إِذاwhen أَثفَرواthey fitted cruppers كُلَّevery خَفّاقَةٍa flapping mount
إِذا أَثفَروا كُلَّ خَفّاقَةٍ
وَرَدنَthey came to water بِهِمcarrying them أَحَدَone of الأَثمُدِthe scant-water pools
وَرَدنَ بِهِم أَحَدَ الأَثمُدِ
When they fit cruppers to every flapping mount,
If they unsheathe every unsheathed sword
they bring them to one of the scant-water pools,
And charge at them in one of the valleys
بِأَخيَلَwith one more swaggering مِنهُمthan them إِذاwhen زَيَّنواthey adorned
بِأَخيَلَ مِنهُم إِذا زَيَّنوا
بِمَغرَتِهِمwith their red ochre حاجِبَيthe two eyebrows of مُؤجَدِa sturdily built beast
بِمَغرَتِهِم حاجِبَي مُؤجَدِ
with one more swaggering than they, when they adorn
With their horses when they are adorned
with their red ochre the two brows of a sturdy beast:
With their foreheads that straighten frowning brows
حِمارٌan ass لَهُمof theirs مِنfrom بَناتِthe daughters of الكُداal-Kudād (continued)
حِمارٌ لَهُم مِن بَناتِ الكُدا
دِcompletion of al-Kudād يُدَهمِجُtrots with short steps بِالوَطبِwith the milk-skin وَالمِزوَدِand the provision-bag
دِ يُدَهمِجُ بِالوَطبِ وَالمِزوَدِ
an ass of theirs, from the daughters of al-Kudād,
They have a donkey from the daughters of Kuda
trotting along with the milk-skin and provision-bag.
That brays with fodder and provisions
فَهَذاso this سِبابيmy verbal abuse لَكُمfor you فَاِصبُرواso endure
فَهَذا سِبابي لَكُم فَاِصبُروا
عَلىunder الناقِراتِthe piercing taunts وَلَمand not أَعتَدِI overstepped
عَلى الناقِراتِ وَلَم أَعتَدِ
So this is my abuse for you; endure
So this is my insult to you, so be patient
the piercing taunts—I have not overstepped.
With the faultfinders, and I did not transgress
إِذاwhen ماemphasis: ever اِجتَدَعتُI lopped off أُنوفَthe noses of اللِئاthe vile (continued)
إِذا ما اِجتَدَعتُ أُنوفَ اللِئا
مِcompletion of 'the vile' عَفَرتُI rubbed in dust الخُدودَthe cheeks إِلىdown to الجَدجَدِthe hard, level ground
مِ عَفَرتُ الخُدودَ إِلى الجَدجَدِ
Whenever I lop off the noses of the vile,
When I make the noses of the vile bleed
I rub their cheeks in dust upon the hard, level ground.
I soil the cheeks to the chin
يَغورُgoes down into the lowlands بِأَعناقِهاwith their necks الغائِروthe lowland travelers (continued)
يَغورُ بِأَعناقِها الغائِرو
نَcompletion of 'the lowland travelers' وَيَخبِطنَand they tread نَجداًNajd مَعَwith المُنجِدِthe upland traveler
نَ وَيَخبِطنَ نَجداً مَعَ المُنجِدِ
Lowland travelers bear their necks down into the lowlands,
They sink with their sunken necks
and they tread Najd with the upland traveler.
And they flounder with ardour and verve
وَكانَand was جَريرٌJarir عَلىupon قَومِهِhis people
وَكانَ جَريرٌ عَلى قَومِهِ
كَبَكرِlike the young camel of ثَمودٍThamud لَهاfor them الأَنكَدِthe ill-omened one
كَبَكرِ ثَمودٍ لَها الأَنكَدِ
And Jarir was, for his people,
And Jarir was to his people
like Thamud's young camel, ill-omened for them.
Like Bakr was to Thamud who possessed intensity
رَغاhe bellowed رَغوَةًa single bellow بِمَناياهُمُwith their deaths
رَغا رَغوَةً بِمَناياهُمُ
فَصارواso they became رَماداًashes مَعَwith الرِمدَدِthe heaped ashes
فَصاروا رَماداً مَعَ الرِمدَدِ
He gave a single bellow, bearing their doom,
He bubbled with their demise
so they became ashes among the heaped ashes.
And they became ashes with embers
وَتَربُقُand it tethers بِاللُؤمِwith baseness أَعناقَهاtheir necks
وَتَربُقُ بِاللُؤمِ أَعناقَها
بِأَرباقِwith the nooses of لُؤمِهِمِtheir baseness الأَتلَدِmost ancient
بِأَرباقِ لُؤمِهِمِ الأَتلَدِ
And it tethers their necks with baseness,
And they are adorned with the vices’ collars
with the nooses of their most ancient baseness,
With the collars of their abundant vices
إِلىto مَقعَدٍa dwelling كَمَبيتِlike the sleeping-place of الكِلاthe dogs (continued)
إِلى مَقعَدٍ كَمَبيتِ الكِلا
بِcompletion of 'the dogs' قَصيرٍshort جَوانِبُهُits sides مُبلِدِclinging to the ground
بِ قَصيرٍ جَوانِبُهُ مُبلِدِ
to a dwelling like the dogs' sleeping-place,
To a sitting place like the sitting place of Kila
short-sided, clinging to the ground.
b, Its sides being harmless
يُواريit conceals كُلَيباًKulayb إِذاwhen اِستَجمَعَتthey gathered in full
يُواري كُلَيباً إِذا اِستَجمَعَت
وَيَعجِزُand falls short عَنof مَجلِسِthe sitting-space of المُقعَدِthe cripple
وَيَعجِزُ عَن مَجلِسِ المُقعَدِ
It conceals Kulayb when they gather in full,
It hides every Kulaib when they gather
yet cannot give a cripple room to sit.
And it fails the sitting place of the seated
Sol 6.1