ولَقَدand indeed غَدَوتُI went early عَلىto الفَتىthe young man فيin رَحلِهِhis quarters
ولَقَد غَدَوتُ عَلى الفَتى في رَحلِهِ
قَبلَbefore الصَباحِdawn بِمُترَعٍwith a brimming cup نَشّاجِgurgling
قَبلَ الصَباحِ بِمُترَعٍ نَشّاجِ
And indeed I called early on the young man in his quarters,
before dawn, with a brimming, gurgling cup.
جادَpoured generously القَلالُthe wine jars لَهُfor it بِدَرِّwith a flow of صَبابَةٍremaining wine
جادَ القَلالُ لَهُ بِدَرِّ صَبابَةٍ
حمراءَred مِثلَlike سَخينَةِthe warm blood of الأَوداجِthe jugular veins
حمراءَ مِثلَ سَخينَةِ الأَوداجِ
The jars had poured it their remaining wine,
red as warm blood from the jugular veins.
حِبِسَتit was kept ثَلاثَةَthree أَحرُسٍyears فيin دارَةٍa round enclosure
حِبِسَت ثَلاثَةَ أَحرُسٍ في دارَةٍ
قَوراءَspacious بَينَamong جَوازِلٍyoung pigeons وَدَجاجِand hens
قَوراءَ بَينَ جَوازِلٍ وَدَجاجِ
It had been kept three years in a round enclosure,
spacious, among young pigeons and hens.
تَدَعُit leaves الغَوِيَّthe wayward man كَأَنَّهُas though he were فيin نَفسِهِhis own mind
تَدَعُ الغَوِيَّ كَأَنَّهُ في نَفسِهِ
مَلِكٌa king يُعَصِّبُbinds رَأسَهُhis head بِالتاجِwith the crown
مَلِكٌ يُعَصِّبُ رَأسَهُ بِالتاجِ
It makes the wayward man seem to himself
a king binding a crown about his head.
وَيَظَلُّand he keeps يَحسَبُimagining كُلَّevery شَيءٍthing حَولَهُaround him
وَيَظَلُّ يَحسَبُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ حَولَهُ
نُجُبَchoice she-camels of العِراقِIraq نَزَلنَthey alighted بِالأَحداجِwith the litters
نُجُبَ العِراقِ نَزَلنَ بِالأَحداجِ
And he keeps taking everything around him
for Iraq's choice she-camels, alighting with their litters.
وَكَأَنَّand as though أَصلَthe bases of رِحالِهاtheir saddles وَحِبالِهاand their ropes
وَكَأَنَّ أَصلَ رِحالِها وَحِبالِها
عُلِّقنَّwere hung فَوقَupon قوَlittle mature ass (first word-fragment) يرِحٍlittle mature ass (continuing fragment) شَحّاجِloudly braying
عُلِّقنَّ فَوقَ قوَ يرِحٍ شَحّاجِ
And as though their saddle-frames and their ropes
were hung upon a little, mature, loudly braying ass,
يَحدوhe drives onward ثَمانيَeight females مُولَعاًintent بِلِقاحِهاon impregnating them
يَحدو ثَمانيَ مُولَعاً بِلِقاحِها
حَتّىuntil هَمَمنَthey came close بِزَيغَةِto a disruption of الإِرتاجِgestation
حَتّى هَمَمنَ بِزَيغَةِ الإِرتاجِ
driving eight she-asses, intent on impregnating them,
until they were on the verge of miscarrying.
رَمَتِshe cast الغَلاةَthe wasteland (probably الفلاة) بِمُعَجِلٍwith a premature foal مُتَسَربِلٍclothed in
رَمَتِ الغَلاةَ بِمُعَجِلٍ مُتَسَربِلٍ
غِرسَthe membrane of السَلىthe afterbirth وَمَلاكِعَand clots of الأَمشاجِmingled fluids
غِرسَ السَلى وَمَلاكِعَ الأَمشاجِ
She cast a premature foal onto the wasteland, wrapped
in the afterbirth's membrane and clots of mingled fluids.
صَقرٌa falcon أَحَمُّdark غَذاfed بِلَحمٍwith flesh أَفرُخاًnestlings
صَقرٌ أَحَمُّ غَذا بِلَحمٍ أَفرُخاً
فيin ذيa place with شَواهِقَtowering heights مِنamong ذُرىthe summits of مِحراجِMiḥrāj
في ذي شَواهِقَ مِن ذُرى مِحراجِ
A dark falcon fed nestlings with flesh,
on a towering height among Miḥrāj's summits.
Sol 6.1