إِلَيكَto you حَمَلتَyou bore الأَمرَthe matter ثُمَّthen جَمَعتَهُyou gathered it
إِلَيكَ حَمَلتَ الأَمرَ ثُمَّ جَمَعتَهُ
إِلَيكَto you وَأَشلاءَand the limbs الطَريدِthe fugitive المَشَرَّدِthe banished
إِلَيكَ وَأَشلاءَ الطَريدِ المَشَرَّدِ
To yourself you bore the matter, then gathered it
To you I entrusted the matter, then brought it together
to yourself, along with the limbs of the banished fugitive.
To you and the disjointed parts of the scattered caravan
وَموضِعِand by the resting place خِمسٍfive خَفقَةًa brief doze كُنتَyou were سادِساًsixth
وَموضِعِ خِمسٍ خَفقَةً كُنتَ سادِساً
لَهُنَّamong them وَقَدand already حانَhad come الغُدُوُّthe morning departure لِمُغتَديfor an early traveler
لَهُنَّ وَقَد حانَ الغُدُوُّ لِمُغتَدي
And by the resting place of five for a brief doze—you were sixth
And where five throbbed you were the sixth
among them, when the time had come for an early traveler to depart.
For them, and the time for raiding had come
أُنيخَتthey were made to kneel إِذاwhen اِنشَقَّsplit open العَمودُthe pillar كَأَنَّماas though
أُنيخَت إِذا اِنشَقَّ العَمودُ كَأَنَّما
بَنائِقُهُits gussets مِنof طَيلَسانٍa shawl وَمُجسِدِand a saffron-dyed robe
بَنائِقُهُ مِن طَيلَسانٍ وَمُجسِدِ
They were made to kneel when dawn’s pillar split open, as though
It collapsed when the pillar cracked as though
its gussets were of a shawl and a saffron-dyed robe.
Its platforms were of poplar wood and plaster
وَلَمand did not يَتَوَسَّدhe pillowed his head غَيرَother than أَلواحِthe broad bones of ساعِدٍa forearm
وَلَم يَتَوَسَّد غَيرَ أَلواحِ ساعِدٍ
وَحَيثُand where اِنثَنَتbent مِنfrom بانَتيthe two bān stems رُكبَةُthe knee اليَدِof the arm
وَحَيثُ اِنثَنَت مِن بانَتي رُكبَةُ اليَدِ
He pillowed his head only on the broad bones of a forearm,
And leaned on nothing but the palms of arms
and where the arm’s knee bent between the two bān stems.
And where the wrist’s kneecap bent from my side
حَلَفتُI swore بِرَبِّby the Lord of الراقِصاتِthe swaying she-camels إِلىtoward مِنىًMinā
حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ الراقِصاتِ إِلى مِنىً
خِفافاًlight-footed وَأَعناقِand the necks of الهَدِيِّthe sacrificial animals المُقَلَّدِthe garlanded
خِفافاً وَأَعناقِ الهَدِيِّ المُقَلَّدِ
I swore by the Lord of the she-camels swaying toward Minā,
I swore by the Lord of the dancing maidens to Mina
light-footed, and by the necks of the garlanded sacrificial animals:
On nimble feet and the necks of the haltered sacrifice
لَقَدindeed ظَلَمَتwronged أَيديكُمُyour hands غَيرَone who is not ظالِمٍa wrongdoer
لَقَد ظَلَمَت أَيديكُمُ غَيرَ ظالِمٍ
وَلاnor لِهَوانٍfor humiliation فيin القُيودِthe fetters مُقَوَّدِone led along
وَلا لِهَوانٍ في القُيودِ مُقَوَّدِ
your hands have indeed wronged one who did no wrong,
Indeed your hands have wronged, not being wrongdoers’
nor one to be led in fetters in humiliation.
Nor for abasement in shackles made to plod
وَإِنّيand indeed I وَإِيّاكُمand you وَمَنand whoever فيin حِبالِكُمyour ropes
وَإِنّي وَإِيّاكُم وَمَن في حِبالِكُم
كَمَنlike one حَبلُهُhis rope فيat رَأسِthe summit of نيقٍa crag مُعَرِّدِtowering
كَمَن حَبلُهُ في رَأسِ نيقٍ مُعَرِّدِ
And indeed I, you, and whoever is held in your ropes
And I and you and those in your ropes
are like one whose rope is at the summit of a towering crag.
Are like one whose rope is on the head of a restless camel
إِذاwhen ذَكَرَتهُit recalled him العَينُthe eye يَوماًone day تَحَدَّرَتstreamed down
إِذا ذَكَرَتهُ العَينُ يَوماً تَحَدَّرَت
عَلىupon الخَدِّthe cheek أَمثالَthe likes of الجُمانِpearls المُفَرَّدِscattered
عَلى الخَدِّ أَمثالَ الجُمانِ المُفَرَّدِ
When the eye recalls him one day, tears stream down
Whenever the eye remembers him one day, tears flowed
upon the cheek, like scattered pearls.
Down the cheek like scattered pearls
أَجِدّواstrive earnestly عَلىin سَيرِtraveling through النَهارِthe day وَلَيلِهِand its night
أَجِدّوا عَلى سَيرِ النَهارِ وَلَيلِهِ
فَلَنfor ... will not تُدرِكواyou attain حاجاتِكُمyour aims بِالتَفَرُّدِby acting alone
فَلَن تُدرِكوا حاجاتِكُم بِالتَفَرُّدِ
Press on in traveling through the day and its night;
Be firm throughout the course of day and night
for you will not attain your aims by acting alone.
For you will not attain your wants by being solitary
Sol 6.1