سَبَّحَglorified اللَهُGod طالِعٌa rising luminary مُستَنيرٌradiant
سَبَّحَ اللَهُ طالِعٌ مُستَنيرٌ
وَهِلالٌand a crescent مِثلُlike القُلامَةِa nail clipping ناحِلslender
وَهِلالٌ مِثلُ القُلامَةِ ناحِل
A radiant rising star glorified God,
Allah be praised, a bright dawn rises
And a crescent, slender as a nail clipping.
And a crescent like an elegant bow
وَبَدَتand appeared مِنamong بَناتِthe Daughters نَعشٍthe Bier غَوانٍbeautiful women
وَبَدَت مِن بَناتِ نَعشٍ غَوانٍ
لَمdid not يُصِبهاtouch them مِنwith إِثمِدِantimony kohl اللَيلِthe night كاحِلa kohl-applier
لَم يُصِبها مِن إِثمِدِ اللَيلِ كاحِل
And beauties appeared among the Daughters of the Bier,
Appears among the daughters of the bier of darkness
Whom no kohl-applier had touched with the antimony of night.
Unblemished by the murk of night
كَالسَوامِlike grazing livestock الأَنامُhumankind هَلhas ...? فازَtriumphed مَنone who ساtraveled (first fragment)
كَالسَوامِ الأَنامُ هَل فازَ مَن سا
فَرَtraveled (final fragment) مِنهُمfrom among them إِلىtoward بَطيءِone slow المَراحِلthe stages of travel
فَرَ مِنهُم إِلى بَطيءِ المَراحِل
Humankind are like grazing herds; has anyone triumphed who
People bustle - has the one who hastened
Traveled, one of their number, toward one slow in his journeys?
Fled them to the slow stages?
يَمَنِيٌّa Yemeni وَفارِسِيٌّand a Persian وَشامِيٌّand a Syrian
يَمَنِيٌّ وَفارِسِيٌّ وَشامِيٌّ
وَغادٍand one setting out at dawn مِنfrom among أَهلِthe people of غَربَةَexile راحِلa traveler
وَغادٍ مِن أَهلِ غَربَةَ راحِل
A Yemeni, and a Persian, and a Syrian,
A Yemeni, a Persian, a Syrian
And one setting out at dawn, a traveler among exiles.
And a wanderer from the West traveling
ساحِلِيّونَ“coastal” folk, punning on a braying ass لَمdid not أُرِدI mean ساحِلَthe shore of البَحthe sea (first fragment)
ساحِلِيّونَ لَم أُرِد ساحِلَ البَح
رِthe sea (final fragment) وَلَكِنbut نَسباًlineage; kinship لِأَقمَرَto a pale ass ساحِلbraying
رِ وَلَكِن نَسباً لِأَقمَرَ ساحِل
“Coastal” folk—I did not mean the shore of the
I did not mean the shore of the sea
Sea, but kinship with a pale, braying ass.
But rather one with radiant shores
خَفَّgrew light-minded مَلكٌa king عَلىupon السَريرِthe throne فَهَلso, is there ...? يوis found (first fragment)
خَفَّ مَلكٌ عَلى السَريرِ فَهَل يو
جَدُis found (final fragment) فيin العالَمينَall creation قَرمٌa noble chief حُلاحِلmighty; imposing
جَدُ في العالَمينَ قَرمٌ حُلاحِل
A king has grown frivolous upon the throne; can there be
A king reclines on his throne - will he find
Found in all creation a mighty, noble chief?
In both worlds, a fortress like himself?
Sol 6.1