تَهانَفتَyou laughed faintly وَاِستَبكاكَand made you weep رَسمُthe traces of المَنازِلِthe dwellings
تَهانَفتَ وَاِستَبكاكَ رَسمُ المَنازِلِ
بِقارَةِat Qarat أَهوىAhwa أَوor بِسَوقَةِat Sawqat حائِلِHa'il
بِقارَةِ أَهوى أَو بِسَوقَةِ حائِلِ
You laughed faintly, and the traces of the dwellings made you weep
The ruins of dwellings have come together and wept,
at Qarat Ahwa, or at Sawqat Ha'il.
In Al-Qārah which I love or in Suqah of Ḥā'il.
خَلَتstood empty مِنof جَميعِall ساكِنينَinhabitants وَبُدِّلَتand were given in exchange
خَلَت مِن جَميعِ ساكِنينَ وَبُدِّلَت
ظِباءَgazelles of السَليلِal-Salil بَعدَafter خَيلٍhorses وَجامِلِand camel herds
ظِباءَ السَليلِ بَعدَ خَيلٍ وَجامِلِ
They stood empty of all their inhabitants, and received instead
It has become empty of all its inhabitants and replaces
the gazelles of al-Salil, where horses and camel herds had been.
The packs of Salīl after the horses and camels.
ذَكَرتُI remembered بِهاthere مَنone whom لَمdid not أُبالِيَI care about بَعدَهُafter him
ذَكَرتُ بِها مَن لَم أُبالِيَ بَعدَهُ
تَفَرُّقَthe dispersal of حَيٍّa tribe فيin النَوىdistant separation مُتَزائِلِparting from one another
تَفَرُّقَ حَيٍّ في النَوى مُتَزائِلِ
There I remembered one after whom I did not care
I remembered in it those whom I no longer care for,
for a tribe's dispersal, its people scattered far apart.
Scattered lives in the resting places of the caravans.
وَإِنَّand indeed اِمرَأًa man بِالشامِin al-Sham أَكثَرُmost of قَومِهِhis people
وَإِنَّ اِمرَأً بِالشامِ أَكثَرُ قَومِهِ
وَبُطنانَand Butnan لَيسَis not الشَوقُlonging عَنهُof him بِغافِلِat all heedless
وَبُطنانَ لَيسَ الشَوقُ عَنهُ بِغافِلِ
Indeed, a man whose people are mostly in al-Sham
And a man in Syria has more people
and Butnan—longing is never heedless of him.
And the clan of Buṭnān, longing is not heedless of him.
فَدونَso before الأُلىthose people كَلبٌKalb وَأَفناءُand the clans of عامِرٍAmir
فَدونَ الأُلى كَلبٌ وَأَفناءُ عامِرٍ
وَدونَand before الأُلىthose people أَفناءُthe clans of بَكرِBakr بنِson of وائِلِWa'il
وَدونَ الأُلى أَفناءُ بَكرِ بنِ وائِلِ
So between us and those people stand Kalb and Amir's clans,
Below Al-Ulā is a dog and the open plains of ʿĀmir
and between us and them, the clans of Bakr ibn Wa'il.
And below Al-Ulā are the open plains of Bakr bin Wā'il.
وَحَنَّتand yearned إِلىtoward أَرضِthe land of العِراقِIraq حَمولَتيmy pack-camels
وَحَنَّت إِلى أَرضِ العِراقِ حَمولَتي
وَماand not قَيظُthe summer heat of أَجوافِthe interiors of العِراقِIraq بِطائِلِof any worth
وَما قَيظُ أَجوافِ العِراقِ بِطائِلِ
My pack-camels yearned for the land of Iraq,
My camel flocks yearned for the land of Iraq
though the summer heat in Iraq's interior offers no good.
And the heat of the plains of Iraq is not ineffective.
فَقُلتُso I said لَهاto her لاdo not تَجزَعيdespair وَتَرَبَّصيand wait
فَقُلتُ لَها لا تَجزَعي وَتَرَبَّصي
مِنَfrom اللَهِGod سَيباًa bounty إِنَّهُindeed He ذوpossesses نَوافِلِextra favors
مِنَ اللَهِ سَيباً إِنَّهُ ذو نَوافِلِ
I told them: Do not despair, but await
So I said to her "Do not worry and wait patiently
a bounty from God; He grants abundant favors.
