هلis there طالبone seeking ثارblood vengeance منfor one whose قدalready أهدرتhave shed with impunity دمهhis blood
هل طالب ثار من قد أهدرت دمه
بيضfair women عليهنbinding upon them نذرa vow قتلto kill منwhoever عشقاfell in love
بيض عليهن نذر قتل من عشقا
Is there one to avenge him whose blood has been shed with impunity
Does the avenger of spilt blood demand payment
By fair women bound by a vow to kill whoever falls in love?
From she who has vowed to kill those she loves?
منamong العقائلnoble ladies ماnot يخطرنthey walk with a sway عنby عرضchance
من العقائل ما يخطرن عن عرض
الاwithout أرينكthey show you فىin قدstature قناspears ونقاand sand dunes
الا أرينك فى قد قنا ونقا
Noble ladies, who never chance to walk swaying past
Cheeks that reveal no hint of innocence
Without showing you spears and sand dunes in their figures.
Save that I see thee walking proud and erect.
رواعفblood-dripping بخدودwith cheeks زانهاadorned them سبجjet
رواعف بخدود زانها سبج
قدindeed زرفنfashioned into rings الحسنbeauty فىin إصداغهاtheir temples حلقاringlets
قد زرفن الحسن فى إصداغها حلقا
Their cheeks are blood-red, adorned with jet;
With soft smooth cheeks made fair by kohl,
Beauty has fashioned ringlets at their temples.
On which beauty has poured slavery's fetters.
نواشرspreading فىin الضحىthe forenoon منfrom فرعهاtheir hair غسقاdusk
نواشر فى الضحى من فرعها غسقا
وفىand in ظلامdarkness الدجىthe night منfrom وجههاtheir faces فلقاdawn
وفى ظلام الدجى من وجهها فلقا
Spreading dusk from their hair in the morning light,
Branches waving at dawn and at dusk
And dawn from their faces in the darkness of night.
Cloaked in the darkness of her face's dawn.
أعرنthey lent غيدslender-necked ظباءgazelles روعتwere startled غيداsupple grace
أعرن غيد ظباء روعت غيدا
والوردand roses توريدrosiness خدof a cheek والمهاand oryxes حدقاpupils
والورد توريد خد والمها حدقا
They lent startled, slender-necked gazelles their supple grace,
The antelope of Wajd alarmed a herd
And roses the blush of a cheek, and oryxes eyes.
Roses redden her cheek, glances ensnare.
Sol 6.1