أَتَتshe came خَنساءُKhansāʾ, a doe-like beauty مَكَّةَMecca كَالثُرَيّاlike the Pleiades
أَتَت خَنساءُ مَكَّةَ كَالثُرَيّا
وَخَلَّتand left behind فيin المَواطِنِthe home grounds فَرقَدَيهاher two Farqad stars
وَخَلَّت في المَواطِنِ فَرقَدَيها
Khansāʾ came to Mecca like the Pleiades,
and left her two Farqad stars in their home grounds.
وَلَوand if صَلَّتshe prayed بِمَنزِلِهاin her home وَصامَتand she fasted
وَلَو صَلَّت بِمَنزِلِها وَصامَت
لَأَلَفَتshe would have found ماتُحاوِلُهُwhat she seeks لَدَيهاat her side
لَأَلَفَت ماتُحاوِلُهُ لَدَيها
And had she prayed at home and fasted,
she would have found what she seeks close at hand.
وَلَكِنand yet جاءَتِshe came الجَمَراتِthe Jamarāt (ritual 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 the Jamarāt to cast stones,
while the eyes of the wayward were turned toward her hands.
وَلَيسَand is not مُحَمَّدٌMuhammad فيماregarding what أَتَتهُshe has done it
وَلَيسَ مُحَمَّدٌ فيما أَتَتهُ
وَلاnor اللَهُGod القَديرُthe Almighty بِمُحمِدَيهاboth commending her
وَلا اللَهُ القَديرُ بِمُحمِدَيها
And neither Muhammad, for what she has done,
nor God Almighty commends her.
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle رامَتِshe seeks الصَلَواتِthe prayers خَودٌa fair young woman
إِذا ما رامَتِ الصَلَواتِ خَودٌ
يُظَنُّis thought هُناكَthere أَفضَلُthe better of مَلحَدَيهاher two graves
يُظَنُّ هُناكَ أَفضَلُ مَلحَدَيها
When a fair young woman seeks to pray,
the better of her two graves is thought to be there.
Sol 6.1