وأفخرand I boast علىover الناسpeople ملءa fullness الأرضthe earth منof شممlofty pride
وأفخر على الناس ملء الأرض من شمم
العزّhonor أقعسunbowed والآباءand the forefathers أمجادillustrious
العزّ أقعس والآباء أمجاد
And I boast over men with pride enough to fill the earth.
And I boast over all people on earth with pride
Honor stands unbowed, and the forefathers are illustrious.
Glory sits still, and fathers are glories
هلare? يستويequal الناسpeople قالواthey said كلناall of us بشرhuman
هل يستوي الناس قالوا كلنا بشر
فالمندلfor aloeswood الرطبfresh والطرفاءand tamarisk أعوادpieces of wood
فالمندل الرطب والطرفاء أعواد
Are people equal? They said, 'We are all human.'
Are all people equal, they said we are all humans
For fresh aloeswood and tamarisk are both wood.
So the wet handkerchief and wood are equal
ياO زهرZuhr زهرblossom أيادIyad لاnot كماas زعمتyou claimed
يا زهر زهر أياد لا كما زعمت
زهرblossom النجومthe stars فماfor there are no للعينfor the eye أندادequals
زهر النجوم فما للعين أنداد
O Zuhr, blossom of Iyad—not, as you claimed,
O flowers of hands, not as you claimed
The blossom of the stars; for the eye has no equals.
The flowers of stars, so the eye has no equals
حقاtruly سلكتI traversed الفيافيthe wastelands كلeach موحشةdesolate
حقا سلكت الفيافي كل موحشة
بهماءtrackless ساكنهاits inhabitant ظبيa gazelle وفيادand a male owl
بهماء ساكنها ظبي وفياد
Truly, I traversed the wastelands, each desolate,
Indeed, you walked the wildernesses
Trackless, its inhabitants a gazelle and a male owl.
With settled wind, gazelle and wild goats
يجيبanswers فيهاin it الصدىthe echo منone who ليسdoes not يسألهquestion it
يجيب فيها الصدى من ليس يسأله
ويقتلand kills الجوعhunger فيهاin it منone who لهhas for himself زادprovisions
ويقتل الجوع فيها من له زاد
There the echo answers one who does not question it.
Echo answers in it who doesn’t ask him
And there hunger kills one who has provisions.
And hunger kills in it who has provision
وينضبand runs dry الماءthe water وهوthough it is الجمplentiful موردهits water source
وينضب الماء وهو الجم مورده
الرملthe sand رملsand وهوyet it is أعقادknotted ridges
الرمل رمل وهو أعقاد
And the water runs out, though plentiful at its source.
Water runs out and it is the abundant spring
The sand is sand, yet it forms knotted ridges.
Sand, sand, while it is knots
والمرءand the man فيin الحرّةthe lava-field الرجلاءrugged قدalready حميتhas grown hot
والمرء في الحرّة الرجلاء قد حميت
كأنهنas though they were منof العشاقthe lovers أكبادlivers
كأنهن من العشاق أكباد
And the man is in the rugged lava-field, already scorching,
And man in hot sands, indeed you protected
As though they were the livers of lovers.
As if they are from lovers, livers
منamong شرthe worst ماwhat طرقbefell الأقوامpeoples منof نوبcalamities
من شر ما طرق الأقوام من نوب
وخيرand the best ماwhat ارتادهsought it out للنجمfor the star مرتادa seeker
وخير ما ارتاده للنجم مرتاد
Among the worst calamities to befall peoples,
From the evil of what people experienced of harms
And the best a seeker has sought out for the star.
And the best that the guide to the star devised
يخرجنthey emerge منfrom جنباتthe edges النقعthe dust طائرةflying
يخرجن من جنبات النقع طائرة
كأنهنas though they were سقوطsparks وهيthough they are أزنادfire-strikers
كأنهن سقوط وهي أزناد
They emerge flying from the edges of the dust,
They come out from the sides of plains flying
As though they were sparks, though they are fire-strikers.
As if they are a fall, and they are bracelets
ولواthey departed جميعاًall together بماwith what فيin الدهرthe age منof حسنbeauty
ولوا جميعاً بما في الدهر من حسن
لاno عيبfault فيin القومthe people الاexcept انهمthat they بادواperished
لا عيب في القوم الا انهم بادوا
They all departed, taking with them the beauty of the age.
If they all possessed the beauty of life
The people have no fault except that they have perished.
No flaw among the people except they perished
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