وأحَمّand a coal-black horse مِنْfrom أولادِthe offspring أَعْوَجَAʿwaj عُجْتُهُI wheeled him
وأحَمّ مِنْ أولادِ أَعْوَجَ عُجْتُهُ
وأظنُّهُand I deem him للبرقِto lightning كانَhe was حَميماa close companion
وأظنُّهُ للبرقِ كانَ حَميما
And I wheeled a coal-black horse of Aʿwaj’s offspring,
And I think he was lightning’s close companion.
متكفِّئاًswaying لَوْif أنّهthat he جارىraced alongside الصَّباthe east wind
متكفِّئاً لَوْ أنّه جارى الصَّبا
شأواًa stretch of running لَبَاتَwould surely spend the night أديمُهاits skin مَحْمُوماfevered
شأواً لَبَاتَ أديمُها مَحْمُوما
Swaying—were he to race the east wind
For a stretch, its skin would spend the night fevered.
مُستقبلاًseen head-on أعلىloftiest الذُّرىthe crests مُسْتَعرِضاًseen broadside
مُستقبلاً أعلى الذُّرى مُسْتَعرِضاً
بَسْطَbroad القَراthe back مُسْتَدبراًseen from behind مَلْمُوماcompactly built
بَسْطَ القَرا مُسْتَدبراً مَلْمُوما
Seen head-on, loftiest of crest; seen broadside,
Broad of back; seen from behind, compactly built.
حُرَّnoble الإهابِthe hide وسيمهhandsome in it برَّfaithful الإياthe return (word begins)
حُرَّ الإهابِ وسيمه برَّ الإيا
بِcompletion of ‘the return’ كريمهnoble in it محضَpure النِّصابthe stock صَميماtrue-bred
بِ كريمه محضَ النِّصاب صَميما
Noble of hide and handsome in it; faithful in returning,
Noble in it, pure of stock, true-bred.
إِنْif قِيدَhe was led جاءكَhe came to you زينةًan ornament أَوْor ريضَhe was tamed رِيْhe was tamed (word begins)
إِنْ قِيدَ جاءكَ زينةً أَوْ ريضَ رِيْ
ضَcompletion of ‘he was tamed’ بِنَيّةًa little girl أوor رِيعَhe was startled رِيعَhe was startled ظَلِيماa male ostrich
ضَ بِنَيّةً أو رِيعَ رِيعَ ظَلِيما
If led, he comes to you an ornament; if tamed, he is tamed
Like a little girl; or, if startled, he is startled like a male ostrich.
فأَرَعْتُso I frightened فيهاin it الوحشَthe wild beasts عنaway from مُهجاتهاtheir lifeblood
فأَرَعْتُ فيها الوحشَ عن مُهجاتها
وجعلتُهُand I made him بنفوسِهنَّfor their lives زَعيماa guarantor
وجعلتُهُ بنفوسِهنَّ زَعيما
So there I frightened the wild beasts away from their lifeblood,
And made him the guarantor of their lives.
Sol 6.1