قَدalready أَشرَعَتhas leveled سُنبُسٌSunbus ذَوابِلَهاits slender spears
قَد أَشرَعَت سُنبُسٌ ذَوابِلَها
وَأَرهَفَتand has sharpened بُحتُرٌBuḥtur مَعابِلَهاits broad arrowheads
وَأَرهَفَت بُحتُرٌ مَعابِلَها
Sunbus has already leveled its slender spears,
and Buḥtur has sharpened its broad arrowheads,
لِفِتنَةٍfor strife لاnot تَزالُceases باعِثَةًsending forth
لِفِتنَةٍ لا تَزالُ باعِثَةً
رامِحَهاits spearman فيin الوَغىbattle وَنابِلَهاand its archer
رامِحَها في الوَغى وَنابِلَها
for a strife that never ceases to send forth
its spearman and its archer into battle.
حَسّانُḤassān فيin المُلكِkingship لاnot يَحَسُّis aware لَهاof it
حَسّانُ في المُلكِ لا يَحَسُّ لَها
تُزجيdrives onward إِلىtoward مَوتِهاtheir death قَنابِلَهاits war-bands
تُزجي إِلى مَوتِها قَنابِلَها
Ḥassān, as king, is unaware of it,
as it drives its war-bands toward their death.
خَلِّleave alone وَدُنياكَwith your world أَهلَthe people of عِزَّتِهاits glory
خَلِّ وَدُنياكَ أَهلَ عِزَّتِها
فَكَمfor many a شَكَتhas lamented مُهجَةٌsoul بَلابِلَهاits sorrows
فَكَم شَكَت مُهجَةٌ بَلابِلَها
Leave those who enjoy its glory alone with your world;
for many a soul has lamented its sorrows.
وَجاوَزَتنيand passed me by سَحائِبٌclouds سُكُبٌrain-pouring
وَجاوَزَتني سَحائِبٌ سُكُبٌ
تَحرِمُنيdeny me طَلَّهاtheir drizzle وَوابِلَهاand their downpour
تَحرِمُني طَلَّها وَوابِلَها
And rain-pouring clouds have passed me by,
denying me their drizzle and their downpour.
عِندِيَI have فَاِعلَمso know نَصيحَةٌadvice عَجَبٌwondrous
عِندِيَ فَاِعلَم نَصيحَةٌ عَجَبٌ
وَماand not إِخالُI think السَفيهَthe fool قابِلَهاaccepting it
وَما إِخالُ السَفيهَ قابِلَها
Know that I have a wondrous piece of advice,
and I do not think the fool will accept it.
أُسكُتbe silent فَإِنَّfor indeed السُكوتَsilence مَنقَبَةٌa virtue
أُسكُت فَإِنَّ السُكوتَ مَنقَبَةٌ
تَأمَنyou are safe بِهِthrough it إِنسَهاits people وَخابِلَهاand its demon
تَأمَن بِهِ إِنسَها وَخابِلَها
Be silent, for silence is a virtue;
through it you are safe from the world's people and its demon.
تَرضىyou acquiesce بِحُكمِin the decree of القَضاءِfate فيin سَخَطٍresentment
تَرضى بِحُكمِ القَضاءِ في سَخَطٍ
وَهَلand do تُحِبُّlove الظِباءُgazelles حابِلَهاtheir snarer
وَهَل تُحِبُّ الظِباءُ حابِلَها
You accept fate's decree, though resentful;
and do gazelles love their snarer?
جِبِلَّةٌinnate nature بِالفَسادِwith corruption واشِجَةٌentwined
جِبِلَّةٌ بِالفَسادِ واشِجَةٌ
إِنif لامَهاblames it المَرءُa person لامَblames جابِلَهاits fashioner
إِن لامَها المَرءُ لامَ جابِلَها
Nature is entwined with corruption;
if someone blames it, they blame its fashioner.
فَاِجزَأso be content وَإِنand even if كُنتَyou are فيin ذَميمِgrievous صَدىًthirst
فَاِجزَأ وَإِن كُنتَ في ذَميمِ صَدىً
فَماfor ... not تَذُمُّblame الوُحوشُwild beasts آبِلَهاthe one who denies them water
فَما تَذُمُّ الوُحوشُ آبِلَها
So be content, even if you suffer grievous thirst;
for wild beasts do not blame the one who denies them water.
أَينَwhere لَبيدٌLabīd وَأَينَand where أُسرَتُهُhis clan
أَينَ لَبيدٌ وَأَينَ أُسرَتُهُ
تَزخَرُbrim عِندَat الضُحىmidmorning مَسابِلَهاits great goblets
تَزخَرُ عِندَ الضُحى مَسابِلَها
Where is Labīd, and where is his clan,
whose great goblets brim at midmorning?
يَحُلُّinhabits أَجسامَهاtheir bodies المُدامُwine إِذاwhen
يَحُلُّ أَجسامَها المُدامُ إِذا
ماemphasis after 'when' فارَقَتit has left قَنصَهاits Qanaṣ وَبابِلَهاand its Babylon
ما فارَقَت قَنصَها وَبابِلَها
Wine inhabits their bodies when
it has left its Qanaṣ and its Babylon.
Sol 6.1