إِنَّindeed الحَبيبَةَthe beloved woman حُبُّهاlove for her لَمnot يَنفَدِrun out
إِنَّ الحَبيبَةَ حُبُّها لَم يَنفَدِ
وَاليَأسُand despair يُسليbrings solace لَوif only سَلَوتَyou ceased pining أَخادَدِO companion of revelry
وَاليَأسُ يُسلي لَو سَلَوتَ أَخادَدِ
Indeed, love for the beloved has not run out.
The beloved's love does not run out
And despair brings solace, if only you could forget, O companion of revelry.
And despair consoles if you dwell in ravines
قَدindeed طالَhas been long ماthe time that أَحبَبتَهاyou loved her وَوَدِدتَهاand cherished her
قَد طالَ ما أَحبَبتَها وَوَدِدتَها
لَوif only كانَwas يُغنيcould avail عَنكَfor you طولُthe length of تَوَدُّدِdevotion
لَو كانَ يُغني عَنكَ طولُ تَوَدُّدِ
Long have you loved her and cherished her,
Long has been your love and yearning for her
If only long devotion could avail you.
If only the length of your infatuation could avail you
إنَّindeed العِراقَIraq وَأَهلَهُand its people كانُواwere الهَوىthe heart's desire
إنَّ العِراقَ وَأَهلَهُ كانُوا الهَوى
فَإِذاbut if نَأىwent far بيwith me وُدُّهُمtheir affection فَليَبعُدِthen let it go far
فَإِذا نَأى بي وُدُّهُم فَليَبعُدِ
Iraq and its people once were my heart's desire;
Iraq and its people were the love
But if their affection has driven me far away, let it go far.
So if their love distances from me, then let it go far
فَلتَترُكَنَّهُمُso let her surely leave them بِلَيلٍby night ناقَتيmy she-camel
فَلتَترُكَنَّهُمُ بِلَيلٍ ناقَتي
تَذَرُshe leaves behind السِماكَal-Simak, a star وَتَهتَديand finds her way بِالفَرقَدِby al-Farqad, a star
تَذَرُ السِماكَ وَتَهتَدي بِالفَرقَدِ
So let my she-camel leave them by night,
Then at night let my she-camel leave them
Leaving al-Simak behind and finding her way by al-Farqad.
She ignores the fodder and is guided by the Pole Star
تَعدوshe gallops إِذاwhen وَقَعَstruck المُمَرُّthe tightly twisted whip بِدَفِّهاagainst her flank
تَعدو إِذا وَقَعَ المُمَرُّ بِدَفِّها
عَدوَthe gallop of النَحوصِthe wild she-ass تَخافُshe fears ضيقَthe narrowness of المَرصَدِthe ambush-place
عَدوَ النَحوصِ تَخافُ ضيقَ المَرصَدِ
She gallops when the twisted whip strikes her flank,
She runs when the ostrich falls with its plumage
As a wild she-ass gallops, fearing the narrow ambush.
The run of the wild ass, fearing the narrowness of the road
أُجُدٌsturdy-built إِذاwhen اِستَنفَرتُهاI roused her مِنfrom مَبرَكٍa kneeling-place
أُجُدٌ إِذا اِستَنفَرتُها مِن مَبرَكٍ
حُلِبَتwere milked مَغابِنُهاher skinfolds بِرُبٍّwith fruit syrup مُعقَدِthickened
حُلِبَت مَغابِنُها بِرُبٍّ مُعقَدِ
Sturdy-built, when I rouse her from a kneeling-place,
A generous she-camel when I rouse her from the abode
Her skinfolds ooze thickened syrup.
Her teats are milked with a twisted rope
وَإِذاand when الرِكابُthe riding camels تَواكَلَتrelied on one another بَعدَafter السُرىthe night march
وَإِذا الرِكابُ تَواكَلَت بَعدَ السُرى
وَجَرىand flowed السَرابُthe mirage عَلىover مُتونِthe broad surfaces of الجَدجَدِthe hard, level ground
وَجَرى السَرابُ عَلى مُتونِ الجَدجَدِ
And when the riding camels hang back after the night march,
And when the riders entrust one another after the night journey
And mirage flows over the expanses of hard, level ground,
And the mirage flows over the surfaces of the pebbles
مَرِحَتshe frisked وَطاحَand flew off المَروُthe flint مِنfrom أَخفافِهاher padded feet
مَرِحَت وَطاحَ المَروُ مِن أَخفافِها
جَذبَthe pulling of القَرينَةِthe paired companion لِلنَجاءِtoward swift flight الأَجرَدِunimpeded
جَذبَ القَرينَةِ لِلنَجاءِ الأَجرَدِ
She bounds, and flint flies from her padded feet,
She frolics and the oryx falls from her swiftness
Pulling her paired companion into swift, unimpeded flight.
Pulling the companion to the smooth bare mountain
لِبِلادِtoward the lands of قَومٍa people لاnot يُرامُis assailed هَدِيُّهُمtheir protected guest
لِبِلادِ قَومٍ لا يُرامُ هَدِيُّهُم
وَهَدِيُّand the protected guest of قَومٍa people آخَرينَother هُوَhe is الرَدِيthe doomed one
وَهَدِيُّ قَومٍ آخَرينَ هُوَ الرَدِي
Toward the lands of a people whose protected guest cannot be assailed,
To the land of people whose guidance is not sought
While another people's guest is doomed to perish.
