شُعثاًshaggy شَوازِبَlean قَدalready طَوىhas drawn in أَقرابَهاtheir sides
شُعثاً شَوازِبَ قَد طَوى أَقرابَها
كَرُّrepeated charges الطِرادِpursuit لَواحِقُdrawn tight الآطالِthe flanks
كَرُّ الطِرادِ لَواحِقُ الآطالِ
Shaggy and lean, their sides have been drawn in
With disheveled hair its locks have coiled
by repeated charges in pursuit, their flanks tucked tight.
Like a frightened ostrich chased by hunters
بِأُلاكَwith those تَمنَعُyou ward off أَنto تُنَفِّقَyou escape through a bolt-hole بَعدَماafter
بِأُلاكَ تَمنَعُ أَن تُنَفِّقَ بَعدَما
قَصَّعتَyou burrowed into hiding بَينَbetween حُزونَةٍrugged ground وَرِمالِand sands
قَصَّعتَ بَينَ حُزونَةٍ وَرِمالِ
With those you avoid slipping through a bolt-hole, after
It refuses to spend out of miserliness
you have burrowed between rugged ground and sands.
After squandering between sorrow and sands
وَبِهِنَّand with them نَدفَعُwe dispel كَربَthe distress of كُلُّevery مُثَوِّبٍcaller for help
وَبِهِنَّ نَدفَعُ كَربَ كُلُّ مُثَوِّبٍ
وَتَرىand you see لَهاbelonging to them خُدَداًfurrows بِكُلِّin every مَجالِfield of action
وَتَرى لَها خُدَداً بِكُلِّ مَجالِ
And with them we dispel the distress of every caller for help,
With them we repel the worries of every repentant man
and you see their furrows in every field of action.
And you see for it folds in every expanse
إِنّيindeed, I بَنىbuilt ليfor me دارِمٌDarim عادِيَّةًan edifice ancient as ʿAd
إِنّي بَنى لي دارِمٌ عادِيَّةً
فيin المَجدِglory لَيسَis not أَرومُهاits ancestral roots بِمُزالِat all removable
في المَجدِ لَيسَ أَرومُها بِمُزالِ
Indeed, Darim built for me an edifice ancient as ʿAd,
I have built houses in glory
in glory, whose roots cannot be dislodged.
Not desiring to demolish them
وَأَبيand my father الَّذيwho وَرَدَcame to الكِلابَal-Kilab مُسَوِّماًdisplaying battle-marks
وَأَبي الَّذي وَرَدَ الكِلابَ مُسَوِّماً
وَالخَيلُand the horses تَحتَbeneath عَجاجِهاtheir dust-cloud المِنجالِbillowing
وَالخَيلُ تَحتَ عَجاجِها المِنجالِ
And my father, who came to al-Kilab displaying battle-marks,
And my father who welcomed the dogs by naming them
while the horses were beneath their billowing dust.
While the horses underneath their armors clanked
تَمشيwalk كَواتِفُهاtheir short-stepping steeds إِذاwhen ماever (emphatic) أَقبَلَتthey advance
تَمشي كَواتِفُها إِذا ما أَقبَلَت
بِالدارِعينَwith armored men تَكَدُّسَthe bunching gait of الأَوعالِmountain goats
بِالدارِعينَ تَكَدُّسَ الأَوعالِ
Their short-stepping steeds walk whenever they advance
Their anklets clinking as they walked
with armored men, bunching like mountain goats.
Piling up the valley with their cargo
قَلِقاًrestless قَلائِدُهاtheir neckbands تُقادُare led إِلىtoward العِدىthe foe
قَلِقاً قَلائِدُها تُقادُ إِلى العِدى
رُجُعَrepaying الغَذِيِّnourishment كَثيرَةَplentiful in الأَنفالِspoils of war
رُجُعَ الغَذِيِّ كَثيرَةَ الأَنفالِ
Their neckbands tossing, they are led against the foe,
Their necklaces clamor as they head to battle
repaying their nourishment, rich in spoils.
The war party returns with abundant spoils
أَكَلَتhave eaten away دَوابِرَهاtheir hoof-heels الإِكامُthe hillocks فَمَشيُهاso their gait
أَكَلَت دَوابِرَها الإِكامُ فَمَشيُها
مِمّاbecause of how وَجينَthey became sore-footed كَمِشيَةِlike the gait of الأَطفالِchildren
مِمّا وَجينَ كَمِشيَةِ الأَطفالِ
Hillocks have worn away their hoof-heels, so their gait,
Their mounts slowed by the fodder they consumed
from their aching feet, is like the gait of children.
