حجبتI was shut out وماand not حجبتI was shut out عنfrom الصباحthe dawn
حجبت وما حجبت عن الصباح
وليلُand the night الصّبِّthe lovelorn one ممطولdelayed البراحdeparture
وليلُ الصّبِّ ممطول البراح
I was shut out, yet not shut out from the dawn,
The dawn has not been obscured from me,
and the lovelorn one's night is slow to depart.
And the night of anguish has been prolonged.
وباتand spent the night السقمsickness يكمنlurks فيin عظاميmy bones
وبات السقم يكمن في عظامي
كمونthe lurking of الموتdeath فيin حدِّthe edge of الصفاحthe broad swords
كمون الموت في حدِّ الصفاح
Sickness spent the night lurking in my bones,
Illness lurks within my bones
as death lurks in the edge of broad swords.
Like the lurking of death at the blade's edge.
كسوتI clothed الحمدpraise ذاone possessing عرضٍhonor مصونٍinviolate
كسوت الحمد ذا عرضٍ مصونٍ
يمتَّعُis granted enjoyment فيin حمىthe sanctuary of مالٍwealth مباحfreely available
يمتَّعُ في حمى مالٍ مباح
I clothed in praise a man of inviolate honor,
I have clothed praise with protected honor,
granted enjoyment in the sanctuary of wealth open to all:
Taking pleasure in honest, lawful wealth.
مزوحُplayful اللفظspeech مجذوعَcut off; curtailed العطاياgifts
مزوحُ اللفظ مجذوعَ العطايا
جموحُunbridled العزمresolve مجنونَmad السماحgenerosity
جموحُ العزم مجنونَ السماح
playful in speech, his gifts cut short,
Playful words with denied gifts -
unbridled in resolve, mad in generosity.
Resolute will of a mind insane.
إذاwhen اشتجرتclashed; intertwined علىover الملكsovereignty العواليthe tall spears
إذا اشتجرت على الملك العوالي
هززتyou brandished أصمَّsolid; unyielding موشَّىornamented الجناحthe wing
هززت أصمَّ موشَّى الجناح
When tall spears clash over sovereignty,
When I contend for lofty kingship,
you brandish an unyielding weapon with an ornamented wing.
I shake the deaf, quilled wings.
يُريقit pours out علىupon الظُّباthe blade-edges ريقthe spittle of المناياdeaths; fatal destinies
يُريق على الظُّبا ريق المنايا
ويكحلand applies kohl to بالردىwith death مقلthe eyes of الرماحthe spears
ويكحل بالردى مقل الرماح
It pours death's spittle upon the blade-edges,
He pours the spittle of death upon hyenas
and lines the spears' eyes with death as kohl.
And lines the spearheads with destruction.
Sol 6.1