For relief from God, He of recurring gifts".
كُليeat الحَمضَthe salt-loving plants بَعدَafter المُقحَمينَthose driven in by drought وَرازِميand alternate your grazing
كُلي الحَمضَ بَعدَ المُقحَمينَ وَرازِمي
إِلىuntil قابِلٍnext year ثُمَّthen اِعذِريexcuse me بَعدَafter قابِلِnext year
إِلى قابِلٍ ثُمَّ اِعذِري بَعدَ قابِلِ
Eat the salt plants after those driven in by drought, and alternate your grazing
Eat bitter plants after the inserted ones, and direct
until next year; then excuse me after next year.
Yourself to a guide, then make excuses after the guide.
مَهاريسُmassive camels لاقَتmet بِالوَحيدِat al-Wahid سَحابَةًa rain-cloud
مَهاريسُ لاقَت بِالوَحيدِ سَحابَةً
إِلىas far as أُمُلِthe long dunes of العَزّافِal-Azzaf ذاتِwith السَلاسِلِchains
إِلى أُمُلِ العَزّافِ ذاتِ السَلاسِلِ
Massive camels met a rain-cloud at al-Wahid,
The star clusters met the solitary one, a cloud
as far as the long dunes of al-Azzaf, linked in chains.
To the harbor of the Pleiades with chains.
تَواكَلَهاleft them to one another الأَزمانُthe seasons حَتّىuntil أَجَأنَهاthey drove them
تَواكَلَها الأَزمانُ حَتّى أَجَأنَها
إِلىto جَلَدٍa hardy remnant مِنهاof them قَليلِfew الأَسافِلِyoung animals
إِلى جَلَدٍ مِنها قَليلِ الأَسافِلِ
The seasons left them to one another until they drove them down
Time has entrusted it until it made it take refuge
to a hardy remnant of the herd, with few young.
In a skin, little of its lower parts remaining.
فَلَمّاand when اِنجَلَتlifted عَنهاfrom them السِنونَthe drought-years هَوَتswooped لَهاupon them
فَلَمّا اِنجَلَت عَنها السِنونَ هَوَت لَها
مَقانِبُthrongs هَطلىpouring in مِنof غَريمٍa creditor وَسائِلِand a petitioner
مَقانِبُ هَطلى مِن غَريمٍ وَسائِلِ
When the drought-years lifted from them, down swooped
So when the years slipped away from it, the claws swooped down on it
throngs pouring in—creditors and petitioners.
Of a pouring rain from an enemy with inquiries.
فَلَمso did not يُبقِleave مِنهاof them الحَقُّthe rightful dues إِلّاexcept أَرومَةًa breeding core
فَلَم يُبقِ مِنها الحَقُّ إِلّا أَرومَةً
غِلاظَthick الرِقابِthe necks جِلَّةًlarge mature camels كَالجَنادِلِlike boulders
غِلاظَ الرِقابِ جِلَّةً كَالجَنادِلِ
The rightful dues left only a breeding core of them,
So it left of the truth only a small elevation
thick-necked, great mature camels like boulders.
Of thick necks, smooth like hourglasses.
وَضَيفٍand a guest كَفَتshe spared جيرانَهاher neighbors وَتَوَكَّلَتand took charge
وَضَيفٍ كَفَت جيرانَها وَتَوَكَّلَت
بِهِof him جَلدَةٌa sturdy she-camel مِنfrom سِرِّهاits choicest stock أُمُّmother of حائِلِa female calf
بِهِ جَلدَةٌ مِن سِرِّها أُمُّ حائِلِ
Many a guest she spared her neighbors, taking charge
And a guest whose neighbors sufficed him while he entrusted
of him—a sturdy camel from their finest stock, mother of a female calf.
To it a piece of his secret, Umm Hā'il.
نَعوسٌdrowsy إِذاwhen دَرَّتshe lets down milk جَرورٌslow-dragging إِذاwhen غَدَتshe goes out
نَعوسٌ إِذا دَرَّت جَرورٌ إِذا غَدَت
بُوَيزِلُa newly mature camel عامٍa year أَوor سَديسٌa six-toothed camel كَبازِلِlike a fully mature camel
بُوَيزِلُ عامٍ أَو سَديسٌ كَبازِلِ
Drowsy when her milk flows, slow-dragging when she goes out,
Na'ūs, when Darrah become animated, Ghada when she walks
a camel one year into maturity, or six-toothed yet like a fully mature one.
