لَقَدindeed عَلِمَتlearned يَومَon the day of القُبَيباتِal-Qubaybat نَهشَلٌNahshal
لَقَد عَلِمَت يَومَ القُبَيباتِ نَهشَلٌ
وَحُردانُهاand her angry men أَنthat قَدalready مُنواthey were afflicted بِعَسيرِwith a harsh ordeal
وَحُردانُها أَن قَد مُنوا بِعَسيرِ
Indeed, Nahshal learned on the day of al-Qubaybat—
and her angry men—that a harsh ordeal had befallen them.
عَشِيَّةَat evening قالواthey said إِنَّindeed أَحواضَكُمyour water-troughs لَناare ours
عَشِيَّةَ قالوا إِنَّ أَحواضَكُم لَنا
فَلاقواso they encountered جَوازَaccess to الماءِthe water غَيرَnot يَسيرِeasy
فَلاقوا جَوازَ الماءِ غَيرَ يَسيرِ
That evening they said, “Your water-troughs are surely ours”;
so they found access to the water far from easy.
فَماso not كانَit was إِلّاexcept ساعَةًa short while ثُمَّthen أَدبَرَتthey turned away
فَما كانَ إِلّا ساعَةً ثُمَّ أَدبَرَت
فُقَيمٌFuqaym بِأَعضادٍwith upper arms رَبَتthat had swollen وَظُهورِand backs
فُقَيمٌ بِأَعضادٍ رَبَت وَظُهورِ
It was but a short while; then they turned in flight—
Fuqaym, their upper arms and backs swollen.
وَقُلتُand I said لَهُto him اِستَمسِكhold fast شِعارَShiʿar فَإِنَّهاfor these are
وَقُلتُ لَهُ اِستَمسِك شِعارَ فَإِنَّها
أُمورٌaffairs دَنَتhave drawn near أَحناؤُهاtheir twists لِأُمورِto other affairs
أُمورٌ دَنَت أَحناؤُها لِأُمورِ
And I said to him, “Hold fast, Shiʿar, for these
are affairs whose twists have drawn close to other affairs.”
لَعَمرُby the life of أَبيكَyour father الخَيرِthe good ماnot رَغمُresentment نَهشَلٍNahshal
لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ الخَيرِ ما رَغمُ نَهشَلٍ
عَلَيَّtoward me وَلاnor حُردانَهاher angry men بِكَثيرِof much account
عَلَيَّ وَلا حُردانَها بِكَثيرِ
By your good father's life, neither Nahshal's resentment
toward me nor that of her angry men counts for much.
Sol 6.1