أَظَنَّdid … think? عُيَينَةُʿUyaynah إِذwhen زارَهاhe visited it
أَظَنَّ عُيَينَةُ إِذ زارَها
بِأَنthat سَوفَwould يَهدِمُhe demolishes فيهاin it قُصوراpalaces
بِأَن سَوفَ يَهدِمُ فيها قُصورا
Did ʿUyaynah think, when he visited it,
that he would demolish palaces there?
وَمَنَّيتَand you held out hopes to جَمعَكَyour host ماwhat لَمdid not يَكُنcome to pass
وَمَنَّيتَ جَمعَكَ ما لَم يَكُن
فَقُلتَthen you said سَنَغنَمُwe shall gain as booty شَيئاًsomething كَثيراabundant
فَقُلتَ سَنَغنَمُ شَيئاً كَثيرا
And you filled your host with hopes of what never came to pass,
then said, “We shall gain abundant booty.”
فَعِفتَthen you loathed المَدينَةَMedina إِذwhen جِئتَهاyou came to it
فَعِفتَ المَدينَةَ إِذ جِئتَها
وَأَلفَيتَand you found لِلأُسدِbelonging to the lions فيهاwithin it زَئيراa roar
وَأَلفَيتَ لِلأُسدِ فيها زَئيرا
Then you loathed Medina when you came to it,
and found within it the lions’ roar.
فَوَلَّواso they turned away سِراعاًswiftly كَوَخدِlike the swift stride of النَعاthe ostriches (continued next line)
فَوَلَّوا سِراعاً كَوَخدِ النَعا
مِcompletion of “ostriches” لَمdid not يَكشِفواthey uncover عَنfrom مَلَطٍّa flank حَصيراa mat
مِ لَم يَكشِفوا عَن مَلَطٍّ حَصيرا
So they turned and fled, swift as the stride of ostriches,
without lifting a mat from a flank.
أَميرٌa commander عَلَيناover us رَسولُthe Messenger of المَليthe King (continued next line)
أَميرٌ عَلَينا رَسولُ المَلي
كِcompletion of “the King” أَحبِبhow dear! بِذاكَthat one (exclamatory construction) إِلَيناto us أَميراas a commander
كِ أَحبِب بِذاكَ إِلَينا أَميرا
Our commander is the Messenger of the King;
how dear to us is that commander!
رَسولٌa messenger نُصَدِّقُwe believe ماwhat جاءَهُcame to him
رَسولٌ نُصَدِّقُ ما جاءَهُ
مِنَof الوَحيِrevelation كانَhe was سِراجاًa lamp مُنيراshining
مِنَ الوَحيِ كانَ سِراجاً مُنيرا
A messenger—we believe what came to him
of revelation; he was a shining lamp.
Sol 6.1