Buwaizil of a year or Sudais like oxen.
إِذاwhen ماever دَعَتcalled شيباًthe drinking sound 'shib' بِجَنبَيon either side of عُنَيزَةٍUnayzah
إِذا ما دَعَت شيباً بِجَنبَي عُنَيزَةٍ
مَشافِرُهاher lips فيin ماءِwater of مُزنٍrain-clouds وَباقِلِand green herbage
مَشافِرُها في ماءِ مُزنٍ وَباقِلِ
Whenever 'shib' is called on either side of Unayzah,
When she calls white hair by the side of 'Unayzah,
by her lips amid rainwater and green herbage,
Her toes in the water of Muzain and Bāqil.
دَعَتshe called بِصَريحٍwith pure milk ذيpossessing غُثاءٍfroth هَراقَهُpoured it out
دَعَت بِصَريحٍ ذي غُثاءٍ هَراقَهُ
سَواريcoursing العُروقِveins فيin الضُروعِthe udders السَحابِلِgreat and pendulous
سَواري العُروقِ في الضُروعِ السَحابِلِ
she calls with pure, frothy milk, poured out
She called with evident sickness which poured
by coursing veins in the great, pendulous udders.
Bracelets of veins in the breasts that yield milk.
إِذاwhen وُرِّعَتthey were held back أَنfrom تَركَبَcrowding الحَوضَthe trough كَسَّرَتthey crushed
إِذا وُرِّعَت أَن تَركَبَ الحَوضَ كَسَّرَت
بِأَركانِwith the flanks of هَضبٍa rocky massif كُلَّevery رَطبٍfresh thing وَذابِلِand withered thing
بِأَركانِ هَضبٍ كُلَّ رَطبٍ وَذابِلِ
When held back from crowding the trough, they crushed
When she was asked to mount the basin, she broke
with craglike flanks every fresh or withered thing.
The corners of the plateau, every wet and withering thing.
وَإِنand if سَمِعَتthey heard رِزَّthe rumble of الفَنيقِthe breeding bull تَكَشَّفَتthey bared themselves
وَإِن سَمِعَت رِزَّ الفَنيقِ تَكَشَّفَت
بِأَذنابِwith the tails of صُهبٍtawny camels قُرَّحٍfully mature كَالمَجادِلِlike towers
بِأَذنابِ صُهبٍ قُرَّحٍ كَالمَجادِلِ
And if they heard the breeding bull's rumble, they bared themselves,
And if she heard the call of the watchman she uncovered
with tails raised—tawny, full-grown, towerlike camels.
With the tails of foxes, mangy like disputants.
وَإِنand if صابَfell غَيثٌrain مِنfrom وَراءِbeyond تَنوفَةٍa trackless waste
وَإِن صابَ غَيثٌ مِن وَراءِ تَنوفَةٍ
هَدىhe guided هَديَthe guidance of سَبّارٍa scout بَعيدِfar-ranging المَناقِلِjourney-stages
هَدى هَديَ سَبّارٍ بَعيدِ المَناقِلِ
And if rain fell beyond a trackless waste,
And if rain came from behind Tanūfah,
he guided them like a scout whose journey-stages stretch far.
It guided guidance of far-traveling Sabbar.
وَإِنّيand indeed I وَذِكرايَand my remembrance of اِبنَIbn حَربٍHarb لَعائِدٌsurely returning
وَإِنّي وَذِكرايَ اِبنَ حَربٍ لَعائِدٌ
لِخُلَّةِto the friendship of مَرعِيِّhonored الأَمانَةِtrust واصِلِone who keeps ties
لِخُلَّةِ مَرعِيِّ الأَمانَةِ واصِلِ
And I, in recalling Ibn Harb, am indeed returning
And I and my remembrance, son of Harb, will return
to the friendship of one whose trust is honored, who keeps ties.
To the tribe of the shepherd of loyalty, keeping ties.
