أَأُمَيمَO Umaym إِنَّindeed أَخاكِyour brother غَضَّcurbed جِماحَهُhis unruliness
أَأُمَيمَ إِنَّ أَخاكِ غَضَّ جِماحَهُ
بَيضٌwhite hairs طَرَدنَthey drove away عَنِfrom الذَوائِبِthe tresses سوداblack hairs
بَيضٌ طَرَدنَ عَنِ الذَوائِبِ سودا
O Umaym, your brother has indeed curbed his unruliness;
O Umayma, your brother has folded his wings
White hairs have driven black ones from his tresses.
A white one who drove away the black misfortunes
عُقَبُsuccessive turns الجَديدِever-renewing time إِذاwhen مَرَرنَthey pass عَلىover الفَتىthe young man
عُقَبُ الجَديدِ إِذا مَرَرنَ عَلى الفَتى
مَرَّthe passage of الفَوادِحِcrushing calamities لَمdid not يَدَعنَthey leave جَديداanything fresh
مَرَّ الفَوادِحِ لَم يَدَعنَ جَديدا
Time's successive turns, when they pass over a young man,
The heels of the new one, when they pass by the youth
Like crushing calamities, leave nothing fresh.
Passed the calamities, left no new thing
قَدindeed كانَhe was قَبلَكِbefore you لِلحِسانِfor the beautiful women طَريدَةًprey
قَد كانَ قَبلَكِ لِلحِسانِ طَريدَةً
فَاليَومَso today راحَhe departed عَنِfrom الحِسانِthe beautiful women طَريداdriven away
فَاليَومَ راحَ عَنِ الحِسانِ طَريدا
Before you, he had been the prey of beautiful women;
He used to be, before you, a prey for virtues
So today he has departed from the beauties, driven away.
And today he went far from virtues
حَوَّلنَthey turned عَنُهaway from him نَواظِراًeyes مُزوَرَّةًaverted
حَوَّلنَ عَنُه نَواظِراً مُزوَرَّةً
نَظَرَthe look of القِلىloathing وَلَوَينَand they turned عَنهُaway from him خُدوداcheeks
نَظَرَ القِلى وَلَوَينَ عَنهُ خُدودا
They turned their eyes away from him in aversion,
They turned away from him observing faces
With looks of loathing, and turned their cheeks away from him.
The twist-eyed looked and turned away blushing cheeks from him
نَشَدَhe sought التَصابيacting youthful بَعدَafter ماthe fact that ضاعَwas lost الصِباyouth
نَشَدَ التَصابي بَعدَ ما ضاعَ الصِبا
غَرَضاًan aim لَعَمرُكِby your life ياO أُمَيمَUmaym بَعيداfar-off
غَرَضاً لَعَمرُكِ يا أُمَيمَ بَعيدا
He sought to play the youth after youth was lost—
He missed his youth after his youth was lost
A far-off aim, by your life, O Umaym.
An aim, by your life O Umayma, far away
Sol 6.1