إنif كُنتِyou are (feminine) سَاقِيةًserving drink (feminine) بِبُزin exchange for full-grown camels (word begins)
إن كُنتِ سَاقِيةً بِبُز
لِcompletion of 'full-grown camels' الأُدمِthe white ones (camels) أَوor بِحِقَاقِهاin exchange for their three-year-old camels
لِ الأُدمِ أَو بِحِقَاقِها
If you serve wine in exchange for full-grown
If you are a water-bearer in robes
white camels, or for their three-year-olds,
Of fine linen or silken cloaks,
فَاسقِيthen give drink to بَنيthe sons of نَهدNahd إِذَاwhen
فَاسقِي بَني نَهد إِذَا
شَربُواthey drink خِيَارَthe choicest of زِقَاقِهاits wineskins
شَربُوا خِيَارَ زِقَاقِها
then pour for the sons of Nahd, when
Then give to drink the sons of Nahd when
they drink, from its choicest wineskins.
They have sipped the choice of its alleys.
فالخيلُfor the horses تَعلَمُknow كَيفَhow نَلحـwe overtake (word begins)
فالخيلُ تَعلَمُ كَيفَ نَلحـ
ـقُهَاthem (completes 'we overtake them') غَداةَon the morning of لحِاقِهَاpursuing them
ـقُهَا غَداةَ لحِاقِهَا
For the horses know how we overtake
For the steeds know well how
them on the morning of their pursuit,
To attack her at dawn after overtaking her,
بأسنّةٍwith spearheads زُرقblue صبحنـwe served at dawn (word begins)
بأسنّةٍ زُرق صبحنـ
ـاcompletion of 'we served at dawn' القومَthe people حَدَّthe sharp edge of رِقاقِهاtheir slender blades
ـا القومَ حَدَّ رِقاقِها
with blue spearheads; at dawn we served
With blue lances that have dyed red
the people the sharp edges of those slender blades,
The people at the height of her alleys,
حَتَّىuntil تَرَيyou see (feminine) قِصَدَthe broken pieces of القَنَاthe spears
حَتَّى تَرَي قِصَدَ القَنَا
والبِيضَand the gleaming swords فِيin أَعنَاقِهاtheir necks
والبِيضَ فِي أَعنَاقِها
until you see the broken pieces of spears
Until you see the butts of the spears
and the gleaming swords in their necks.
And the whites in their necks.
Sol 6.1