أَبوكَyour father الَّذيthe one who أَجدىbenefited عَلَيَّme بِنَصرِهِwith his support
أَبوكَ الَّذي أَجدى عَلَيَّ بِنَصرِهِ
فَأَسكَتَso silenced عَنّيagainst me بَعدَهُafter him كُلَّevery قائِلِspeaker
فَأَسكَتَ عَنّي بَعدَهُ كُلَّ قائِلِ
Your father was the one who benefited me with his support,
Your father who was of greatest help to me with his aid
silencing every speaker against me thereafter.
So he silenced after him every critic.
وَأَنتَand you اِمرُؤٌa man لاno بُدَّalternative أَنthat قَدindeed أَصَبتَنيyou have favored me
وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ لا بُدَّ أَن قَد أَصَبتَني
بِمَوعِدَةٍwith a promise دَينٍa debt عَلَيكَupon you وَعاجِلِand an immediate gift
بِمَوعِدَةٍ دَينٍ عَلَيكَ وَعاجِلِ
And you are a man who has surely favored me
And you are a man, it is inevitable that you have inflicted me
with a pledge—a debt upon you—and an immediate gift.
With a promised debt upon you and soon due.
وَقَدand already عَلِمَتknew قَيسٌQays وَأَفناءَand the clans of خِندِفٍKhindif
وَقَد عَلِمَت قَيسٌ وَأَفناءَ خِندِفٍ
وَمَذحِجُand Madhhij إِذwhen وافَيتُهُمI came to them فيin المَنازِلِthe encampments
وَمَذحِجُ إِذ وافَيتُهُم في المَنازِلِ
Qays and the clans of Khindif have known,
And Qais and the plains of Khindif knew
and Madhhij too, when I met them in their encampments,
When I reached them at the resting places.
ثَنائيmy praise عَلَيكُمof you all آلَHouse of حَربٍHarb وَمَنand whoever يَمِلinclines
ثَنائي عَلَيكُم آلَ حَربٍ وَمَن يَمِل
سِواكُمothers than you فَإِنّيthen indeed I مُهتَدٍrightly guided غَيرُnot مائِلِswerving
سِواكُم فَإِنّي مُهتَدٍ غَيرُ مائِلِ
my praise of you, House of Harb; whoever inclines
My praise of you, family of Harb, and whoever turns away
toward others than you, I am rightly guided, never swerving.
Other than you, I am rightly guided, not leaning.
رَأَتكَdeemed you ذَوُوmen of الأَحلامِsound judgment خَيراًbetter خِلافَةًin the caliphate
رَأَتكَ ذَوُو الأَحلامِ خَيراً خِلافَةً
مِنَthan الراتِعينَthose grazing فيin التِلاعِthe valleys الدَواخِلِsecluded
مِنَ الراتِعينَ في التِلاعِ الدَواخِلِ
Men of judgment deemed you better in the caliphate
The people of wisdom saw you as best successorship
than those grazing in the secluded valleys.
Among the fourth in entering the assemblies.
وَأَجزَأتَand you managed أَمرَthe affairs of العالَمينَall mankind وَلَمand not يَكُنwas
وَأَجزَأتَ أَمرَ العالَمينَ وَلَم يَكُن
لِيُجزِئَto suffice إِلّاexcept كامِلٌa perfect man وَاِبنَand a son of كامِلِa perfect man
لِيُجزِئَ إِلّا كامِلٌ وَاِبنَ كامِلِ
You managed the affairs of all mankind, and none could
And you made sufficient the affair of the two worlds, and none could
suffice but a perfect man, son of a perfect man.
Make sufficient except a perfect one, son of the perfect.
إِلَيكَtoward you اِبتَذَلناwe put to hard use كُلَّevery أَدماءَwhite she-camel حُرَّةٍpurebred
إِلَيكَ اِبتَذَلنا كُلَّ أَدماءَ حُرَّةٍ
وَأَعيَسَand a pale tawny camel مَشّاءٍtirelessly striding أَمامَahead of الرَواحِلِthe mounts
وَأَعيَسَ مَشّاءٍ أَمامَ الرَواحِلِ
Coming to you, we put every noble white she-camel to hard use,
We sacrificed for you every free soul
and every pale tawny male, striding ahead of the mounts.
And calf of Mash'a in front of the riding camels.
