يقولُsay بنوthe sons of حَمدانَHamdan إنّكَindeed you are مملِقٌdestitute
يقولُ بنو حَمدانَ إنّكَ مملِقٌ
وماand what ضرَّهُhas harmed him إنْif كانَis ليسَthere is not لهُfor him مالُwealth
وما ضرَّهُ إنْ كانَ ليسَ لهُ مالُ
The sons of Hamdan say, “You are destitute.”
The tribe of Hamdan says you are a flatterer,
And what harm does it do him if he has no wealth?
But what harm in that, if he has no wealth.
لهhe has سابحٌa swimming-gaited steed لاnot تَلْحَقُovertakes الريحُthe wind عفَوهُits effortless pace
له سابحٌ لا تَلْحَقُ الريحُ عفَوهُ
ومِنand of قَصَبِcane الخَطيِّof al-Khatt أسمرُa brown spear عَسّالُquivering
ومِن قَصَبِ الخَطيِّ أسمرُ عَسّالُ
He has a swimming-gaited steed whose easy pace the wind cannot overtake,
He has a racer that the wind cannot outrun,
And a brown, quivering spear of al-Khatt's cane,
And a dark brown bow of finest wood.
وأبيضُand a gleaming sword منof ماءِwater; figuratively, pure essence الحديدِiron ومِغْفَرٌand a helmet
وأبيضُ من ماءِ الحديدِ ومِغْفَرٌ
ومنand of نسجِthe weaving of داودDavid المضاعفdoubled سربالُa coat of mail
ومن نسجِ داود المضاعف سربالُ
And a gleaming sword of iron's pure essence, and a helmet,
And a white sword of Indian steel, a broad pardon,
And a coat of David's double-woven mail—
And a coat of double mail woven by David.
عتادthe gear of امرئa man لاnot يملأfills الهولُterror قلبَهhis heart
عتاد امرئ لا يملأ الهولُ قلبَه
لهhe has فيin سَوادِthe blackness of الليلِthe night حِلٌّencamping وتَرحالُand journeying
له في سَوادِ الليلِ حِلٌّ وتَرحالُ
The gear of a man whose heart terror cannot fill;
The gear of a man whom terrors cannot shake,
He camps and journeys in the blackness of night.
Who travels and camps in the blackness of night.
Sol 6.1