وفتيانٍand young men مصاليتٍvaliant كرامِnoble
وفتيانٍ مصاليتٍ كرامِ
مُدَرَّبةٍtrained علىin خَوْضِplunging into الظلامِthe darkness
مُدَرَّبةٍ على خَوْضِ الظلامِ
And young men, valiant and noble,
Brave youths, honed for plunging through the dark,
trained to plunge into the darkness;
Drowsy, leaning as blood drips from a wound.
وقدand already خفقَcame lightly النعاسُdrowsiness بهمْupon them فمالواso they swayed
وقد خفقَ النعاسُ بهمْ فمالوا
بهwith it مَيْلَthe swaying of النزيفِone drunk منfrom المُدامwine
به مَيْلَ النزيفِ من المُدام
and drowsiness had come upon them, so they swayed
Each spirited mare panting, her lead rope slack,
with it, as one drunk on wine sways.
I pass with them while shadows shred the gloom,
وكلّand every نجيبةٍhigh-bred she-camel هوجاءَswift and headlong تهفوfly lightly
وكلّ نجيبةٍ هوجاءَ تهفو
سوابقُهاher forelegs بإرخاءwith the slackening of الزمامthe rein
سوابقُها بإرخاء الزمام
And every high-bred, headlong she-camel, whose
My mounts streaming from Nejd's land
forelegs flew when the rein was slackened.
Through gullies amid the train of clouds,
سريتُI journeyed by night بهمwith them وللظلماءِand darkness had سَجْفٌa veil
سريتُ بهم وللظلماءِ سَجْفٌ
يمزِّقُهُtears it ببارقةٍwith a flash حساميmy sword
يمزِّقُهُ ببارقةٍ حسامي
I journeyed with them by night, while darkness wore a veil
To meadows where poppies were picked by girls' hands,
that my sword tore with a flash.
The blossoms now crushed and faded.
أجرُّI trail ذوابليmy slender spears منfrom أرضِthe land of نجدٍNajd
أجرُّ ذوابلي من أرضِ نجدٍ
خلالَthrough مَجَرِّthe trailing path of أذيالthe skirts of الغمامthe clouds
خلالَ مَجَرِّ أذيال الغمام
I trailed my slender spears from the land of Najd,
Branches twined by a night wind's caress,
along the path of the clouds’ trailing skirts,
Embracing the groves and smiling rose.
علىover ميثاءَsoft sandy ground رفَّswayed بهاupon it الخزامىlavender
على ميثاءَ رفَّ بها الخزامى
وأضحىand had become الزهرُthe blossoms مفضوضَbroken open الختامthe seal
وأضحى الزهرُ مفضوضَ الختام
over soft, sandy ground where lavender swayed,
and the blossoms stood with their seals broken.
تلفُّentwines غصونهاits branches ريحٌa wind بليلٌcool and moist
تلفُّ غصونها ريحٌ بليلٌ
فيعتنقُso embraces الأراكthe arak tree معwith البشامthe basham tree
فيعتنقُ الأراك مع البشام
A cool, moist wind entwined its branches,
so the arak embraced the basham.
Partial English translation: 10 of 14 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1