رَباعٍfour-toothed كَوَقفِlike a bracelet of العاجِivory تَثنيbend حِبالَهُhis girth-ropes
رَباعٍ كَوَقفِ العاجِ تَثني حِبالَهُ
شَراسيفُrib-tips حُدَّتsharpened غَرضُهاtheir girth غَيرُnot جائِلِslipping
شَراسيفُ حُدَّت غَرضُها غَيرُ جائِلِ
Four-toothed, like an ivory bracelet, his girth-ropes are bent
Quarterings like the stance of ivory, bending its ropes,
by keen rib-tips; their girth does not slip.
Thoroughbreds whose goal is not fruitless.
مُشَرَّفُraised high أَطرافِthe tips of المَحالِthe spinal vertebrae مَزَلِّهِhis slippery back
مُشَرَّفُ أَطرافِ المَحالِ مَزَلِّهِ
مَعادَthe returning curve of المِلاطِthe flank مُعرِقٍdeep-rooted in pedigree فيin العَقائِلِprized breeding stock
مَعادَ المِلاطِ مُعرِقٍ في العَقائِلِ
The tips of his vertebrae stand high; his back is smooth
Lofty of the edges of the carpets of his camping place,
where the flanks curve back, his pedigree rooted in prized stock.
The place of saliva's coagulation in the plaits.
فَياso, oh لَكَfor you مِنof خَدٍّa cheek وَذِفرَيand an ear-root أَسيلَةٍsmooth
فَيا لَكَ مِن خَدٍّ وَذِفرَي أَسيلَةٍ
وَمِنand of عُنُقٍa neck صَعلٍslender وَمَوضِعِand the seat of كاهِلِthe withers
وَمِن عُنُقٍ صَعلٍ وَمَوضِعِ كاهِلِ
Ah, what a cheek and smooth ear-root,
So excellent your cheek and pouring hairlocks,
what a slender neck and seat of the withers,
And excellent your sturdy neck and place of shoulder.
وَرَأسٍand a head كَإِبريقِlike the ewer of اليَهودِيِّthe Jewish man أَشرَفَتrose up
وَرَأسٍ كَإِبريقِ اليَهودِيِّ أَشرَفَت
لَهُtoward him حُبُكٌwell-built camels أَجيادُهاtheir necks كَالمَراجِلِlike cauldrons
لَهُ حُبُكٌ أَجيادُها كَالمَراجِلِ
and a head like a Jewish man's ewer; up rise
And a head like the ewer of a Jew, above it
toward him well-built camels, their necks like cauldrons.
Are plaits, their chiefs like fuel.
وَمِنand of عُجُزٍa rump فيهاin it جَناحانِtwo wings أَلحَقاjoined
وَمِن عُجُزٍ فيها جَناحانِ أَلحَقا
تَوالِيَhind limbs لاnot شَختٍfrail وَلاnor مُتَخاذِلِslack
تَوالِيَ لا شَختٍ وَلا مُتَخاذِلِ
And what a rump, with two wings joined
And from the rear two wings joined
to hind limbs neither frail nor slack,
Consecutive, no disconnecting and no neglecting.
وَسُمرٍand brown limb-bones خِفافٍlight فيin حِذاءٍthe footwear of نَعامَةٍan ostrich
وَسُمرٍ خِفافٍ في حِذاءٍ نَعامَةٍ
ثَمانِيَةٍeight روحٍsplayed ظِماءِlean and dry المَفاصِلِthe joints
ثَمانِيَةٍ روحٍ ظِماءِ المَفاصِلِ
and light, brown limb-bones shod like an ostrich,
And a reddish horse in a ostrich slipper,
eight in all, splayed and lean at the joints.
Eight spirits, thirsty in joints.
إِذاwhen قُلتُI said جاهٍ'Jah!' (a driving-call) لَجَّhe pressed on حَتّىuntil تَرُدَّهُthey checked him
إِذا قُلتُ جاهٍ لَجَّ حَتّى تَرُدَّهُ
قُوىstrands of أَدَمٍleather أَطرافُهاtheir ends فيin السَلاسِلِthe chains
قُوى أَدَمٍ أَطرافُها في السَلاسِلِ
When I cry 'Jah!', he presses on until checked
When I say stubborn, he charges until you check him
by twisted leather strands whose ends are in chains.
With the strength of a man whose extremities are in chains.
