ضَمانٌa pledge عَلىupon عَينَيَّmy two eyes سَقيُwatering دِيارِكِyour dwellings
ضَمانٌ عَلى عَينَيَّ سَقيُ دِيارِكِ
وَإِنand even if لَمnot تَكونيyou are تَعلَمينَyou know بِذَلِكِof that
وَإِن لَم تَكوني تَعلَمينَ بِذَلِكِ
My eyes are pledged to water your dwellings,
The rain over your land is a promise in my eyes,
even if you do not know it.
Even if you don't know that,
وَقُلتُand I said لِأَصحابيto my companions اِنظُرواlook هَلwhether بَداappeared لَكُمto you
وَقُلتُ لِأَصحابي اِنظُروا هَل بَدا لَكُم
ضَميرُinner reaches بِلادٍlands غَيَّبَتconcealed أُمَّmother of مالِكِMalik
ضَميرُ بِلادٍ غَيَّبَت أُمَّ مالِكِ
And I said to my companions: Look—has there appeared to you
And I said to my friends, "Look, does it seem to you,
the heart of the lands that have hidden Umm Malik?
The conscience of a country has concealed the mother of its kings?"
كَأَنَّas though المَطاياthe riding camels إِنif غَدَونَthey departed at dawn بِسُحرَةٍbefore dawn
كَأَنَّ المَطايا إِن غَدَونَ بِسُحرَةٍ
تَرَكنَthey left أَفاحيصَnesting hollows القَطاthe sandgrouse فيin المَبارِكِthe kneeling places
تَرَكنَ أَفاحيصَ القَطا في المَبارِكِ
It is as though the riding camels, when they depart before dawn,
It's as if the horses, when they set out at dawn,
left sandgrouse nesting hollows in their kneeling places.
Left the leopard cubs in the blessed lands,
فَلاso no جَزَعٌanguish إِنif رابَcaused unease دَهرٌtime بِصَرفِهِwith its reversals
فَلا جَزَعٌ إِن رابَ دَهرٌ بِصَرفِهِ
وَبَدَّلَand changed حالاًa condition فَالخَطوبُfor calamities كَذَلِكِlike that
وَبَدَّلَ حالاً فَالخَطوبُ كَذَلِكِ
So no anguish if time brings unease with its reversals,
So don't be sad if time has passed with its ups and downs,
and changes one's lot—for such are calamities.
That's how events are,
لَناwe have إِبِلٌcamels مِلءُfilling الفَضاءِthe open expanse كَأَنَّماas if
لَنا إِبِلٌ مِلءُ الفَضاءِ كَأَنَّما
حَمَلنَthey carried التِلاعَthe hills الحُوَّdark فَوقَabove الحَوارِكِthe withers
حَمَلنَ التِلاعَ الحُوَّ فَوقَ الحَوارِكِ
We have camels filling the open expanse, as though
We have camels, filling the sky, as if
they carried dark hills above their withers.
They carried the humps over the ruins,
وَلَكِنand yet إِذاwhen اِغبَرَّgrew dust-gray الزَمانُtime تَرَوَّحَتthey returned at evening
وَلَكِن إِذا اِغبَرَّ الزَمانُ تَرَوَّحَت
فَجاءَتso they came عَلَيهِagainst it بِالعُروقِwith the veins السَوافِكِblood-spilling
فَجاءَت عَلَيهِ بِالعُروقِ السَوافِكِ
Yet when time grows dust-gray, they return at evening,
But when time grows dusty, they got excited
and come against it with veins that spill blood.
And came at it with the swift deadly swords,
أَبَرُّmore formidable عَلىagainst الأَعداءِthe enemies مِنّيthan me اِبنُa son حُرَّةٍa free woman
أَبَرُّ عَلى الأَعداءِ مِنّي اِبنُ حُرَّةٍ
جَرِيٌّbold عَلىin the face of الشَحناءِenmity عَفُّupright المَسالِكِthe ways
جَرِيٌّ عَلى الشَحناءِ عَفُّ المَسالِكِ
Is any son of a free woman more formidable against enemies than I,
More righteous to the enemies than me is the son of Hurrah,
bold in the face of enmity, upright in his ways?
Flowing over the rugged road, twisting the paths,
أَقَمتُI set up لَهُمfor them سوقَa market الجِلادِsword-combat بِمُنصِليwith my blade
أَقَمتُ لَهُم سوقَ الجِلادِ بِمُنصِلي
وَعَلَّمتُهُمand I taught them طَعنَthrusting الكُلىthe kidneys بِالنَيازِكِwith short spears
وَعَلَّمتُهُم طَعنَ الكُلى بِالنَيازِكِ
I set up for them a market of sword-combat with my blade,
I set up for them the market of decapitation with my swords
and taught them thrusts to the kidneys with short spears.
And taught them to stab kidneys with spears,
وَماand not العَيشُlife إِلّاexcept مُدَّةٌa span سَوفَwill تَنقَضيcome to an end
وَما العَيشُ إِلّا مُدَّةٌ سَوفَ تَنقَضي
وَماand not المالُwealth إِلّاexcept هالِكٌa perishing thing عِندَin the keeping of هالِكِone who perishes
وَما المالُ إِلّا هالِكٌ عِندَ هالِكِ
And life is only a span that will come to an end,
Life is just a finite duration that will end,
and wealth is but a perishing thing in the keeping of one who perishes.
And wealth is transient with the transient,
Sol 6.1