, gold;
In her cheek is flame, in her chest is gold,
At her beauty-mark is a marvel, growing in exaltation.
Her stinginess is wonder growing in ascent.
فيin كشرِهاher smile ضمرٌslenderness فيin قدِّهاher figure سمرٌbrown spears
في كشرِها ضمرٌ في قدِّها سمرٌ
أزهارهاher blossoms ثمرٌfruit يزهوflourishes برمَّانِwith pomegranates
أزهارها ثمرٌ يزهو برمَّانِ
In her smile is slenderness; in her figure, brown spears;
In her wink is plot, in her stature dusk,
Her blossoms are fruit, flourishing with pomegranates.
Her flowers are fruit growing with pomegranates.
فيin عينهاher eye وجلٌtimidity فيin خدِّهاher cheek خجلٌbashfulness
في عينها وجلٌ في خدِّها خجلٌ
فيin جيدِهاher neck زجلٌa ringing song يسموrises بأريانِwith aryan (unclear)
في جيدِها زجلٌ يسمو بأريانِ
In her eye is timidity; in her cheek, bashfulness;
In her eyes is fear, in her cheek shame,
At her neck is a ringing song, rising with aryan [unclear].
In her neck sound, rising to the highlands.
فيin حليهاher ornaments سطرa row فيin جعدِهاher curls عطرٌperfume
في حليها سطر في جعدِها عطرٌ
أرضابُهاher saliva مطرٌrain بالغصنِupon the bough والبانِand the ban tree
أرضابُها مطرٌ بالغصنِ والبانِ
In her ornaments are rows; in her curls, perfume;
In her jewelry is a line, in her curls fragrance,
Her saliva is rain upon bough and ban tree.
Her land is rain with the branch and white.
كافورُهاher camphor عرقٌsweat منظومهاher strung adornment ورقٌsilver
كافورُها عرقٌ منظومها ورقٌ
سربالهاher robe سرقfine silk فيwithin بردa mantle كتَّانِlinen
سربالها سرق في برد كتَّانِ
Her camphor is sweat; her strung adornment is silver;
Her camphor is sweat, her poem leaves,
Her robe is fine silk within a linen mantle.
Her gown stolen in the cool of cotton.
جلَّتrose high مراتبهاher ranks لمَّاwhen أعاتبُهاI reproach her
جلَّت مراتبها لمَّا أعاتبُها
قوليmy words ترايبهاher breastbones جوديbe generous بلقيانِwith a meeting
قولي ترايبها جودي بلقيانِ
Her rank rose high when I reproached her:
She surpasses the ranks when I reproach her,
My words to her bosom: ‘Be generous with a meeting.’
Say to her confused my generosity in union.
عهديmy recollection بهاof her سمحتshe permitted وصليmy union وقدand indeed منحتshe granted
عهدي بها سمحت وصلي وقد منحت
ماnot خلتُهاI imagined her جنحتshe inclined صدّاًto rejection بهجرانِwith abandonment
ما خلتُها جنحت صدّاً بهجرانِ
I recall her allowing me union and granting it;
My covenant with her was generosity and when I united
I never thought she would turn toward rejection and abandonment.
I did not let her incline to separation and estrangement.
أيَّامdays when تسعدنيshe delights me منهاwith herself وتوعدُنيand threatens me
أيَّام تسعدني منها وتوعدُني
فالآنbut now تبعدنيshe keeps me away عنهاfrom her وتنسانيand forgets me
فالآن تبعدني عنها وتنساني
In days when she delighted me with herself and threatened me;
Days that made me happy through her then threatened me,
But now she keeps me far from her and forgets me.
Now they distance me from her and make me forget.
قالتshe said تنبّهpay attention ليto me إنif كنتyou are ذاpossessing مهلٍleisure
قالت تنبّه لي إن كنت ذا مهلٍ
لاdo not تغتررbe deceived جهليmy ignorance تغروbe lured (unclear) بنقصانِinto deficiency
لا تغترر جهلي تغرو بنقصانِ
She said: ‘Attend to me, if you have time;
She said, take heed if you have any patience -
Do not be deceived by my ignorance, or lured into deficiency [wording unclear].
Do not be fooled by my ignorance, tempted by loss.
فاِعلَمso know ترىyou see حَسبيmy honor يكفيكsuffices you عنin place of نسبيmy lineage
فاِعلَم ترى حَسبي يكفيك عن نسبي
هلdo تعرفنَّyou know (emphatic) أبيmy father منfrom زيدِZayd كهلانِKahlan
هل تعرفنَّ أبي من زيدِ كهلانِ
Know—you see—that my honor suffices you without my lineage.
Know that you see my lineage suffices you beyond my ancestry.
Do you know my father, of Zayd of Kahlan?’
Do you know who my father is from old Zayd of Kulan?
فقلتthen I said اِسمعيlisten ممّاto what أقولI say وعيand understand
فقلت اِسمعي ممّا أقول وعي
هلdo تعلميyou know فرعيmy branch منfrom آلthe house of عدنانِ‘Adnan
هل تعلمي فرعي من آل عدنانِ
Then I said: ‘Listen to what I say, and heed it:
So I said listen to what I say and understand -
Do you know my branch of the house of ‘Adnan?
Do you know my origin is from Adnan's house?
وَمنand from كنانةKinana ليfor me أصلاًancestry ومنand from مضرMudar
وَمن كنانة لي أصلاً ومن مضر
وقُربand closeness آلthe house of رسولthe Messenger اللَهGod قربانِan offering
وقُرب آل رسول اللَه قربانِ
And my roots are in Kinana, and in Mudar,
And from Kinana I have ancestry and from Mudar
And closeness to the house of God’s Messenger is an offering—
And nearness to the Prophet's family of offerings.
محمَّدMuhammad فصلاةso the blessing اللَهGod تختمهseals it
محمَّد فصلاة اللَه تختمه
تُهدىis bestowed رسالتهhis message للإنسupon humankind والجانِand the jinn
تُهدى رسالته للإنس والجانِ
Muhammad—may God’s blessing seal it;
Muhammad, may Allah's prayers complete him,
His message is bestowed upon humankind and the jinn.’
His message is gifted to mankind and spirits.
Sol 6.1