لِعَمرَةَfor Amrah بِالبَطحاءِin al-Batha بَينَbetween مُعَرَّفٍMu'arrif
لِعَمرَةَ بِالبَطحاءِ بَينَ مُعَرَّفٍ
وَبَينَand between نَطاةَNatah مَسكَنٌa dwelling وَمَحاضِرُand gathering places
وَبَينَ نَطاةَ مَسكَنٌ وَمَحاضِرُ
Amrah has, in al-Batha, between Mu'arrif
and Natah, a dwelling and gathering places.
لَعَمريby my life لَحَيٌّsurely a tribe بَينَbetween دارِthe dwelling of مُزاحِمٍMuzahim
لَعَمري لَحَيٌّ بَينَ دارِ مُزاحِمٍ
وَبَينَand between الجُثىal-Jutha لاnot يَجشَمُundertakes arduously السَيرَthe journey حاضِرُa resident
وَبَينَ الجُثى لا يَجشَمُ السَيرَ حاضِرُ
By my life, a tribe between Muzahim's dwelling
and al-Jutha, whose residents need not toil on journeys,
وَحَيٌّand a tribe حِلالٌencamped لاnot يُكَمَّشُis hurried away سَربُهُمtheir herd
وَحَيٌّ حِلالٌ لا يُكَمَّشُ سَربُهُم
لَهُمthey have مِنfrom وَراءِbeyond القاصِياتِthe distant ones زَوافِرُsupporting clans
لَهُم مِن وَراءِ القاصِياتِ زَوافِرُ
and an encamped tribe whose herds are not hurried away,
with supporting clans beyond the farthest reaches—
إِذاwhen قيلَit is said يَوماًone day إِظعَنواdepart, all of you قَدalready أَتَيتُمُyou have been attacked
إِذا قيلَ يَوماً إِظعَنوا قَد أَتَيتُمُ
أَقامواthey stayed وَلَمand not تُجلَبbe brought إِلَيهِمto them أَباعِرُcamels
أَقاموا وَلَم تُجلَب إِلَيهِم أَباعِرُ
when told one day, “Depart! You have been attacked!”
they stay, and no camels are brought to them—
أَحَقُّmore entitled بِهاto her مِنthan فِتيَةٍyoung men وَرَكائِبٍand riding camels
أَحَقُّ بِها مِن فِتيَةٍ وَرَكائِبٍ
تُقَطِّعُtraverse عَنهاaway from her اللَيلَthe night عوجٌbent-legged ضَوامِرُlean
تُقَطِّعُ عَنها اللَيلَ عوجٌ ضَوامِرُ
have greater claim to her than youths and riding camels,
lean, bent-legged beasts that traverse the night away from her.
تَقولُshe says وَتُذريand she sheds الدَمعَtears عَنfrom حُرِّthe fair part of وَجهِهاher face
تَقولُ وَتُذري الدَمعَ عَن حُرِّ وَجهِها
لَعَلَّكَperhaps you نَفسيmy soul قَبلَbefore نَفسِكَyour soul باكِرُclaiming early
لَعَلَّكَ نَفسي قَبلَ نَفسِكَ باكِرُ
She says, shedding tears from her fair face:
“Perhaps you will claim my soul before your own.”
أَباحَmade freely available لَهاto her بِطريقُthe patrician of فارِسَPersia غائِطاًa hollow
أَباحَ لَها بِطريقُ فارِسَ غائِطاً
لَهُit has مِنfrom ذُرىthe heights of الجَولانِthe Golan بَقلٌgreen herbage وَزاهِرُand flowering plants
لَهُ مِن ذُرى الجَولانِ بَقلٌ وَزاهِرُ
Persia's patrician gave her free range in a hollow,
with herbs and flowering growth from the Golan's heights.
تَرَبَّعُshe grazes in spring فيin غَسّانَGhassan أَكفافَthe margins of مُحبِلٍMuhbil
تَرَبَّعُ في غَسّانَ أَكفافَ مُحبِلٍ
إِلىto الحارِثِal-Harith الجَولانِthe Golan فَالنَيُّso the fatness ظاهِرُis visible
إِلى الحارِثِ الجَولانِ فَالنَيُّ ظاهِرُ
She grazes in spring in Ghassan, along Muhbil's margins,
to al-Harith of the Golan, her plumpness plain to see.
فَقَرَّبتُهاthen I brought her near لِلرَحلِfor the saddle وَهيَwhile she كَأَنَّهاas though she were
فَقَرَّبتُها لِلرَحلِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها
ظَليمُa male ostrich نَعامٍostriches بِالسَماوَةِin al-Samawah نافِرُstartled and fleeing
ظَليمُ نَعامٍ بِالسَماوَةِ نافِرُ
Then I brought her up for saddling, as though she were
a startled male ostrich in al-Samawah.
فَأَورَدتُهاthen I led her to water ماءًwater فَماbut not شَرِبَتshe drank بِهِfrom it
فَأَورَدتُها ماءً فَما شَرِبَت بِهِ
سِوىexcept أَنَّهاthat she قَدindeed بُلَّwere wetted مِنهاof hers المَشافِرُthe camel's lips
سِوى أَنَّها قَد بُلَّ مِنها المَشافِرُ
I led her to water, but she drank nothing there,
save that her lips had been wetted.
فَأَصدَرتُهاthen I led her away عَنfrom ماwater تَهَمَّلَwandered slowly غُدوَةًat dawn
فَأَصدَرتُها عَن ما تَهَمَّلَ غُدوَةً
مِنَout of الغابِthe thicket ذوone wearing طِمرَينِtwo worn garments فَالبَزُّand the gear آطِرُweighing down
مِنَ الغابِ ذو طِمرَينِ فَالبَزُّ آطِرُ
Then I led her away from water; at dawn there wandered
from the thicket one in two worn wraps, his gear weighing him down.
فَباتَتso she spent the night وَباتَand remained overnight الماءُthe water تَحتَbeneath جِرانِهاher lower neck
فَباتَت وَباتَ الماءُ تَحتَ جِرانِها
لَدىat نَحرِهاher upper breast مِنfrom جُمَّةِthe pool of الماءِwater عاذِرُa trace
لَدى نَحرِها مِن جُمَّةِ الماءِ عاذِرُ
She spent the night, and water lay beneath her neck,
a trace at her breast from the pool's water.
فَدابَتso she pressed on سُراهاher night journey لَيلَةًfor a night ثُمَّthen عَرَّسَتshe halted to rest
فَدابَت سُراها لَيلَةً ثُمَّ عَرَّسَت
بِيَثرِبَat Yathrib وَالأَعرابُand the Bedouins بادٍnomadic وَحاضِرُand settled
بِيَثرِبَ وَالأَعرابُ بادٍ وَحاضِرُ
She pressed on through a night's journey, then halted to rest
at Yathrib, among nomadic and settled Bedouins.
Sol 6.1