أَبيدَةُAbīdah قالَتshe said لِلوُعولِto the ibexes مُسِرَّةًspeaking privately
أَبيدَةُ قالَت لِلوُعولِ مُسِرَّةً
تَبِدنَyou shall perish بِحُكمِby the decree of اللَهِGod ثُمَّthen أَبيدُI shall perish
تَبِدنَ بِحُكمِ اللَهِ ثُمَّ أَبيدُ
Abīdah whispered to the ibexes:
You shall perish by God’s decree; then I shall perish.
وَلاnor أَدَّعيI claim لِلفَرقَدَينِfor the two Farqad stars بِعِزَّةٍinvulnerability
وَلا أَدَّعي لِلفَرقَدَينِ بِعِزَّةٍ
وَلاnor آلِthe family of نَعشٍNaʿsh ماwhat اِدَّعاهُhe claimed it لَبيدُLabīd
وَلا آلِ نَعشٍ ما اِدَّعاهُ لَبيدُ
Nor do I claim invulnerability for the two Farqad stars,
nor for Naʿsh’s family of stars, as Labīd did.
وَكَمand many a ظالِمٍwrongdoer يَتَلَذُّrelishes شَهداًhoney كَأَنَّهُas though he were
وَكَم ظالِمٍ يَتَلَذُّ شَهداً كَأَنَّهُ
ظَليمٌa male ostrich قَراهُits fare بِالفَلاةِin the wilderness هَبيدُcolocynth seeds
ظَليمٌ قَراهُ بِالفَلاةِ هَبيدُ
And many a wrongdoer relishes honey, as though he were
a male ostrich whose wilderness fare is colocynth seed.
وَكَدُرَيَّةٍand many a dun sandgrouse أَودَتshe perished وَغودِرَand was left behind مُدهُنٌa rock pool
وَكَدُرَيَّةٍ أَودَت وَغودِرَ مُدهُنٌ
وَبَيدانَةٍand many a wild she-ass مِنهاof her المَراتِعَthe grazing grounds بيدُempty
وَبَيدانَةٍ مِنها المَراتِعَ بيدُ
And many a dun sandgrouse has perished, leaving a rock pool behind,
and many a wild she-ass, her grazing grounds now empty of her.
فَإِنَّfor indeed عَبيداًʿAbīd وَاِبنَand the son of هِندٍHind وَتُبَّعاًand Tubbaʿ
فَإِنَّ عَبيداً وَاِبنَ هِندٍ وَتُبَّعاً
وَأُسرَةَand the family of كِسرىKisrā لِلمَليكِto the Sovereign عَبيدُslaves
وَأُسرَةَ كِسرى لِلمَليكِ عَبيدُ
For ʿAbīd and Ibn Hind and Tubbaʿ
and Kisrā’s family are slaves to the Sovereign.
Sol 6.1