بَعيدٌfar مِنَfrom الحاديthe camel-driver إِذاwhen ماever تَرَقَّصَتdanced
بَعيدٌ مِنَ الحادي إِذا ما تَرَقَّصَت
بَناتُdaughters of الصُوىthe waymark cairns فيin السَبسَبِthe open plain المُتَماحِلِfar-stretching
بَناتُ الصُوى في السَبسَبِ المُتَماحِلِ
Far ahead of the camel-driver when there dance
Far from the driver when the mares of Suwa dance
the daughters of the cairns on the far-stretching plain.
In the anklets, leaning towards one another.
تَرىyou see الأَعظُمَthe bones اللائيwhich يَلينَlie beside فُؤادَهُhis heart
تَرى الأَعظُمَ اللائي يَلينَ فُؤادَهُ
جُنوحَleaning الأَعاليthe upper ends مائِراتِswaying الأَسافِلِthe lower ends
جُنوحَ الأَعالي مائِراتِ الأَسافِلِ
You see the bones that lie beside his heart
You see the greatest of heart whom their love softens
leaning at their upper ends, swaying at their lower ends.
The wings of the lofty,wanton of the low.
كَذيlike one dwelling in رَمَلٍsand مِنamong وَحشِthe wild beasts of حَومَلَHawmal بَلَّهُdrenched him
كَذي رَمَلٍ مِن وَحشِ حَومَلَ بَلَّهُ
أَهاضيبُrain-showers فيin قِسٍّa bitter blast مِنَof الريحِwind شامِلِnortherly
أَهاضيبُ في قِسٍّ مِنَ الريحِ شامِلِ
Like a sand-dweller among Hawmal's wild beasts, drenched
Like one with stony ground whom Showmal made wet with its spit
by rain-showers in a bitter northerly wind,
Precipices in a portion of wind encompassing.
تَخِرُّthey fall عَلىupon مَتنِthe back of الكَثيبِthe dune وَمَتنُهُand his back
تَخِرُّ عَلى مَتنِ الكَثيبِ وَمَتنُهُ
رَذاذٌfine drizzle هَوىfell مِنfrom ديمَةٍa steady rain-cloud غَيرِnot وابِلِa downpour
رَذاذٌ هَوى مِن ديمَةٍ غَيرِ وابِلِ
they fall upon the dune's back and upon his back—
It drips upon the body of the hill and its body
fine drizzle from a steady rain-cloud, not a downpour.
Is spray which fell from a cloud without rain.
تَبيتُspend the night بَناتُdaughters of الأَرضِthe earth تَحتَbeneath لَبانِهِhis breast
تَبيتُ بَناتُ الأَرضِ تَحتَ لَبانِهِ
بِأَحقَفَat a curved sand-ridge مِنamong أَنقاءِthe sand-hills of توضِحَTudih مائِلِsloping
بِأَحقَفَ مِن أَنقاءِ توضِحَ مائِلِ
The daughters of the earth spend the night beneath his breast,
The daughters of the land spend the night beneath its moistness
at a sloping, curved dune among the sand-hills of Tudih.
In the most chaste of she-oryxes, lying inclined.
كَأَنَّas though القِطارَthe rain-drops حَرَّكَتstirred فيin مَبيتِهِhis sleeping-place
كَأَنَّ القِطارَ حَرَّكَت في مَبيتِهِ
جَدِيَّةَa small lump of مِسكٍmusk فيat the night-halt of مُعَرَّسِa homeward traveler قافِلِline_81
جَدِيَّةَ مِسكٍ في مُعَرَّسِ قافِلِ
As though the rain-drops stirred, where he lay,
As if the train stirred in its resting place
a lump of musk at a homeward traveler's night-halt.
A sack of musk in the litter of a caravan.
فَلَمّاand when تَجَلّىcleared away لَيلُهُhis night عَنfrom نَهارِهِhis day
فَلَمّا تَجَلّى لَيلُهُ عَن نَهارِهِ
غَداhe set out سالِكاًtraveling بَينَbetween اللِوىthe curved dunes فَالخَمائِلِthen the thickets
غَدا سالِكاً بَينَ اللِوى فَالخَمائِلِ
When his night cleared away to reveal his day,
So when its night parted from its day,
he set out threading between the curved dunes and the thickets.
