أَتَتshe came خَنساءُKhansa مَكَّةَMecca كَالثُرَيّاlike the Pleiades
أَتَت خَنساءُ مَكَّةَ كَالثُرَيّا
وَخَلَّتand she left behind فيin المَواطِنِthe dwelling places فَرقَدَيهاher two Farqad stars
وَخَلَّت في المَواطِنِ فَرقَدَيها
Khansa came to Mecca like the Pleiades,
and left her two Farqad stars back home.
وَلَوand if صَلَّتshe prayed بِمَنزِلِهاin her home وَصامَتand she fasted
وَلَو صَلَّت بِمَنزِلِها وَصامَت
لَأَلَفَتshe would have found ماتُحاوِلُهُwhat she seeks لَدَيهاwith her
لَأَلَفَت ماتُحاوِلُهُ لَدَيها
Had she prayed in her home and fasted,
she would have found what she sought close at hand.
وَلَكِنand yet جاءَتِshe came الجَمَراتِthe Jamarat (stoning sites) تَرميshe casts stones
وَلَكِن جاءَتِ الجَمَراتِ تَرمي
وَأَبصارُand the eyes الغُواةِof the wayward إِلىtoward يَدَيهاher two hands
وَأَبصارُ الغُواةِ إِلى يَدَيها
But she came to cast stones at the Jamarat,
while the eyes of the wayward were on her hands.
وَلَيسَand is not مُحَمَّدٌMuhammad فيماconcerning what أَتَتهُshe has done it
وَلَيسَ مُحَمَّدٌ فيما أَتَتهُ
وَلاnor اللَهُGod القَديرُthe Almighty بِمُحمِدَيهاher two praisers
وَلا اللَهُ القَديرُ بِمُحمِدَيها
Neither Muhammad, for what she has done,
nor God Almighty commends her.
إِذاif ماever (emphatic) رامَتِshe seeks الصَلَواتِthe prayers خَودٌa young woman
إِذا ما رامَتِ الصَلَواتِ خَودٌ
يُظَنُّis thought هُناكَthere أَفضَلُthe better of مَلحَدَيهاher two graves
يُظَنُّ هُناكَ أَفضَلُ مَلحَدَيها
If ever a young woman seeks to pray,
there, it is thought, is the better of her two graves.
Sol 6.1