سَقَتنيgave me drink سُقاةُcupbearers المَجدِglory مِنfrom آلِthe house of ظالِمٍZalim
سَقَتني سُقاةُ المَجدِ مِن آلِ ظالِمٍ
بِأَرشِيَةٍwith well-ropes أَطرافُهاtheir ends فيamong الكَواكِبِthe stars
بِأَرشِيَةٍ أَطرافُها في الكَواكِبِ
The cupbearers of glory from the house of Zalim gave me drink,
The water-drawers of glory made me drink from the family of the unjust
With well-ropes whose ends reach among the stars.
With a bucket whose edges are in the stars
وَإِذاand behold بِأَعلىat the upper reaches of ذيDhu (possessor of) النُخَيلِنُسَيَةًal-Nukhayl; a small band of women
وَإِذا بِأَعلى ذي النُخَيلِنُسَيَةً
يُسَيّرنَthey drive أَعياراًasses شِدادَsturdy المَناكِبِshoulders
يُسَيّرنَ أَعياراً شِدادَ المَناكِبِ
And behold, at the upper reaches of Dhu al-Nukhayl, a small band of women,
And at the top of the one with the palm trees, they lead
Driving sturdy-shouldered asses.
Steeds with sturdy necks and ready to charge
يَشُلنَthey lift بِأَستاهٍwith buttocks عَلَيهُنَّupon them دُسمَةٌdark grime
يَشُلنَ بِأَستاهٍ عَلَيهُنَّ دُسمَةٌ
كَماjust as شالَraised بِالأَذبابِwith the pointed tips سُمرbrown العَقارِبِthe scorpions
كَما شالَ بِالأَذبابِ سُمر العَقارِبِ
They lift their buttocks, with dark grime upon them,
They sway with a swaying that is upon them a thickeness
Just as brown scorpions raise their pointed stings.
As the swaying of scorpions with flies
وَكانَتand it was لَناfor us لَهواًa diversion تُحَلّيit sweetens نُعاسَناour drowsiness
وَكانَت لَنا لَهواً تُحَلّي نُعاسَنا
إِذاwhenever ماخَفَتناwe grew quiet بِالخُروقِin the open wastes السَباسِبِthe level expanses
إِذا ماخَفَتنا بِالخُروقِ السَباسِبِ
And they were a diversion for us, sweetening our drowsiness,
And we had, for our amusement, something to charm our drowsiness
Whenever we grew quiet in the wide, level wastes.
When it would overwhelm us with the tinkling of anklets
إِذاif سَلتَyou ask عَنabout أَبياتِhouseholds لُؤمٍbaseness وَدِقَّةٍand insignificance
إِذا سَلتَ عَن أَبياتِ لُؤمٍ وَدِقَّةٍ
فَسَلthen ask عَنabout بُيوتِthe houses of الخُضرِal-Khudr خُضرِthe Khudr of مُحارِبِMuharib
فَسَل عَن بُيوتِ الخُضرِ خُضرِ مُحارِبِ
If you ask about households of baseness and insignificance,
If you ask about the houses of meanness and vileness
Then ask about the houses of al-Khudr, the Khudr of Muharib.
Then ask about the houses of green, green warriors
تَرىyou see اللُؤمَbaseness فيin الخُضريُّal-Khudri قَدindeed تَستَبينُهُyou discern it
تَرى اللُؤمَ في الخُضريُّ قَد تَستَبينُهُ
بِمَنزِلَةٍat a spot بَينَbetween اللِحىthe beards وَالحَواجِبِand the eyebrows
بِمَنزِلَةٍ بَينَ اللِحى وَالحَواجِبِ
You see baseness in al-Khudri; indeed, you can discern it
You can see meanness in the green one, you can recognize it
At a spot between the beards and the eyebrows.
In a position between the beard and eyebrows
لَقدَindeed رَكِبَhas ridden الخُضريُّal-Khudri مِنّيin dealing with me وَتِربُهُand his peer
لَقدَ رَكِبَ الخُضريُّ مِنّي وَتِربُهُ
عَلىupon مَركَبٍa mount مِنamong نابِياتِjolting المَراكِبِthe mounts
عَلى مَركَبٍ مِن نابِياتِ المَراكِبِ
Al-Khudri and his peer have indeed ridden, in dealing with me,
The green one certainly mounted me, and his dust
Upon a mount among the jolting mounts.
Upon a ship made of the ships of champions
Sol 6.1