تَرىsee جَسَداًa body عَيناكَyour two eyes تَنظُرُyou gaze ساكِناًmotionless
تَرى جَسَداً عَيناكَ تَنظُرُ ساكِناً
وَلَستَand you are not وَلَوand even if ناداكَcalls you لُقمانُLuqman تَسمَعُhearing
وَلَستَ وَلَو ناداكَ لُقمانُ تَسمَعُ
Your eyes see a body, motionless as you gaze,
You see a body, your eyes look upon, motionless
yet you do not hear, even if Luqman calls you.
Even if Luqman called you, you would not hear
فَإِيّاكَso beware إِنّيindeed I قَلَّrarely ماemphatic particle أَزجُرُI warn اِمرِئًa man
فَإِيّاكَ إِنّي قَلَّ ما أَزجُرُ اِمرِئً
سِوىexcept مَرَّةٍonce إِنّيindeed I بِمَنwith whoever حانَis doomed مولَعُobsessed
سِوى مَرَّةٍ إِنّي بِمَن حانَ مولَعُ
So beware: I rarely warn a man
So beware, rarely do I deter a man
more than once; I am obsessed with whoever is doomed.
Except once, for I am enamored with the one indebted
فَذَلِكَso that تَقديميmy advance warning إِلَيكَto you فَإِنso if تَكُنyou are
فَذَلِكَ تَقديمي إِلَيكَ فَإِن تَكُن
شَقِيّاًill-fated تَرِدyou reach حَوضَthe pool of الَّذيthe one whom كُنتَyou were أَمنَعُmore impregnable
شَقِيّاً تَرِد حَوضَ الَّذي كُنتَ أَمنَعُ
That, then, is my warning to you; if you are
This is my message to you, so if you are
ill-fated, you will reach the pool of one you once surpassed in strength.
Wretched, you will return the basin you once refused
وَقَدand already شابَhave turned gray صُدغاكَyour two temples اللَئيمانِignoble عاتِباًreproaching
وَقَد شابَ صُدغاكَ اللَئيمانِ عاتِباً
عَلَيناagainst us وَفيناand among us أُمُّكَyour mother الغولُthe ghoul تَمزَعُscurries
عَلَينا وَفينا أُمُّكَ الغولُ تَمزَعُ
Your two ignoble temples have grown gray as you rail
Though time has whitened your wretched cheeks blaming
against us, while among us your mother, the ghoul, scurries
Us, while in us is your ghoul mother shrieking
إِلىto حُجُرِthe chambers of الأَضيافِthe guests كُلَّevery عَشِيَّةٍevening
إِلى حُجُرِ الأَضيافِ كُلَّ عَشِيَّةٍ
بِذيwith something possessing حَلَقٍrings تَمشيshe walks بِهِwith it تَتَدَعدَعُshe wobbles
بِذي حَلَقٍ تَمشي بِهِ تَتَدَعدَعُ
to the guests’ chambers every evening,
To the lodging of guests every evening
with a ringed thing, wobbling as she walks with it.
With the bearded one she walks with, stumbling
فَماso not زِلتُI have ceased عَنfrom سَعدٍSa'd لَدُنsince أَنthat هَجَوتُهاI lampooned them
فَما زِلتُ عَن سَعدٍ لَدُن أَن هَجَوتُها
أَخُصُّI single out وَتاراتٍand at times أَعُمُّI include all فَأَجمَعُand so gather all
أَخُصُّ وَتاراتٍ أَعُمُّ فَأَجمَعُ
So I have not left Sa'd alone since I lampooned them,
So I have not stopped attacking Saad since I satirized him
singling some out, and at times including all together.
Specifically and in general, comprehensively
جُعِلتُI was made عَلىupon سَعدٍSa'd عَذاباًa torment فَأَصبَحَتand so they became
جُعِلتُ عَلى سَعدٍ عَذاباً فَأَصبَحَت
تَلاعَنُcurse one another سَعدٌSa'd فيin عَذابيmy torment وَتُقمَعُand are subdued
تَلاعَنُ سَعدٌ في عَذابي وَتُقمَعُ
I was made a torment for Sa'd, and now
I was made a torment upon Saad, so Saad started
Sa'd curse one another under my torment and are subdued,
Cursing in my torment, suppressing screams
تَلاعُنَthe mutual cursing of أَهلِthe people of النارِthe Fire إِذwhen يَركَبونَهاthey enter it
تَلاعُنَ أَهلِ النارِ إِذ يَركَبونَها
وَإِذand when هِيَit تَغشىengulfs المُجرِمينَthe sinners وَتَسفَعُand scorches
وَإِذ هِيَ تَغشى المُجرِمينَ وَتَسفَعُ
as the people of the Fire curse one another when they enter it,
Cursing the people of hell as they mount it
and when it engulfs the sinners and scorches them.
As it covers the criminals, blazing
أَلَمhave you not تَرَseen سَعداًSa'd أَودَحَتsubmitted إِذwhen دَكَكتُهاI crushed them
أَلَم تَرَ سَعداً أَودَحَت إِذ دَكَكتُها
كَماas دَكَّrazed آطامَthe forts of اليَمامَةِal-Yamama تُبَّعُTubba'
كَما دَكَّ آطامَ اليَمامَةِ تُبَّعُ
Have you not seen Sa'd submit when I crushed them,
Have you not seen Saad how it crumbled him when I crushed him
as Tubba' razed the forts of al-Yamama?
As Tubba crushed the mounds of Yamamah
كَأَنَّas though بَنيthe sons of سَعدٍSa'd ضِباعُhyenas قَصيمَةٍa thicket
كَأَنَّ بَني سَعدٍ ضِباعُ قَصيمَةٍ
تَفَرَّعَهاmounted them عَبلُstout الذِراعَينِin both arms مِصقَعُa hard striker
تَفَرَّعَها عَبلُ الذِراعَينِ مِصقَعُ
It is as though the sons of Sa'd were hyenas in a thicket,
It is as if the Saad clan are hyenas
mounted by a stout-armed, hard-striking assailant;
Whose forelegs the two-armed Misaq dismembered
تُنَفِّسُrelieve عَنهاfrom themselves بِالجُعورِwith dung وَتَتَّقيand shield themselves
تُنَفِّسُ عَنها بِالجُعورِ وَتَتَّقي
بِأَذنابِهاwith their tails زُبَّshaggy المَناخِرِnostrils طُلَّعِbold attackers
بِأَذنابِها زُبَّ المَناخِرِ طُلَّعِ
they relieve themselves with dung, and shield themselves
Blowing them off with their dens, and protecting
with their tails against bold, shaggy-nostrilled attackers.
Their snouts from the claws’ stabs, peering out
Sol 6.1