أتانيcame to me منfrom الأنباءِthe news أنthat مُجاشعاًMujāshiʿ
أتاني من الأنباءِ أن مُجاشعاً
وآلَand the house of فُقَيمFuqaym والكَراديسَand the battalions اصفقواjoined forces
وآلَ فُقَيم والكَراديسَ اصفقوا
News reached me that Mujāshiʿ
News came to me that Mujasha and
and the house of Fuqaym and the battalions had joined forces.
The tribes of Fuqaym and Al-Karatis applauded
وقالواand they said شَريسٌSharīs قلتُI said يكفيsuffices for شريسكُمyour Sharīs
وقالوا شَريسٌ قلتُ يكفي شريسكُم
سنانa spearhead كنبراسlike the lamp of النهاميthe monk مُفَتّقbroad-bladed
سنان كنبراس النهامي مُفَتّق
And they said, “Sharīs!” I said, “Enough for your Sharīs is
And said evil! I said your own evil is enough
a broad-bladed spearhead, like the monk’s lamp,
Sannan is like the incisors of hungry wolves
نَمتهُraised it العَصَلstout spear shafts ثمthen استمرَّsped onward كأنهas though it were
نَمتهُ العَصَل ثم استمرَّ كأنه
شِهابٌa firebrand بكفّيin the two hands of قابسٍa fire-seeker يتحرّقblazes
شِهابٌ بكفّي قابسٍ يتحرّق
raised aloft by stout shafts; then it sped on, as though
Whose aggression slept then persisted as if
a firebrand blazing in a fire-seeker’s two hands.”
A meteor in my clenched fists burning to ash
Sol 6.1