لِدُنياكَyour world has حُسنٌbeauty عَلىdespite أَنَّنيthat I
لِدُنياكَ حُسنٌ عَلى أَنَّني
أَرىI see حُسنَّهاits beauty حَسَناًa beauty مُخلِقاgrowing worn
أَرى حُسنَّها حَسَناً مُخلِقا
Your world has beauty, though I
see its beauty as a beauty worn thin.
فَماfor not طُلِّقَتwas divorced هِيَshe بَلrather طَلَّقَتshe divorced
فَما طُلِّقَت هِيَ بَل طَلَّقَت
وَلَستَand you are not بِأَوَّلِthe first مَنone who طُلِّقاwas divorced
وَلَستَ بِأَوَّلِ مَن طُلِّقا
For she was not divorced; rather, she did the divorcing,
and you are not the first to be divorced.
فَلاso do not تَأسَفَنَّever grieve عَلىover مَطلَبٍa goal
فَلا تَأسَفَنَّ عَلى مَطلَبٍ
يَفوتُslips away إِذاwhen بابُهُits door أُغلِقاis shut
يَفوتُ إِذا بابُهُ أُغلِقا
So never grieve over a goal
that eludes you when its door is shut.
أَرىI see حَلَباًAleppo حازَهاhe has seized it صالِحٌSalih
أَرى حَلَباً حازَها صالِحٌ
وَجالَand ranged سِنانٌSinan عَلىacross جِلَّقاJilliq
وَجالَ سِنانٌ عَلى جِلَّقا
I see that Salih has seized Aleppo,
and Sinan has ranged across Jilliq.
وَحَسّانُand Hassan فيamong سَلَفَيthe two ancestral branches of طَيِّئٍTayyi
وَحَسّانُ في سَلَفَي طَيِّئٍ
يُصَرِّفُhe wheels مِنby virtue of عِزِّهِhis might أَبلَقاa piebald steed
يُصَرِّفُ مِن عِزِّهِ أَبلَقا
And Hassan, among Tayyi’s two ancestral branches,
wheels a piebald steed in his might.
فَلَمّاand when رَأَتsaw خَيلُهُمtheir cavalry بِالغُبارِin the dust
فَلَمّا رَأَت خَيلُهُم بِالغُبارِ
ثَغاماًwhite-plumed thagham-grass عَلىabove جَيشِهِمtheir army عُلِّقاwas hung
ثَغاماً عَلى جَيشِهِم عُلِّقا
And when their cavalry saw in the dust
thagham-grass hanging above their army,
رَمَتit assailed جامِعَthe congregational mosque of الرَملَةِRamla المُستَضامَthe wronged
رَمَت جامِعَ الرَملَةِ المُستَضامَ
فَأَصبَحَso it became بِالدَمِّwith blood قَدindeed خُلِّقاanointed
فَأَصبَحَ بِالدَمِّ قَد خُلِّقا
it assailed Ramla’s wronged congregational mosque,
and so it was anointed with blood.
وَماand what يَنفَعُbenefits الكاعِبَthe budding-breasted maiden المُستَباthe captive (continued)
وَما يَنفَعُ الكاعِبَ المُستَبا
ةَfeminine ending completing ‘captive’ هامٌheads عَلىupon عَضَبٍa keen sword فُلَّقاwere cleft
ةَ هامٌ عَلى عَضَبٍ فُلَّقا
And what good to the captive, budding-breasted maiden
are heads cleft upon a keen sword?
وَطَلُّand went unavenged قَتيلٌa slain man فَلَمso not يُدَّكَرwas remembered
وَطَلُّ قَتيلٌ فَلَم يُدَّكَر
وَغُلَّand was shackled أَسيرٌa captive فَماso not أُطلِقاwas released
وَغُلَّ أَسيرٌ فَما أُطلِقا
And a slain man went unavenged and unremembered,
and a captive was shackled and never released.
وَكَمand how many تَرِكَتshe left آهِلاًa man with family وَحدَهُby himself
وَكَم تَرِكَت آهِلاً وَحدَهُ
وَكَمand how many غادَرَتshe left مُثريّاًa wealthy man مُملِقاdestitute
وَكَم غادَرَت مُثريّاً مُملِقا
And many a man with kin she has left alone,
and many a wealthy man she has left destitute,
يُسائِلُasking فيamong الحَيِّthe tribe عَنabout مالِهِhis wealth
يُسائِلُ في الحَيِّ عَن مالِهِ
وَماand what القَولُcan be said فيabout طائِرٍa bird حَلَّقاsoared aloft
وَما القَولُ في طائِرٍ حَلَّقا
asking among the tribe about his wealth—
yet what can be said of a bird that has soared aloft?
وَلمand not يَكُwas دَهرُهُمُtheir age شاعِراًa poet
وَلم يَكُ دَهرُهُمُ شاعِراً
وَلَكِنَّهُbut it لَمnot يَزَلceased مُفلِقاbringing astounding calamities
وَلَكِنَّهُ لَم يَزَل مُفلِقا
And their age was no poet,
yet it has never ceased to work dreadful wonders.
إِذاif كانَis هَذاthis فِعالُthe conduct of الزَمانِTime
إِذا كانَ هَذا فِعالُ الزَمانِ
فَإِنَّthen surely بِهِwithin it كامِناًlurking أَولَقاmadness
فَإِنَّ بِهِ كامِناً أَولَقا
If such are the deeds of Time,
then surely madness lurks within it.
فَلَيتَso, would that السِمّاكَينِthe two Simak stars لَمnot يَطلُعاboth rise
فَلَيتَ السِمّاكَينِ لَم يَطلُعا
وَلَيتَand would that المُنيرَينِthe two luminaries لَمnot يُخلَقاboth be created
وَلَيتَ المُنيرَينِ لَم يُخلَقا
Would that the two Simak stars had never risen,
and would that the two luminaries had never been created.
Sol 6.1