منwho حسhas found or perceived ليfor me الأخوينthe two brothers كالlike the
من حس لي الأخوين كال
غصنينtwo branches أوor منwho راهماsaw them both
غصنين أو من راهما
Who has found for me the two brothers, like
Who made me feel the two brothers were as
two branches, or who has seen them both?
Two branches, or who saw them
قرمانtwo chieftains (literally, camel sires) لاnot يتظالماthey wrong one another (verb fragment)
قرمان لا يتظالما
نdual-verb ending ولاand not يرامis assailed حماهماtheir protected domain
ن ولا يرام حماهما
Two chieftains who do not wrong one another,
Two spears that do not oppress one another
nor can their protected domain be assailed.
And do not covet protecting each other?
ويليwoe to me علىfor أبويmy two fathers والand the
ويلي على أبوي وال
قبرgrave الذيthat واراهماconcealed them both
قبر الذي واراهما
Woe to me for my two fathers, and the
Woe unto me for two fathers whom
grave that concealed them both.
The grave covered over!
لاno مثلequal كهليmy two mature men فيamong الكهوthe mature men (word fragment)
لا مثل كهلي في الكهو
لcompletion of 'mature men' ولاand no فتىًa young man كفتاهماlike their young man
ل ولا فتىً كفتاهما
None is like my two elders among the
There are no elders in dwellings like my two elders,
elders, nor any youth like their youth.
Nor any youths like their youths.
أسدانtwo lions لاnot يتذللاthey abase themselves (verb fragment)
أسدان لا يتذللا
نdual-verb ending ولاand not يرامis assailed حماهماtheir protected domain
ن ولا يرام حماهما
Two lions who never abase themselves,
Two lions who do not submit
nor can their protected domain be assailed.
And do not covet protecting each other.
رمحينtwo spears خطيينboth from Khatt فيin
رمحين خطيين في
كبدthe heart or center السماءthe sky تراهماyou see them both
كبد السماء تراهما
Two spears of Khatt, in
Two straight lances in
the heart of the sky you see them both.
The liver of the sky - you see them.
ماnot خلفاthey both left behind إذwhen ودعاthey both bade farewell
ما خلفا إذ ودعا
فيamong سدودٍchieftains شرواهماtheir equals
في سدودٍ شرواهما
When they took their leave, they left none
They left nothing behind when they bid farewell
among the chieftains to equal them.
In places they frequented.
ساداthey both were lords بغيرwithout تكلفٍstrained effort
سادا بغير تكلفٍ
عفواًfreely or spontaneously يفيضoverflows نداهماtheir bounty
عفواً يفيض نداهما
They were lords without effort;
They ruled without affectation,
their bounty overflows freely.
Bounty overflowing from their munificence.
سيفينtwo swords هنديينboth Indian
سيفين هنديين
سنsharpened القبرthe grave حدthe edge ظباهماtheir blade-edges
سن القبر حد ظباهما
Two Indian swords—
Two Indian swords -
the grave sharpened the edges of their blades.
The tomb is the edge honing them.
ابنيthe two sons of ربيعةRabiʿah لاnot يملgrows weary النthe people (word fragment)
ابني ربيعة لا يمل الن
اسcompletion of 'people' منof ذكراهماremembering them both
اس من ذكراهما
The two sons of Rabiʿah—people never tire
Sons of Rabī‘ah, the people do not tire of
of remembering them both.
Mentioning them.
Sol 6.1