Walking like toddlers learning to crawl
فَكَأَنَّهُنَّso it is as though they إِذاwhen فَزِعنَthey sprang in alarm لِصارِخٍto a caller for help
فَكَأَنَّهُنَّ إِذا فَزِعنَ لِصارِخٍ
وَشَرَعنَand they thrust forward بَينَbetween سَوافِلٍlowered spearpoints وَعَوالِand raised ones
وَشَرَعنَ بَينَ سَوافِلٍ وَعَوالِ
So they seem, when they spring to a cry for help,
So when they panic at a battlecry
and thrust between lowered and uplifted spearpoints,
And sprint between lowlands and summits
وَهَزَزنَand they shook مِنfrom جَزَعٍalarm أَسِنَّةَthe spearheads of صُلَّبٍrigid lances
وَهَزَزنَ مِن جَزَعٍ أَسِنَّةَ صُلَّبٍ
كَجُزوعِlike the trunks of خَيبَرَKhaybar أَوor جُزوعِthe trunks of أَوالِAwal
كَجُزوعِ خَيبَرَ أَو جُزوعِ أَوالِ
and in alarm shake the heads of rigid lances,
Shaking the bridles of resolute steeds
like the trunks of Khaybar or the trunks of Awal,
Like the trunks of Khaybar or the trunks of Awl
طَيرٌbirds تُبادِرُrace ahead of رائِحاًan evening cloud ذاbearing غَبيَةٍa burst of rain
طَيرٌ تُبادِرُ رائِحاً ذا غَبيَةٍ
بَرداًcold وَتَسحَقَهُand pulverizes it خَريقَa fierce blast of شَمالِa north wind
بَرداً وَتَسحَقَهُ خَريقَ شَمالِ
to be birds outracing an evening cloud bearing a shower,
Birds hastily taking flight with stupidity
cold, and torn apart by the fierce blast of a north wind.
Meeting the cold and crushed by the north wind
عَلِقَتhung fast أَعِنَّتُهُنَّtheir reins فيin مَجرومَةٍdate-stripped palms
عَلِقَت أَعِنَّتُهُنَّ في مَجرومَةٍ
سُحُقٍlofty مُشَذَّبَةِpruned الجُذوعِthe trunks طِوالِtall
سُحُقٍ مُشَذَّبَةِ الجُذوعِ طِوالِ
Their reins hang among date-stripped palms,
Their bridles caught in a tangled acacia
towering, with trunks pruned bare and tall.
With tall, slender trunks
تَغشىassail مُكَلَّلَةًcrowned عَوابِسُهاtheir grim-faced steeds بِناwith us
تَغشى مُكَلَّلَةً عَوابِسُها بِنا
يَومَthe day of اللِقاءِthe encounter أَسِنَّةَthe spearheads of الأَبطالِheroes
يَومَ اللِقاءِ أَسِنَّةَ الأَبطالِ
Their grim-faced steeds, crowned with us, charge forward,
Their grim faces overwhelming us
on the day of battle, against the heroes’ spearpoints.
On the day of the meeting of heroes
تَرعىgraze upon الزَعانِفَthe rabble حَولَناaround us بِقِيادِهاwith their reins
تَرعى الزَعانِفَ حَولَنا بِقِيادِها
وَغُدُوُّهُنَّand their morning sorties مُرَوَّحَan evening return التَشلالِthe driving-off of foes
وَغُدُوُّهُنَّ مُرَوَّحَ التَشلالِ
They graze upon the rabble around us, guided by their reins,
Grazing the meadows around us when they set out
and set out at dawn, returning at dusk from driving foes away,
Their trotting enlivening waterfalls
يَومَthe day of الشُعَيبَةِal-Shuʿaybah يَومَthe day أَقدَمَadvanced عامِرٌʿAmir
يَومَ الشُعَيبَةِ يَومَ أَقدَمَ عامِرٌ
قُدّامَahead of مُشعِلَةِa spreading host of الرُكوبِriding steeds غَوالِprized
قُدّامَ مُشعِلَةِ الرُكوبِ غَوالِ
on the day of al-Shuʿaybah, the day ʿAmir advanced
The day Aamir advanced
ahead of a spreading band of prized riding-steeds.
Before the kindled riding beasts
وَتَرىand you see مُراخيهاthe one easing their reins يَثوبُflock back لِحاقُهاtheir followers
وَتَرى مُراخيها يَثوبُ لِحاقُها
وِردَthe coming to water of الحَمامِpigeons حَوائِرَthe pools of الأَوشالِtrickling water
وِردَ الحَمامِ حَوائِرَ الأَوشالِ
And you see the one easing their reins, while their followers flock back,
And you see their tether ropes flutter as they gallop
as pigeons come to drink at pools of trickling water.
Like the flocking of doves to their nests
Sol 6.1