أَخَبَّتdid they trot? رِكابيmy riding camels أَمor أُتيحَwas granted لَهاto them خَبتُa low-lying plain
أَخَبَّت رِكابي أَم أُتيحَ لَها خَبتُ
عَميمُabundant in رِياضٍmeadows ماnot يَزالُceases بِهِin it نَبتُvegetation
عَميمُ رِياضٍ ما يَزالُ بِهِ نَبتُ
Did my riding camels trot, or was a low-lying plain granted them,
My mount have stumbled or was I allowed to stumble
rich in meadows, where vegetation is ever present?
Over a lush meadow whose plants are still sprouting
وَكَفَّرَهاand cloaked them لَيلٌnight تَرَهَّبَbecame monks شُهبُهُits bright stars
وَكَفَّرَها لَيلٌ تَرَهَّبَ شُهبُهُ
تُخالُare taken for يَهوداًJews عاقَhindered عَنfrom سَيرِهاtheir journey السَبتُthe Sabbath
تُخالُ يَهوداً عاقَ عَن سَيرِها السَبتُ
And night cloaked them, its bright stars having become monks;
And a night with falling stars atoned for it
they seem like Jews whom the Sabbath kept from their journey.
Looking like a Jew who had abandoned the Sabbath
وَهَيَّجَهاand stirred them قَولٌtalk يُقالُis spoken عَنِabout الحِمىthe protected pasture
وَهَيَّجَها قَولٌ يُقالُ عَنِ الحِمى
وَذاكَand that حَديثٌa tale ماnot مُحَدِّثُهُits teller ثَبَتُtrustworthy
وَذاكَ حَديثٌ ما مُحَدِّثُهُ ثَبَتُ
And talk of the protected pasture stirred them;
And a saying roused it regarding the Sanctuary
and that is a tale whose teller is not trustworthy.
That is a narrative whose narrator is not steadfast
وَمَنand whoever عايَنَbeheld الدُنياthe world بِعَينٍthrough an eye مِنَof النُهىreason
وَمَن عايَنَ الدُنيا بِعَينٍ مِنَ النُهى
فَلاthen neither جَذَلٌjoy يُفضيreaches إِلَيهِto him وَلاnor كَبتُdejection
فَلا جَذَلٌ يُفضي إِلَيهِ وَلا كَبتُ
And he who views the world through the eye of reason
And whoever eyes the world with a prohibited eye
is reached by neither joy nor dejection.
No barrenness leads him to it, nor satiety
وَفيkept faith اللَهُGod ياO بَدرَfull moon السَماءِof heaven بِزَعمِهِwith His promise
وَفي اللَهُ يا بَدرَ السَماءِ بِزَعمِهِ
وَكَمand how many جُبتَyou traversed جِنحاًa span of night قَبلَbefore أَنthat يُعبَدَbe worshipped الجِبتُthe idol, al-Jibt
وَكَم جُبتَ جِنحاً قَبلَ أَن يُعبَدَ الجِبتُ
God kept His promise, O full moon of heaven;
By God! Oh full moon in his allegation
and how many a span of night you traversed before al-Jibt was worshipped!
How much you orbited before the idol was worshipped
يَعيشُlive أُناسٌsome people لاnot يَمِسُّtouches جُسومَهُمtheir bodies
يَعيشُ أُناسٌ لا يَمِسُّ جُسومَهُم
شُفوفٌsheer fabrics وَلاnor يَحذىis cut into shoes لِأَقدامِهِمfor their feet سِبتُtanned hide
شُفوفٌ وَلا يَحذى لِأَقدامِهِم سِبتُ
Some people live whose bodies are never touched
Some people live without their bodies being touched
by sheer fabrics, nor is tanned hide cut into shoes for their feet.
By pleasures, nor is debauchery suited for their feet
رَقَدتُI ran زَماناًfor a time ثُمَّthen أَرقَدَنيput me to sleep الوَنىweariness
رَقَدتُ زَماناً ثُمَّ أَرقَدَني الوَنى
وَأَلهَبتُand I raced دَهراًfor an age ثُمَّthen أَدرَكَنيovertook me الهَبتُfeebleness
وَأَلهَبتُ دَهراً ثُمَّ أَدرَكَني الهَبتُ
I ran for a time, then weariness put me to sleep;
I slept for a time, then sleepiness overcame me
and I raced for an age, then feebleness overtook me.
And I burned for an era, then senility overtook me
Sol 6.1