قَدindeed نالَattained بِشرٌBishr مُنيَةَthe desire النَفسِof the soul إِذwhen غَداset out in the morning
قَد نالَ بِشرٌ مُنيَةَ النَفسِ إِذ غَدا
بِعَبدَةَwith ʿAbda مَنهاةِthe utmost limit المُنىof wishes اِبنُson of شُغافِShughāf
بِعَبدَةَ مَنهاةِ المُنى اِبنُ شُغافِ
Bishr attained his heart’s desire when he set out in the morning,
With ʿAbda, the utmost of wishes—he, Ibn Shughāf.
فَياso, oh لَيتَهُwould that he لاقىhad met شَياطينَthe devils of مُحرِزٍMuḥriz
فَيا لَيتَهُ لاقى شَياطينَ مُحرِزٍ
وَمِثلَهُمُand their like مِنfrom نَهشَلٍNahshal وَمَنافِand Manāf
وَمِثلَهُمُ مِن نَهشَلٍ وَمَنافِ
Oh, would that he had met the devils of Muḥriz,
And their like from Nahshal and Manāf,
بِحَيثُwhere اِنحَنىcurved أَنفُthe nose of الصَليبِal-Ṣalīb وَأَعرَضَتand loomed
بِحَيثُ اِنحَنى أَنفُ الصَليبِ وَأَعرَضَت
مَخارِمُmountain passes تَحتَbeneath اللَيلِthe night ذاتُhaving نِجافِridges
مَخارِمُ تَحتَ اللَيلِ ذاتُ نِجافِ
Where al-Ṣalīb’s nose curved, and there loomed
Mountain passes beneath the night, with ridges.
Sol 6.1