وَأَدْهَمَand many a black night قَدindeed جُبْتُI traversed ظَلْماءَهُits gloom
وَأَدْهَمَ قَد جُبْتُ ظَلْماءَهُ
كَماas اجْتابَتِput on الكَاعِبُthe maiden with budding breasts الخيْعلاَthe sleeveless shift
كَما اجْتابَتِ الكَاعِبُ الخيْعلاَ
And many a black night’s gloom have I traversed,
I engulfed its darkness
As a maiden with budding breasts dons a sleeveless shift.
As the diver engulfs the deep
وَلاand not رَعِشاًtrembling إِنْif جَرىran سَاقُهُhis leg
وَلا رَعِشاً إِنْ جَرى سَاقُهُ
إذاwhen بادَرَhe forestalled الحَمَلَةthe charge الهيْضَلاَthe mighty host
إذا بادَرَ الحَمَلَة الهيْضَلاَ
Nor shaky-legged when he runs,
Without quivering if its leg flows
When he beats the mighty host to the charge.
When it dares into the turbulent billow
Sol 6.1