It traveled in the twists and turns.
فَهاجَso rose up بِهِagainst him لَمّاwhen تَرَجَّلَتِrose high الضُحىmidmorning
فَهاجَ بِهِ لَمّا تَرَجَّلَتِ الضُحى
شَطائِبُscattered bands شَتّىvarious مِنof كِلابٍdogs وَنابِلِand a bowman
شَطائِبُ شَتّى مِن كِلابٍ وَنابِلِ
Then, when midmorning rose high, there surged against him
So it was roused when the dawn moved
scattered bands of dogs and a bowman.
By diverse mongrels and hounds.
فَأَبصَرَهاso he watched them حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen ماever تَقارَبَتthey drew near
فَأَبصَرَها حَتّى إِذا ما تَقارَبَت
وَفيand in النَفسِthe spirit مِنهُwithin him كَرَّةٌa charge لِلأَوائِلِagainst the foremost
وَفي النَفسِ مِنهُ كَرَّةٌ لِلأَوائِلِ
He watched them until, when they drew near—
It saw them until when they drew near
with a charge against the foremost stirring in his spirit—
And the soul dislikes the first ones for it.
حَمىhe guarded الأَنفَhis pride مِنagainst بَعضِsome الفِرارِflight فَذادَهاso drove them off
حَمى الأَنفَ مِن بَعضِ الفِرارِ فَذادَها
بِأَسحَمَwith a black horn لاةٍof a wild cow ذيpossessing شَباةٍa sharp point وَعامِلِand a shaft
بِأَسحَمَ لاةٍ ذي شَباةٍ وَعامِلِ
he guarded his pride against retreat and drove them off
It protected its nose from some of the fleeing, so it repelled them
with a wild ox's black horn, bearing sharp point and shaft.
With a flash of lightning, unblemished and effective.
فَفَرَّقَso he separated بَينَbetween السابِقينَthe two foremost بِطَعنَةٍwith a thrust
فَفَرَّقَ بَينَ السابِقينَ بِطَعنَةٍ
عَلىin عَجَلٍhaste مِنfrom سَلهَبٍa long horn غَيرِnot ناصِلِlosing its point
عَلى عَجَلٍ مِن سَلهَبٍ غَيرِ ناصِلِ
He parted the two foremost with a thrust,
It separated the preceders with a stab
hurriedly, from a long horn whose point stayed fast.
On a leg of Salhab, not reaching the target.
فَكانَso he was كَذيlike one with تَبلٍrancor تَذَكَّرَremembered ماwhat مَضىhad passed
فَكانَ كَذي تَبلٍ تَذَكَّرَ ما مَضى
وَقَدand already كَرَّhe charged back كَرّاتِthe charges of الكَريمِthe noble المُقاتِلِfighter
وَقَد كَرَّ كَرّاتِ الكَريمِ المُقاتِلِ
He was like one nursing rancor, remembering the past,
It was like a stallion who recalled what was past
charging back with a noble fighter's charges.
When he performed the valorous deeds of the warrior.
يَهُزُّhe tosses بِأَطرافِat the ends of الحِبالِthe ropes وَيَنتَحيand swerves
يَهُزُّ بِأَطرافِ الحِبالِ وَيَنتَحي
عَلىtoward الأَجنَبِthe flank القُصوىfarthest هَزيزَwith the quivering of المُغاوِلِdaggers
عَلى الأَجنَبِ القُصوى هَزيزَ المُغاوِلِ
He tosses at the rope-ends and swerves
It sways at the ends of the ropes and sniffs
toward the farthest flank, quivering like daggers,
At the farthest side, swaying of the wavering.
كَماas اِنقَضَّplunged دُرِّيٌّa brilliant star تَخَلَّلَthreaded through مَتنُهُits body
كَما اِنقَضَّ دُرِّيٌّ تَخَلَّلَ مَتنُهُ
فُروجَthe gaps of جَهامٍa rainless cloud آخِرَat the end of اللَيلِthe night جافِلِscudding away
فُروجَ جَهامٍ آخِرَ اللَيلِ جافِلِ
as a brilliant star plunges, its body threading
As a lote tree whose core a plunging Dellal entered
the gaps of a scudding, rainless cloud at night's end.
At the end of the night, pouring.
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