يُؤَدِّبُكَdisciplines you الدَهرُtime بِالحادِثاتِthrough calamities
يُؤَدِّبُكَ الدَهرُ بِالحادِثاتِ
إِذاif كانَhad شَيخاكَyour parents ماnot أَدَّباboth disciplined
إِذا كانَ شَيخاكَ ما أَدَّبا
Time disciplines you through calamities,
if your parents have not disciplined you.
بَدَتappeared فِتَنٌtumults سودِblack الغَمامِthe clouds
بَدَت فِتَنٌ سودِ الغَمامِ
أَلقَتthey cast عَلىover العالَمِthe world الهَيدَباthe trailing cloud-fringe
أَلقَت عَلى العالَمِ الهَيدَبا
Dark-clouded tumults appeared;
they cast their trailing cloud-fringe over the world.
وَمِنand over دونِهاless than these اِختَلَفَتfell into discord غالِبٌGhalib
وَمِن دونِها اِختَلَفَت غالِبٌ
وَأَبعَدَand banished عُثمانُهاtheir Uthman جُندُباJundub
وَأَبعَدَ عُثمانُها جُندُبا
And over less than these, Ghalib fell into discord,
and their Uthman banished Jundub.
فَلاso let not تُضحِكَنَّever provoke laughter اِبنَةُthe daughter of السَنبَسيُّal-Sanbasi
فَلا تُضحِكَنَّ اِبنَةُ السَنبَسيُّ
فَأَوجَبُfor more fitting مِنthan ذاكَthat أَنto تَندُباlament
فَأَوجَبُ مِن ذاكَ أَن تَندُبا
So let al-Sanbasi's daughter not provoke laughter;
for lamenting is more fitting than that.
إِذاwhen عامِرٌAmir تَبِعَتfollowed صالِحاًSalih
إِذا عامِرٌ تَبِعَت صالِحاً
وَزَجَّتand thrust forward بَنوthe sons of قُرَّةَQurra الحُردَباal-Hurdab
وَزَجَّت بَنو قُرَّةَ الحُردَبا
When Amir followed Salih,
and Banu Qurra thrust al-Hurdab forward,
وَأَردَفَand followed حَسّانُHassan فيamid مائِحٍa swaying host
وَأَردَفَ حَسّانُ في مائِحٍ
مَتىwhenever هَبَطواthey descended مُخصِباًfertile ground أَجدَباit grew barren
مَتى هَبَطوا مُخصِباً أَجدَبا
and Hassan followed amid a surging host—
whenever they descended on fertile ground, it grew barren.
وَإِنand if فَرَعواthey scaled جَبَلاًa mountain شامِخاًtowering
وَإِن فَرَعوا جَبَلاً شامِخاً
فَلَيسَthen it is not يُعَنَّفُblamed أَنfor يَحدَباbowing
فَلَيسَ يُعَنَّفُ أَن يَحدَبا
And if they scaled a towering mountain,
it could not be blamed for bowing.
رَأَيتُI saw نَظيرَthe like of الدَبىyoung locusts كَثرَةًin number
رَأَيتُ نَظيرَ الدَبى كَثرَةً
قَتيرُهُمtheir mail-rivets كَعُيونِlike the eyes of الدَبىyoung locusts
قَتيرُهُم كَعُيونِ الدَبى
I saw a host as numerous as young locusts;
their mail-rivets were like young locusts' eyes.
Sol 6.1