رأتshe saw المشيبَgrey hair بعارضيكin both your side-whiskers فغاظَهاso it vexed her
رأت المشيبَ بعارضيك فغاظَها
وثنتand she turned بذاتِat Dhat البانِal-Ban (ban trees) عنكaway from you لحاظَهاher glances
وثنت بذاتِ البانِ عنك لحاظَها
She saw grey hair in your side-whiskers, and it vexed her.
She saw the gray hair in your temples and it annoyed her,
And at Dhat al-Ban she turned her glances away from you.
And she turned away her gaze from you with a charming glance.
هيفاءُslender-waisted maiden لوif بَرزَتshe appeared لنسّاكbefore the ascetics of الورىhumankind
هيفاءُ لو بَرزَت لنسّاك الورى
يوماًone day لأحبىwould surely have favored دَلُّهاher coy charm وُعّاظهاher preachers
يوماً لأحبى دَلُّها وُعّاظها
A slender-waisted maiden: were she to appear before the world's ascetics
If Haifa had appeared to make you forget the world one day,
One day, her coy charm would lavish favors upon her preachers.
She would have preferred her guides and preachers.
ريمٌwhite gazelle لئالئُpearls نحرِهاher throat تحكيresemble لئاpearls (first fragment)
ريمٌ لئالئُ نحرِها تحكي لئا
لئَpearls (final fragment) ثغرِهاher mouth اللاّئيwhich حكتresembled ألفاظهاher words
لئَ ثغرِها اللاّئي حكت ألفاظها
A white gazelle: the pearls upon her throat resemble the pearls
The pearls of Rym's neck tell Laa,
Of her mouth, which her words in turn resemble.
The words her mouth related were thousands.
قدindeed كانَwas شملُكyour fellowship بالكواعبwith the budding-breasted maidens جامعاًunited
قد كانَ شملُك بالكواعب جامعاً
أيامَin the days when سوقُthe market of صِباكyour youth كانَwas عُكاظهاtheir Ukaz
أيامَ سوقُ صِباك كانَ عُكاظها
Once your fellowship with the budding-breasted maidens was united,
Your gathering with the maidens was all-encompassing
When the market of your youth was their Ukaz.
In the days when your youth market was Ukaz.
فتنبَّهتthen awoke عينُthe eye of الزمانِTime ففرَّقتand then scattered
فتنبَّهت عينُ الزمانِ ففرَّقت
بالشيبِwith grey hair شملَكyour fellowship لاmay it not رأتsee إيقاظهاits awakening
بالشيبِ شملَك لا رأت إيقاظها
Then the eye of Time awoke and scattered
So the eye of time became alert and separated
Your fellowship with grey hair—may that eye never witness its awakening!
Your gathering with gray hair when it saw its awakening.
رقَّتgrew tender إليكtoward you قلوبهنَّtheir hearts معwith الصَباyouth
رقَّت إليك قلوبهنَّ مع الصَبا
وأعادهنَّand turned them back لكtoward you المشيبُgrey hair غِلاظهاtheir hardened ones
وأعادهنَّ لك المشيبُ غِلاظها
Their hearts were tender toward you in youth,
Their hearts softened towards you in youth,
But grey hair made them hard toward you.
And gray hair returned their hardness to you.
فدعso leave الغوانيthe beautiful women القاتلاتِwho kill بصدّهاthrough their rebuffs
فدع الغواني القاتلاتِ بصدّها
كمhow many فتيةٍyoung men غنجُthe coquetry of اللحاظِthe glances أفاظهاhas slain them
كم فتيةٍ غنجُ اللحاظِ أفاظها
So leave the beauties who kill through their rebuffs;
Leave those deadly flirts in their rejection,
How many youths the coquetry of their glances has slain!
How many young men whose glances have killed.
واهتُفand cry out هُديتَmay you be guided ولوand even if منof النبلthe arrows العِدىthe foes
واهتُف هُديتَ ولو من النبل العِدى
كسرتbroke عليكagainst you لغيظِهاbecause of their rage أرعاظهاtheir arrowhead sockets
كسرت عليك لغيظِها أرعاظها
And cry out—may you be guided—even if the foes, with arrows,
And loudly declare your gift even if it is from honorable nobility
Break their head-sockets against you in their rage,
Who would break their bones out of anger towards you.
بمدائحِwith praises of الحسنal-Hasan الذيwhose آباؤهhis forefathers
بمدائحِ الحسن الذي آباؤه
كانواwere لأسرارِof the secrets of الندىgenerosity حُفّاظهاtheir guardians
كانوا لأسرارِ الندى حُفّاظها
In praise of al-Hasan, whose forefathers
With praises of the beauty whose forefathers
Were guardians of generosity's secrets.
Were keepers of the secrets of fertality.
حمَّالِsteadfast bearer of ثقلthe weight of المكرماتِnoble deeds بهمَّةٍwith a resolve
حمَّالِ ثقل المكرماتِ بهمَّةٍ
لمdid not تَشكُcomplain of مذsince نهضتit rose بهاwith them أبهاظهاtheir heavy burdens
لم تَشكُ مذ نهضت بها أبهاظها
A bearer of the weight of noble deeds, with a resolve
Bearing the burden of honors with ambition
That, since shouldering them, has never complained of their burdens.
That did not doubt since it rose with it the ignorant.
ياO منyou who أعادَrestored النيّراتِthe luminaries ضياءَهاtheir radiance
يا من أعادَ النيّراتِ ضياءَها
فزهتso they shone proudly وأعطىand gave المخدراتِthe secluded maidens حُفاظهاtheir protection
فزهت وأعطى المخدراتِ حُفاظها
O you who restored the luminaries' radiance,
O you who restored the brilliance of achievements
So they shone proudly—and gave secluded maidens their protection.
So they shone and gave livers that preserve consciousness.
أوقدَتyou kindled نارَa fire of قِرىًhospitality لضيفكfor your guest ضوؤهاits light
أوقدَت نارَ قِرىً لضيفك ضوؤها
وبقلبand in the heart of كاشحكyour spiteful foe اقتدحتyou struck alight شواظهاits smokeless flame
وبقلب كاشحك اقتدحت شواظها
You kindled a fire of hospitality, its light for your guest,
You ignited the fire of hospitality for your guest, its light,
And in your spiteful foe's heart you struck its smokeless flame.
And in your generous heart its flames blazed.
Sol 6.1