ياO اِبنَson of أَبيAbū (father of) حاضِرٍḤāḍir ياO شَرَّworst مُمتَدِحٍpanegyrist
يا اِبنَ أَبي حاضِرٍ يا شَرَّ مُمتَدِحٍ
أَنتَyou الفِداءُthe ransom لِعَبّادِfor ʿAbbād بنِson of عَبّادِʿAbbād
أَنتَ الفِداءُ لِعَبّادِ بنِ عَبّادِ
O son of Abū Ḥāḍir, O worst of panegyrists!
O son of Abi Hadhir, O worst of flatterers
You are the ransom for ʿAbbād son of ʿAbbād.
You are the ransom for the servants of Ibn Abbad
أَنتَyou الفِداءُthe ransom لِخَيرٍfor one better مِنكَthan you مَأثُرَةًin noble achievement
أَنتَ الفِداءُ لِخَيرٍ مِنكَ مَأثُرَةً
عِندَat التَنائيseparation وَخَيرٍand one better مِنكَthan you فيin الناديthe assembly
عِندَ التَنائي وَخَيرٍ مِنكَ في النادي
You are the ransom for one better than you in noble deeds,
You are the ransom for one better than you, revered
When far apart, and better than you in the assembly.
When parting, and better than you in the assembly
المازِنِيُّthe Māzinī الَّذيwho يَشآكَoutstrips you أَوَّلُهُhis forebear
المازِنِيُّ الَّذي يَشآكَ أَوَّلُهُ
إِذاwhen جَرَيتُمyou all race بِآباءٍby fathers وَأَجدادِand grandfathers
إِذا جَرَيتُم بِآباءٍ وَأَجدادِ
The Māzinī, whose forebear outstrips you,
Al-Mazini, whom you malign at first
When you race on the strength of fathers and grandfathers.
When you race with fathers and forefathers
أَغَرُّradiant أَروَعُimposing مَحضٌpure-blooded غَيرُnot مُؤتَشَبٍmixed in lineage
أَغَرُّ أَروَعُ مَحضٌ غَيرُ مُؤتَشَبٍ
مُرَدَّدٌof successive descent بَينَamong أَمحاضٍmen of pure stock وَأَنجادِand valiant men
مُرَدَّدٌ بَينَ أَمحاضٍ وَأَنجادِ
Radiant, imposing, of pure stock, unmingled,
More cuckoo-like, more flashy, pure without alloy
Descended through generations of the pure-born and the valiant.
Echoing between fools and assemblies
صَلتُsmooth الجَبينِof brow كَريمُnoble العودِin stock مُنتَجَبٌchosen
صَلتُ الجَبينِ كَريمُ العودِ مُنتَجَبٌ
لَمdid not يَدرِhe know ماwhat طَعمُthe taste of ثَديَيthe two breasts of أُمُّa mother of أَولادِchildren
لَم يَدرِ ما طَعمُ ثَديَي أُمُّ أَولادِ
Smooth-browed, of noble stock, a chosen man,
His smooth forehead, generous fine wood, carefully chosen
He never knew the taste of a slave mother's breasts.
He never knew the taste of a mother's breast
أَنتَyou اِبنُson of عَلقَمَةَʿAlqamah المَحمودُpraised نائِلُهُhis bounty
أَنتَ اِبنُ عَلقَمَةَ المَحمودُ نائِلُهُ
وَخالُكَand your maternal uncle السِعرُal-Siʿr سِعرُSiʿr of المِصرِthe town وَالباديand the desert-dweller
وَخالُكَ السِعرُ سِعرُ المِصرِ وَالبادي
You are the son of ʿAlqamah, whose bounty is praised,
You are the son of Alqamah, praiseworthy, his heir
And your maternal uncle is al-Siʿr—Siʿr of town and desert.
And your uncle Si'r, the price of Egypt and the nomad
تَرىyou see قُدورَthe cauldrons of اِبنِson of عَبّادٍʿAbbād مُعَسكِرَةًencamped
تَرى قُدورَ اِبنِ عَبّادٍ مُعَسكِرَةً
وَالناسُand the people مِنsome صادِرٍone departing عَنهاfrom them وَوَرّادِand those arriving
وَالناسُ مِن صادِرٍ عَنها وَوَرّادِ
You see Ibn ʿAbbād's cauldrons encamped,
You see the pots of Ibn Abbad encamped
And people—some departing from them, others arriving.
While people disperse from him satisfied and replete
يَسريhe travels by night فَيُصبِحُthen he reaches morning عَبّادٌʿAbbād يُشَبِّهُهُlikens him
يَسري فَيُصبِحُ عَبّادٌ يُشَبِّهُهُ
صَدرَthe forepart of الحُسامِthe keen sword نُقيwas selected مِنfrom بَينِamong أَغمادِscabbards
صَدرَ الحُسامِ نُقي مِن بَينِ أَغمادِ
He travels by night; at dawn, ʿAbbād is likened to
He walks at nightfall becoming at dawn Abbad
The forepart of a keen sword, selected from among scabbards.
Whose breast gleams among scabbards
Sol 6.1