مِنof قُعدُدِthose nearest the ancestral root العَرَبِthe Arabs الَّذينَwho أَكُفُّهُمtheir hands
مِن قُعدُدِ العَرَبِ الَّذينَ أَكُفُّهُم
تعطيgive عَلىin الإِكثارِabundance وَالإِقلالِand scarcity
تعطي عَلى الإِكثارِ وَالإِقلالِ
Of the Arabs’ noblest stock, whose hands
give in plenty and in want.
يَمشونَthey walk مِنconsisting of أَضيافِهِمtheir guests وسيوفهمand their swords
يَمشونَ مِن أَضيافِهِم وسيوفهم
وَوُحوشِهِمand their wild beasts وَالطَيرِand the birds بَينَamong عِيالِdependents
وَوُحوشِهِم وَالطَيرِ بَينَ عِيالِ
They walk among their guests and their swords,
their wild beasts and birds—all their dependents.
وَهُمُand they الشُموسُthe suns الطالِعاتُrising وَرُبَّماand sometimes
وَهُمُ الشُموسُ الطالِعاتُ وَرُبَّما
أَمسَكتَyou grasped مِنهُمfrom them موثَقاتِsecurely fastened حِبالِropes
أَمسَكتَ مِنهُم موثَقاتِ حِبالِ
And they are rising suns, and sometimes
you grasp securely fastened ropes from them.
يَمشيhe walks بِهاwith them سُرُجاًas lamps وَيَومُكَwhile your day مُظلِمٌdark
يَمشي بِها سُرُجاً وَيَومُكَ مُظلِمٌ
فَتَرىso you see الذَوابِلَthe slender spears نُصِّلَتwere fitted with points بِذُبالِwith wicks
فَتَرى الذَوابِلَ نُصِّلَت بِذُبالِ
He walks with them as lamps while your day is dark,
so you see slender spears tipped with wicks.
مِثلَlike الصِلالِthe vipers يَحوفُcircles round نَفثُvenomous breath طِعانِهاtheir thrusts
مِثلَ الصِلالِ يَحوفُ نَفثُ طِعانِها
يَستَلئِمُdons armor العاريthe naked man ثِيابَgarments صِلالِvipers
يَستَلئِمُ العاري ثِيابَ صِلالِ
Like vipers, the venomous breath of their thrusts circles round;
the naked man dons vipers’ garments as armor.
وَيَحَرُّهاand he kindles them طَوراًat times وَيَصلىand he endures حَرَّهاtheir heat
وَيَحَرُّها طَوراً وَيَصلى حَرَّها
فَيَكونُso he becomes مُحتَطِباًa wood-gatherer وَطَوراًand at other times صالِone who burns
فَيَكونُ مُحتَطِباً وَطَوراً صالِ
And at times he kindles them, and endures their heat,
so he becomes a wood-gatherer, and at other times one who burns.
Sol 6.1