While the guidance of other people is refusal
كَطُرَيفَةَlike Turayfa بنِson of العَبدِal-Abd كانَhe was هَدِيَّهُمtheir protected guest
كَطُرَيفَةَ بنِ العَبدِ كانَ هَدِيَّهُم
ضَربواthey struck قَذالَةَthe nape of رَأسِهِhis head بِمُهَنَّدِwith an Indian sword
ضَربوا قَذالَةَ رَأسِهِ بِمُهَنَّدِ
Like Turayfa ibn al-Abd, who was their protected guest:
Like Turaifah ibn Al-Abd, their guidance
They struck the nape of his head with an Indian sword.
They struck the nape of his neck with sharpened sword
وَاِبنىand the two sons of أُمامَةَUmama قَدalready أَخَذتَyou seized كِلَيهِماboth of them
وَاِبنى أُمامَةَ قَد أَخَذتَ كِلَيهِما
وَإِخالُand I reckon أنَّكَthat you ثالِثٌare making a third بِالأَسوَدِwith al-Aswad
وَإِخالُ أنَّكَ ثالِثٌ بِالأَسوَدِ
And Umama's two sons—you have seized them both,
And the two sons of Ummah I have taken both
And I reckon you will make al-Aswad the third.
And it is feared you are the third with the black hair
إِنَّindeed الخيانَةَtreachery وَالمَغالَةَand double-dealing وَالخَناand obscenity
إِنَّ الخيانَةَ وَالمَغالَةَ وَالخَنا
وَالغَدرَand betrayal أَترُكُهُI leave it بِبَلدَةِin the town of مُفسِدِan evildoer
وَالغَدرَ أَترُكُهُ بِبَلدَةِ مُفسِدِ
Indeed, treachery, double-dealing, and obscenity,
Betrayal, deception, treachery and betrayal
And betrayal—I leave them in an evildoer's town:
And trickery I leave in the land of the corrupter
مَلِكٌa king يُلاعِبُfondles أُمَّهُhis mother وَقَطِينَهاand her servants
مَلِكٌ يُلاعِبُ أُمَّهُ وَقَطِينَها
رِخوَloose المَفاصِلِthe joints أيرُهُhis penis كالمِروَدِlike a kohl-stick
رِخوَ المَفاصِلِ أيرُهُ كالمِروَدِ
A king who fondles his mother and her servants,
A king who plays with his mother and her kitten
Loose-jointed, his penis like a kohl-stick.
Weak in the joints, his cadaver like a rotten palm trunk
بِالبابِat the gate يَطلُبُhe seeks out كُلَّevery طالِبِseeker of حاجَةٍa favor
بِالبابِ يَطلُبُ كُلَّ طالِبِ حاجَةٍ
فَإِذاbut when خَلاhe is alone فَالمَرءُthen the man غَيرُnot مُسَدَّدِupright
فَإِذا خَلا فَالمَرءُ غَيرُ مُسَدَّدِ
At the gate he seeks out every petitioner,
At the gate, every seeker asks for his need
But when alone, the man is not upright.
But when alone, man is without supporter
فَإِذاand when حَلَلتُI settle وَدونَand before بَيتَيmy home غاوَةٌGhawa
فَإِذا حَلَلتُ وَدونَ بَيتَي غاوَةٌ
فَاِبرُقthen flash lightning بِأَرضِكَin your land ماas much as بَداseems pleasing لَكَto you وارعُدِand thunder
فَاِبرُق بِأَرضِكَ ما بَدا لَكَ وارعُدِ
And when I settle, with Ghawa lying before my home,
So when the night has descended around my abode
Flash lightning in your own land as much as you please, and thunder.
Then flash in your land whatever appears to you, and thunder
أَبَنيO sons of قِلابَةَQilaba لَمnot تَكُنwere عاداتُكُمyour customs
أَبَني قِلابَةَ لَم تَكُن عاداتُكُم
أَخذَaccepting الدَنِيَّةِdisgrace قَبلَbefore خُطَّةِthe scheme of مِعضَدِMi'dad
أَخذَ الدَنِيَّةِ قَبلَ خُطَّةِ مِعضَدِ
O sons of Qilaba, it was not your custom
O sons of Qalabah, your customs were not
To accept disgrace before Mi'dad's scheme.
Taking the lowly before the position of the noble
لَنwill not يَرحَضَwash away السَوءاتَthe shameful stains عنfrom أَحسابِكُمyour ancestral honor
لَن يَرحَضَ السَوءاتَ عن أَحسابِكُم
نَعَمُthe herds of الحَواثِرِal-Hawathir إِذwhen تُساقُare driven لِمَعبَدِto Ma'bad
نَعَمُ الحَواثِرِ إِذ تُساقُ لِمَعبَدِ
The stains on your ancestral honor will not be washed away
Evil deeds will not be erased from your records
By al-Hawathir's herds when driven to Ma'bad.
Blessed are the misfortunes when driven to the shrine
فَالعَبدُso the slave عَبدُكُمُyour slave اِقتُلواkill بِأَخيكُمُin vengeance for your brother
فَالعَبدُ عَبدُكُمُ اِقتُلوا بِأَخيكُمُ
كالعَيرِlike the wild ass أَعرَضَexposed جَنبَهُits flank لِلمِطرَدِto the hunting spear
كالعَيرِ أَعرَضَ جَنبَهُ لِلمِطرَدِ
So the slave is your slave: kill him to avenge your brother,
So the slave is your slave, kill through your brother
Like a wild ass that exposes its flank to the hunting spear.
Like a camel caravan exposing its side to the driver
Sol 6.1