لاmay ... not زالَcease صَوبٌrainfall مِنof رَبيعspring وَصَيّفand summer rain
لا زالَ صَوبٌ مِن رَبيع وَصَيّف
يَجودُpours generously عَلىupon حِسّيthe waterholes of الغَميمal-Ghamim فَيَترَبand then Yatrab
يَجودُ عَلى حِسّي الغَميم فَيَترَب
May spring and summer rain never cease
to fall generously on the waterholes of al-Ghamim, then Yatrab.
فَواللَهِfor, by God ماnot أُسقِيI seek rain for البَلادَthe land لِحُبِّهاout of love for it
فَواللَهِ ما أُسقِي البَلادَ لِحُبِّها
وَلَكِنَّماbut only أُسقيكَI seek rain for you حارِO Har بنَson of تَولَبِTawlab
وَلَكِنَّما أُسقيكَ حارِ بنَ تَولَبِ
For, by God, I seek rain for the land not out of love for it,
but only for you, Har, son of Tawlab, do I seek rain.
تَضَمَّنَتhas enclosed أَدواءَthe afflictions of العَشيرَةِthe clan بَينَهاwithin itself
تَضَمَّنَت أَدواءَ العَشيرَةِ بَينَها
وَأَنتَwhile you عَلىupon أَعوادِthe timbers of نَعشٍa bier مَقلَبِturned about
وَأَنتَ عَلى أَعوادِ نَعشٍ مَقلَبِ
It has enclosed the clan’s afflictions within itself,
while you lie, turned about, upon the timbers of a bier.
كَأَنَّas though اِمرِءاًa man فيamong الناسِpeople كُنتُI was اِبنَthe son of أُمِّهِhis mother
كَأَنَّ اِمرِءاً في الناسِ كُنتُ اِبنَ أُمِّهِ
عَلىupon فَلجٍa channel مِنfrom بَطنِthe bed of دَجلَةَthe Tigris مُطنِبِfar-stretching
عَلى فَلجٍ مِن بَطنِ دَجلَةَ مُطنِبِ
As though a man among men, whose mother was also mine,
were upon a far-stretching channel from the bed of the Tigris.
Sol 6.1