زَعَمَclaimed الوُشاةُthe tale-bearers بِأَنَّthat دومَةَDuma أَخلَفَتdisappointed
زَعَمَ الوُشاةُ بِأَنَّ دومَةَ أَخلَفَت
ظَنّيmy expectation وَقَلَّصَand dwindled خَيرُهاher kindness المَوعودُthe promised
ظَنّي وَقَلَّصَ خَيرُها المَوعودُ
The tale-bearers claimed that Duma had disappointed
My hopes, and her promised kindness had dwindled.
صَدَقواthey spoke truly وَبَيَّنَand made clear ليto me شَواكِلُthe signs أَمرِهاof her conduct
صَدَقوا وَبَيَّنَ لي شَواكِلُ أَمرِها
وَجَرىand passed بِهِwith it حَرِقُragged الجَناحِof wing قَعيدُcoming from behind
وَجَرى بِهِ حَرِقُ الجَناحِ قَعيدُ
They spoke truly; the signs of her conduct made it plain to me,
And a ragged-winged bird, coming from behind, bore the omen:
مُتَقارِبُclose-set الحَنَكَينِthe two jaws شَحّاجُa loud cawer الضُحىthe forenoon
مُتَقارِبُ الحَنَكَينِ شَحّاجُ الضُحى
أَرِنٌboisterous كَأَنَّas though جَناحَهُhis wing مَشدودُbound
أَرِنٌ كَأَنَّ جَناحَهُ مَشدودُ
With close-set jaws, a loud cawer at midmorning,
Boisterous, as though his wing were bound.
فَزَجَرتُهُso I rebuked him أَنthat لاnot يُفَرِّخَhatch بَيضُهُhis eggs
فَزَجَرتُهُ أَن لا يُفَرِّخَ بَيضُهُ
وَيُصيبَهُand strike him صَدَءُrust-stained الرِصافِthe arrow's sinew bindings سَديدُwell-aimed
وَيُصيبَهُ صَدَءُ الرِصافِ سَديدُ
So I rebuked him: may his eggs never hatch,
And may a well-aimed arrow with rust-stained bindings strike him.
أَفَرِحتَare you glad? أَنthat جُرحٌa wound أَلَمَّbefell بِفارِسٍupon a horseman
أَفَرِحتَ أَن جُرحٌ أَلَمَّ بِفارِسٍ
لَمnot يَبقَremain مِمَّنof those whom سُدتَyou ruled غَيرَexcept مَسودُa subject
لَم يَبقَ مِمَّن سُدتَ غَيرَ مَسودُ
Are you glad that a wound has befallen a horseman?
Of those you have ruled, none remains but a subject.
وَكَأَنَّand as though هادِيَهُhis neck إِذاwhen اِستَعرَضتَهُyou view him broadside
وَكَأَنَّ هادِيَهُ إِذا اِستَعرَضتَهُ
جِذعٌa palm trunk تَحَسَّرَfell away ليفُهُits fibre مَجرودُstripped bare
جِذعٌ تَحَسَّرَ ليفُهُ مَجرودُ
And his neck, when you view him broadside, is like
A palm trunk, its fibre fallen away, stripped bare.
Sol 6.1