رَدَدتُI returned عَلىto عَمرِوAmr بنِson of قَيسٍQays قِلادَةًa necklace
رَدَدتُ عَلى عَمرِو بنِ قَيسٍ قِلادَةً
ثَمانينَeighty سوداًblack ones مِنfrom ذُرىthe heights of جَبَلِthe mountain of الهَضبِal-Hadb
ثَمانينَ سوداً مِن ذُرى جَبَلِ الهَضبِ
I restored to ʿAmr ibn Qays my necklace—
I returned to Amr ibn Qays a necklace—
eighty black camels from the heights of Mount al-Haḍb.
eighty black camels from the heights of Mount al-Hadb.
فَلَوso, had أَنَّthat أُمّيmy mother لَمdid not تَلِدنيbear me لَحَلَّقَتit would have soared
فَلَو أَنَّ أُمّي لَم تَلِدني لَحَلَّقَت
بِهاwith them المُغرِبُthe far-flying العَنقَاءُphoenix عِندَat أَخيa clansman of كَلبِKalb
بِها المُغرِبُ العَنقَاءُ عِندَ أَخي كَلبِ
Had my mother not borne me, it would have flown away,
Had my mother not borne me, it would have flown away
the fabled Phoenix bearing it from my brother Kalb’s keeping.
with them—the far-flying phoenix—at the Kalb clansman's.
أَبَيتُI refused لَهُfor him مِنfrom أَنthat يَكونَshould be اِختِيارُهُhis choice
أَبَيتُ لَهُ مِن أَن يَكونَ اِختِيارُهُ
عَطاءَan allotment المَواليthe clients مِنof أَفيلٍa young camel وَمِنand of سَقبِa male camel calf
عَطاءَ المَوالي مِن أَفيلٍ وَمِن سَقبِ
I would not allow him to choose for himself
I refused to let his chosen share be
the clients’ offering: a young camel and a male calf.
the clients' allotment of young camels and male camel calves.
وَلَمand did not تَرَsee عَينيmy eye مِثلَlike مُرَّةَMurra فارِساًa horseman
وَلَم تَرَ عَيني مِثلَ مُرَّةَ فارِساً
غَداةَon the morning when دَعاcalled السَفّاحُal-Saffah يالَO, to the rescue! بَنيsons of الشَجبِal-Shajb
غَداةَ دَعا السَفّاحُ يالَ بَني الشَجبِ
Never has my eye beheld a horseman like Murra,
My eye has never seen a horseman like Murra
the morn al-Saffāḥ cried, “To the aid of al-Shajb’s sons!”
on the morning al-Saffah called, 'O sons of al-Shajb, to the rescue!'
وَماand not كانَwas مِنof أَبناءِthe sons of تَيمٍTaym أَرومَةًby stock
وَما كانَ مِن أَبناءِ تَيمٍ أَرومَةً
وَلاnor عَبدِAbd وُدٍّWudd فيin النِصابِlineage وَلاnor الصُلبِthe loins
وَلا عَبدِ وُدٍّ في النِصابِ وَلا الصُلبِ
Yet by root and stock he was not one of Taym’s sons,
Nor was he of the sons of Taym by stock,
nor of ʿAbd Wudd, by pedigree or blood.
nor of Abd Wudd in lineage or loins.
وَزَلَّand slipped away اِبنُson of كُلثومٍKulthum عَنِfrom العَبدِthe slave بَعدَمafter
وَزَلَّ اِبنُ كُلثومٍ عَنِ العَبدِ بَعدَم
تَبَرّاdisavowed لَهُto him مِنfrom خالِدٍKhalid وَبَنيand the sons of كَعبِKa'b
تَبَرّا لَهُ مِن خالِدٍ وَبَني كَعبِ
And Ibn Kulthūm broke away from al-ʿAbd after
And Ibn Kulthum slipped away from the slave after
he had disavowed before him Khālid and the sons of Kaʿb.
he had declared to him his disavowal of Khalid and the sons of Ka'b.
Sol 6.1